Linking Library Data on the Web
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This document discusses improving how library data is linked on the web. It proposes three strategies: [1] using proxy resource URIs to provide a stable URI for each concept or name across institutions; [2] caching concept resource URIs and data from major sources to add stability; and [3] strengthening the meaning of concepts by applying these approaches to various library systems and resources. The goal is to better connect related resources across different libraries and sites.
Linking Library Data on the Web
- 1. Linking Library Data on the Web Daniel Chudnov - dchud @ umich.edu Tokyo, Japan - December 8 2010
- 2. these slides are my opinion not my employer’s
- 3. • making links • weaving links into a fabric • proxying and caching links
- 4. making links • we have been building the web for about 20 years • we constantly improve the web • we constantly improve how we build the web • we still have a ways to go
- 5. Rembrandt at artic.edu authority record at OCLC
- 8. Picasso: name variants, search links
- 9. Picasso from more than linkypedia
- 10. a fragile web • just using search link patterns is brittle • wikipedia, google, and bing do better than we do at connecting resources across institutions • we have more content that isn’t easy to find • how can we improve this?
- 11. proxy resource URIs • commit to a stable resource URI for each concept/name for each institution • use that URI to show your own links to your own holdings • use that URI to find external links to your holdings • use that URI to show external links to related holdings
- 12. proxy resource URIs • a “home page” for each concept at each of our sites • threads together diverse content at each of our sites • makes it easier to weave threads of content from diverse sites together
- 13. Wikipedia NDLSH
- 14. caching concepts • concept resource URIs should indicate “same as” status with major concept sources • these URIs should also publish local caches of the “main” concept source data
- 15. caching concepts • supports efficient local processing • adds stability when remote sites go down • we often do this in our ILS already
- 16. strengthening meaning • can apply to registries as well as catalogs, repositories, exhibit sites, reference resources • makes concepts and their meaning a more prominent part of our own sites and the web we are building as a whole
- 17. thank you! @dchud dchud @ umich.edu onebiglibrary.net