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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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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…

Posted in Data Publishing, Libraries, Licensing, Linked Data, OCLC, Open Data, schema.org | Tagged Libraries, Licensing, Linked Data, OCLC, Open Data, schema.org, WorldCat | 9 Comments

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…

Posted in Consuming Data, Data Publishing, Development, Google, Libraries, Licensing, Linked Data, OCLC, Open Data, schema.org | Tagged Linked Data, OCLC, Open Data, WorldCat | 15 Comments

Libraries Through the Linked Data Telescope

Posted on February 29, 2012 by Richard Wallis

Linked Data and Linked Open Data have arrived on the library agenda. The consequence of this rise interest in library Linked Data is that the community is now exploring and debating how to migrate library records from formats such as Marc into this new RDF. In my opinion there is a great danger here of getting bogged down in the detail of how to represent every scintilla of information from a library record in every linked data view. More…

Posted in Data Publishing, Libraries, Licensing, Linked Data, Open Data | Tagged Libraries, Linked Data | 3 Comments

Is Linked Data DIY a Good Idea?

Posted on February 28, 2012 by Richard Wallis

Most Semantic Web and Linked Data enthusiasts will tell you that Linked Data is not rocket science, and it is not. They will tell you that RDF is one of the simplest data forms for describing things, and they are … More…

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Free Data for 2.4 Million European Culture Heritage Items

Posted on February 22, 2012 by Richard Wallis

Europeana recently launched an excellent short animation explaining what Linked Open Data is and why it’s a good thing, both for users and for data providers. They did this in support of the release of a large amount of Linked … More…

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A Data 7th Wave Approaching

Posted on February 16, 2012 by Richard Wallis

I believe Data, or more precisely changes in how we create, consume, and interact with data, has the potential to deliver a seventh wave impact. With the advent of many data associated advances, variously labelled Big Data, Social Networking, Open Data, Cloud Services, Linked Data, Microformats, Microdata, Semantic Web, Enterprise Data, it is now venturing beyond those closed systems into the wider world. It is precisely because these trends have been around for a while, and are starting to mature and influence each other, that they are building to form something really significant. More…

Posted in Cloud, Data Publishing, Development, Kasabi, Libraries, Linked Data, Open Data, schema.org, Semantic Web, SEO, Web | Tagged Cloud Computing, Data, Linked Data, semantic web, SEO | 9 Comments

A School for Data Wranglers

Posted on February 10, 2012 by Richard Wallis

The Open Knowledge Foundation in association with the Peer 2 Peer University have announced plans to launch a School of Data, to increase the skill base for Data Wranglers, and scientists. This is welcome, not just because they are doing it but also, because of who they are and the direction they are taking.
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WikiData – Announcing Wikipedia’s Next Big Thing

Posted on February 7, 2012 by Richard Wallis

One of the more eagerly awaited presentations at the Semantic Tech & Business Conference in Berlin today was a late addition to the program from Denny Vrandecic. With the prominence of Dbpedia in the Linked Open Data Cloud, anything new … More…

Posted in Data Publishing, Linked Data, Open Data, Semantic Tech & Business | Tagged Linked Data, WikiData, Wikimeda | 7 Comments