From announce at dublincore.net Thu Feb 2 17:00:46 2017
From: announce at dublincore.net (DCMI Announce)
Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2017 14:00:46 -0800
Subject: [sigCR] DCMI Webinar: From MARC silos to Linked Data silos? Data
models for bibliographic Linked Data
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*From MARC silos to Linked Data silos? Data models for bibliographic Linked
Data*
*DCMI/ASIS&T Joint Webinar*
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*:: Presenter:* Osma Suominen
*:: Time:* 10:00am - 11:15am EST
(UTC 15:00 - World Clock: http://bit.ly/suominen-2017)
*:: Date:* Tuesday, 28 February 2017
*:: Registration:* http://dublincore.org/resources/training/#2017suominen
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*ABOUT THE WEBINAR:*
Many libraries are experimenting with publishing their metadata as Linked
Data to open up bibliographic silos, usually based on MARC records, to the
Web. The libraries who have published Linked Data have all used different
data models for structuring their bibliographic data. Some are using a
FRBR-based model where Works, Expressions and Manifestations are
represented separately. Others have chosen basic Dublin Core, dumbing down
their data into a lowest common denominator format. The proliferation of
data models limits the reusability of bibliographic data. In effect,
libraries have moved from MARC silos to Linked Data silos of incompatible
data models. There is currently no universal model for how to represent
bibliographic metadata as Linked Data, even though many attempts for such a
model have been made.
In this webinar, you?ll see:
- a survey of published bibliographic Linked Data, the data models
proposed for representing bibliographic data as RDF, and tools used for
conversion from MARC records
- an analysis of different use cases for bibliographic Linked Data and
how they affect the data model
- recommendations for choosing a data model
We also present efforts at the National Library of Finland to open up our
bibliographic metadata, including the national bibliography Fennica, the
national discography Viola and the article database Arto, as Linked Data
while trying to learn from the examples of others. We are setting up a
conversion process from MARC records to BIBFRAME and Schema.org compliant
RDF, which we are going to publish as Linked Data using various
technologies including a SPARQL endpoint, HDT compressed RDF dumps and a
Linked Data Fragments API.
*This webinar is an extended, in-depth version of the SWIB16 conference
presentation ?From MARC silos to Linked Data silos??*
*Minimum Experience Level: *
Basic familiarity of bibliographic metadata and Linked Data assumed
*ABOUT THE PRESENTER:*
*Osma Suominen* works as an information systems specialist at the National
Library of Finland. His current activities are centered around the
publishing of bibliographic data, including the Finnish national
bibliography Fennica, as Linked Data. He is also one of the creators of the
Finto.fi thesaurus and ontology service and is leading
development of the Skosmos vocabulary browser used in Finto. Osma Suominen
earned his doctoral degree at Aalto University while doing research on
semantic portals and quality of controlled vocabularies within the FinnONTO
series of projects. His past accomplishments include the Skosify vocabulary
analysis and quality improvement tool, and data.aalto.fi, the Linked Data
service of Aalto University.
From announce at dublincore.net Thu Feb 9 13:15:51 2017
From: announce at dublincore.net (DCMI Announce)
Date: Thu, 09 Feb 2017 18:15:51 -0000
Subject: [sigCR] DCMI publishes Call for Participation for DC-2017
(Washington, D.C.)
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*DC-2017 Call for Participation*
*Advancing metadata practice: Quality, Openness, Interoperability*
DCMI has published the *Call for Participation*
for the
DC-2017 *International
Conference on Dublin Core and Metadata Applications* to be held in
Washington, D.C., USA, October 26-29, 2017. The conference will be
collocated with the ASIS&T Annual Meeting
.
Following up on DC-2016 in Copenhagen, with its look towards the changing
role of metadata in the Second Machine Age, DC-2017 will focus on
technologies and practices that are advancing how we can create and manage
good metadata. Interoperability and openness have been guiding principles
of the DCMI community for over twenty years, and these principles have
evolved through the development of Semantic Web standards and Linked Open
Data. A deluge of new data sources is magnifying the perennial challenge
of metadata quality but also inspiring the development of innovative tools,
practices, and solutions, the focus of this year's conference.
*Submission categories include: *
- Peer reviewed Papers, Project Reports and Posters;
- Presentations on Metadata; (without paper);
- Panels (Special Sessions);
- Post-conference Tutorials; and
- Post-Conference Workshops.
Beyond the focus of the conference theme, submission of papers, project
reports, presentations and posters are welcome in the following broad
categories of metadata design, deployment and best practices:
- Metadata principles, guidelines, and best practices
- Curation, governance, and sustainability
- Conceptual models and frameworks
- Lessons from implementation
- Interoperability and harmonization
- Metadata quality and validation
*Program Committee Chairs:*
*Carol Jean Godby*, Senior Research Scientist, OCLC Research
*Mike Lauruhn*, Disruptive Technology Director, Elsevier Labs
For more information, visit the *Call for Participation* page at
http://dcevents.dublincore.org/IntConf/dc-2017/schedConf/cfp on the DC-2017
website
.