Library Cataloging
Some interesting themes at the upcoming XTech Conference.
- Linked Data Webinar
Image via WikipediaOCLC Research is hosting a free Webinar on Linked Data, 27 May 2010 at 2 pm EDT.Linked Data is a hot topic. It provides a mechanism to expose library data in a way that is understandable to non-librarians, thereby facilitating community...
- Working Group On Open Bibliographic Data
The Working Group on Open Bibliographic Data has a wiki to support their efforts.PurposeAct as a central point of reference and support for people interested in open bibliographic dataIdentify relevant projects and practices. Promote best practices as...
- Tags Into Rdfa
LODr looks interesting. It brings tagging, Web 2.0, into the Semantic Web, Web 3.0.LODr is a RDF-based (re-)tagging service, that allows people to weave their Web 2.0 tagged data into the Linked Data Web and provides a dedicated browsing interface. LODr...
- Dewey Classification As Linked Data
News from the Dewey office.For a long time, we wanted to do something with Linked Data. That is, apply Linked Data principles to parts of the Dewey Decimal Classification and present the data as a small ?terminology service.? The service should respond...
- W3c Completes Bridge Between Html/microformats And Semantic Web
Big news from the W3C, GRDDL.Today, the World Wide Web Consortium completed an important link between Semantic Web and microformats communities. With "Gleaning Resource Descriptions from Dialects of Languages", or GRDDL (pronounced "griddle"), software...
Library Cataloging
XTech
Some interesting themes at the upcoming XTech Conference.
The second of the new tracks is called Open Data. Increasingly more information owners are choosing to be an active part of the web, rather than just hosting HTML pages. Some of the highest profile commercial examples of this has been Amazon and Google's web services.Opening up data encourages its creative re-use, empowers citizens and creates new commercial opportunities. Governments, not-for-profit institutions, academia as well as commercial organisations are all experimenting with open data. Open Data is embodied by movements such as Creative Commons, OAI and Open Access.At an individual level, exciting open data developments are happening through technologies such as blogging and social networking applications that choose not to lock in their data. Think FOAF, RSS, semantic web, Flickr and del.icio.us. The Open Data track will look at the technology, policy and commercial issues involved in opening up data on the web.I hope some European librarians are able to attend and present papers. We have a lot to share with the computer folks.
- Linked Data Webinar
Image via WikipediaOCLC Research is hosting a free Webinar on Linked Data, 27 May 2010 at 2 pm EDT.Linked Data is a hot topic. It provides a mechanism to expose library data in a way that is understandable to non-librarians, thereby facilitating community...
- Working Group On Open Bibliographic Data
The Working Group on Open Bibliographic Data has a wiki to support their efforts.PurposeAct as a central point of reference and support for people interested in open bibliographic dataIdentify relevant projects and practices. Promote best practices as...
- Tags Into Rdfa
LODr looks interesting. It brings tagging, Web 2.0, into the Semantic Web, Web 3.0.LODr is a RDF-based (re-)tagging service, that allows people to weave their Web 2.0 tagged data into the Linked Data Web and provides a dedicated browsing interface. LODr...
- Dewey Classification As Linked Data
News from the Dewey office.For a long time, we wanted to do something with Linked Data. That is, apply Linked Data principles to parts of the Dewey Decimal Classification and present the data as a small ?terminology service.? The service should respond...
- W3c Completes Bridge Between Html/microformats And Semantic Web
Big news from the W3C, GRDDL.Today, the World Wide Web Consortium completed an important link between Semantic Web and microformats communities. With "Gleaning Resource Descriptions from Dialects of Languages", or GRDDL (pronounced "griddle"), software...