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