Category Archives: Linked Data

Putting Linked Data on the Map

Posted on May 13, 2013 by Richard Wallis

Show me an example of the effective publishing of Linked Data – That, or a variation of it, must be the request I receive more than most when talking to those considering making their own resources available as Linked Data, either in their enterprise, or on the wider web. Ordnance Survey have built such an example. More…

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SemanticWeb.com Spotlight on Library Innovation

Posted on April 29, 2013 by Richard Wallis

Help spotlight library innovation and send a library linked data practitioner to the SemTechBiz conference in San Francisco, June 2-5 More…

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From Records to a Web of Library Data – Pt3 Beacons of Availability

Posted on March 15, 2013 by Richard Wallis

As is often the way, you start a post without realising that it is part of a series of posts – as with the first in this series.  That one – Entification, the following one – Hubs of Authority and … More…

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From Records to a Web of Library Data – Pt2 Hubs of Authority

Posted on March 14, 2013 by Richard Wallis

As is often the way, you start a post without realising that it is part of a series of posts – as with the first in this series.  That one – Entification, and the next in the series – Beacons … More…

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Forming Consensus on Schema.org for Libraries and More

Posted on December 20, 2012 by Richard Wallis

Back in September I formed a W3C Group – Schema Bib Extend.  To quote an old friend of mine “Why did you go and do that then?”  Well, as I have mentioned before Schema.org has become a bit of a … More…

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Putting WorldCat Data Into A Triple Store

Posted on August 21, 2012 by Richard Wallis

I can not really get away with making a statement like “Better still, download and install a triplestore [such as 4Store], load up the approximately 80 million triples and practice some SPARQL on them” and then not following it up. … More…

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Get Yourself a Linked Data Piece of WorldCat to Play With

Posted on August 12, 2012 by Richard Wallis

You may remember my frustration a couple of months ago, at being in the air when OCLC announced the addition of Schema.org marked up Linked Data to all resources in WorldCat.org.   Those of you who attended the OCLC Linked Data Round Table at … More…

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OCLC WorldCat Linked Data Release – Significant In Many Ways

Posted on June 21, 2012 by Richard Wallis

Typical!  Since joining OCLC as Technology Evangelist, I have been preparing myself to be one of the first to blog about the release of linked data describing the hundreds of millions of bibliographic items in WorldCat.org. So where am I … More…

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Schema.org Consensus at SemTechBiz

Posted on June 6, 2012 by Richard Wallis

Day three of the Semantic Tech & Business Conference in San Francisco brought us a panel to discuss Schema.org, populated by an impressive array of names and organisations: Ivan Herman, World Wide Web Consortium Alexander Shubin, Yandex Dan Brickley, Schema.org … More…

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Surfacing at Semtech San Francisco

Posted on June 4, 2012 by Richard Wallis

So where have I been?   I announce that I am now working as a Technology Evangelist for the the library behemoth OCLC, and then promptly disappear.  The only excuse I have for deserting my followers is that I have been … More…

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