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| − | IGeLU Linked Open Data Special Interest Working Group, March 22, 2012
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| − | Linked Data, especially Linked Open Data, has gained momentum in recent years. Within
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| − | the library domain a considerable research effort is put into the investigation of this new
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| − | paradigm of an interwoven Web of Data.
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| − | The W3C Library Linked Data Incubator Group, charged to explore "how Semantic Web
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| − | standards and Linked Data principles can be used to make the valuable information assets
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| − | that library create and curate [...] more visible and re-usable outside of their original library
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| − | context"1, has recently published its final report concluding that "Libraries should embrace
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| − | the web of information, both by making their data available for use as Linked Data and by
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| − | using the web of data in library services." Similarly, the Bibliographic Framework Transition
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| − | Initiative, promoted by the Library of Congress and its partners, is stressing the promising
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| − | chances Linked Data holds for the future of cataloging. Its general plan notes that "The
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| − | new bibliographic framework project will be focused on the Web environment, Linked Data
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| − | principles and mechanisms, and the Resource Description Framework (RDF) as a basic
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| − | data model." and that "The semantic web and related linked data model hold interesting
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| − | possibilities for libraries and cultural heritage institutions."2
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| − | The success of this new approach heavily depends on library software. A large number of
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| − | libraries are reliant on existing commercial and/or open source library systems and do not
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| − | have expertise and staff to implement linked open data ready systems from scratch.
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| − | The objective of the working group is to examine Linked Data technologies in the context
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| − | of the Ex Libris product suite and to advise Ex Libris on the implementation of basic Linked
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| − | Open Data features, enhanced data-services functionality and APIs in all products where
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| − | appropriate. It will do so by focusing on the three major areas of publication, consumption,
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| − | and integration of Linked Data. Publication refers to the process of creating and presenting
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| − | data in compliance with LD principles, which, for instance, demand the use of URIs in place
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| − | of other identifiers. Consumption refers to the ability to process external data sources to use
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| − | them in the library’s own context. Finally, the Linked Data principles should be integrated in
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| − | the workflows and systems that are used by libraries to avoid the long-term maintenance of
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| − | two separate systems.
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| − | In order to achieve its goals, the SIWG will cooperate with the IGeLU Product Working
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| − | Groups and ELUNA, collect input and use cases from Ex Libris customers and search to
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| − | establish working relationships with Ex Libris strategic- and product management. The SIWG
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| − | is particularly interested in participation from members prototyping linked-data applications
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| − | using Ex Libris products.
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| − | 1 http://www.w3.org/2005/Incubator/lld/XGR-lld-20111025/
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| − | 2 http://www.loc.gov/marc/transition/news/framework-103111.html
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| − | == <small>'''File'''</small> ==
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| − | [[File:ManifestoLOD.pdf|thumbnail]]
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| − | == <small>'''Links'''</small> ==
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| − | '''URL:''' http://igelu.org/special-interests/lod/manifesto
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| − | '''Wayback Machine:''' https://web.archive.org/web/*/https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://igelu.org/special-interests/lod/manifesto
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