Library Cataloging
Library Linked Data
Karen Coyle writes on Coyle's InFormation that "There will soon be a call for reviews of the draft report by the W3C Incubator Group on Library Linked Data." This is a longish document. It might be best to start reading and considering it now to make an intelligent response when the time comes.
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Viaf Now Available
Thom Hickey has details about the Virtual International Authority File being publicly available on his Outgoing weblog.. The VIAF dataset is now available for public consumption! http://viaf.org/viaf/data describes and links to the files involved and...
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W3c Library Linked Data Incubator Group
Image via WikipediaThe W3C has announced the establishment of the Library Linked Data Incubator Group.The mission of the Library Linked Data incubator group is to help increase global interoperability of library data on the Web, by bringing together people...
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Marc For Mark-up
The latest podcast from the Library 2.0 Gang, The Semantic Web and Linked Data by Karen Coyle is well worth a listen. One statement I found interesting, not sure if I agree but it got me thinking, was that MARC is a markup language rather than a data...
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Directions In Metadata With Karen Coyle
Directions in Metadata with Karen Coyle is a free webinar offered by ALA.Bibliographic data is in the midst of a major transition. With the emergence of the semantic web, the very purpose of this data is evolving from an entity meant for interpretation...
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Linked Data Catalogs
The column Cataloging Horizons by Karen Coyle in the latest American Libraries discusses "Navigating the bibliographic space with linked data".Library catalogs have evolved over time as technology has changed. The last 150 years have seen a progression...
Library Cataloging