Break On Through to the Other Side: The Library and Linked Data

Authors

F. Tim Knight, Osgoode Hall Law School of York UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

3-2011

Keywords

Linked data; Law libraries

Abstract

This article discusses the barriers that exist between library bibliographic data and other data available on the World Wide Web. The isolation of this bibliographic data is a problem that impacts on the successful integration of the library catalogue into the potential semantic Web of the future. It will look at two available data models for bibliographic data and introduces the Resource Description Framework (RDF) which has emerged as the preferred data model for enabling linked data on the Web. The article concludes with a brief look at some current activities related to linked data that are occurring as part of the development of Resource Description and Access (RDA).

Comments

TALL Quarterly, v. 30, no. 1 (Spring 2011)
ISSN: 0841-8187
Toronto Association of Law Libraries

Repository Citation

Knight, F. Tim, "Break On Through to the Other Side: The Library and Linked Data" (2011). Librarian Publications & Presentations. 17.
https://digitalcommons.osgoode.yorku.ca/librarians/17

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