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KNVI 
– 
Utrecht 
– 
November 
18 
2014 
Links 
and 
Entities: 
The 
Library 
Data 
Revolution 
Richard Wallis 
Technology Evangelist 
@rjw
A global, nonprofit library cooperative 
16,737 members in 109 countries 
17 offices 
5 data centers
Comprehensive and global 
• 322 
million 
cataloging 
records 
• 2.1 
billion 
holdings 
• 17.3 
million 
e-­‐resources 
in 
the 
WorldCat 
knowledge 
base 
•Nearly 
2,000 
e-­‐content 
collections 
• 1.5 
billion 
items 
in 
WorldCat 
Discovery, 
including: 
• 297 
million 
peer-­‐reviewed 
articles 
• 41 
million 
digital 
items 
• 33 
million 
pieces 
of 
evaluative 
content 
• 35 
million 
archival 
materials 
• 8 
million 
open-­‐access 
items 
• and 
much 
more…
Comprehensive and global 
253 
million 
books 
16 
million 
e-­‐books 
12 
million 
serials 
12 
million 
visual 
materials 
7 
million 
musical 
scores 
4 
million 
maps 
English: 
83 
million 
German: 
25 
million 
French: 
18 
million 
Spanish: 
8.2 
million 
Chinese: 
5.1 
million 
Italian: 
3.4 
million 
Dutch: 
3.3 
million 
Japanese: 
2.9 
million 
Russian: 
2.9 
million 
Danish 
2.1 
million 
Swedish: 
1.9 
million 
Portuguese: 
1.3 
million 
Just 
a 
few 
of 
the 
dozens 
of 
types 
of 
content: 
Some 
of 
the 
485 
languages 
represented…
• 322 
Comprehensive and global 
million 
cataloging 
records 
• 2.1 
billion 
holdings 
• 17.3 
million 
e-­‐resources 
in 
the 
WorldCat 
knowledge 
base 
•Nearly 
2,000 
e-­‐content 
collections 
• 1.5 
billion 
items 
in 
WorldCat 
Discovery, 
including: 
• 297 
million 
peer-­‐reviewed 
articles 
• 41 
million 
digital 
items 
• 33 
million 
pieces 
of 
evaluative 
content 
• 35 
million 
archival 
materials 
• 8 
million 
open-­‐access 
items 
• and 
much 
more…
WorldCat 
~ 
2 
Billion 
Records
WorldCat 
~ 
2 
Billion 
Records 
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0 
|a 
ibc 
|b 
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u 
|d 
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|e 
19 
|f 
duplicated 
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|g 
PREMARC; 
955 
__ 
|a 
removed 
record, 
This 
cataloging 
under 
imported 
99-­‐219818 
24-­‐2676 
on 
have 
I 
LCCN 
changed 
that 
to 
LCCN, 
copy 
and 
characteristics, 
the 
deleted 
record; 
PREMARC 
retained, 
do 
please 
NEW 
as 
and 
INPUT 
this 
complete 
based 
record 
the 
on 
item 
hand; 
in 
item 
submit 
selection; 
for 
if 
as 
add 
copy. 
a 
07-­‐16-­‐99 
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010 
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|a 
99219818 
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__ 
DLC 
|a 
DLC 
|c 
00 
DA760 
|a 
.B88 
|b 
1909 
a 
|Scotland, 
Peter 
Brown, 
|d 
Hume, 
1849-­‐1918. 
History 
a 
of 
by 
|c 
Hume 
P. 
Brown. 
|b 
Cambridge, 
Press, 
University 
1909-­‐12. 
|c 
(part 
maps 
|c 
fold.) 
cm. 
20 
series 
historical 
v. 
408; 
p. 
2, 
v. 
455-­‐464; 
p. 
3, 
[435]-­‐444. 
v. 
Stewart.-­‐-­‐From 
2. 
accession 
disruption, 
the 
Mary 
of 
to 
1689 
the 
1843.
Entities, The Web & Library Metadata 
person place 
object concept 
organization work
Entities, The Web & Library Metadata 
person place 
object concept 
organization work
Links and Entities
Google Knowledge Graph
Knowledge cards for libraries? Google Knowledge Graph
Library data stored as entities 
person place 
object concept 
organization work
Library data stored as entities 
person place 
author 
object concept 
organization work
Library data stored as entities 
person place 
author 
object concept 
subject 
organization work
Library data stored as entities 
person place 
author 
object concept 
item subject 
availability 
organization work
Library data stored as entities 
Library 
Knowledge 
Graph 
person place 
object concept 
organization work 
A 
graph 
of 
relationships
Library data stored as entities 
Library 
Knowledge 
Graph 
person place 
object concept 
organization work 
A 
graph 
of 
relationships
Library data stored as entities 
Library 
Knowledge 
Graph 
person place 
object concept 
organization work 
A 
graph 
of 
relationships
Library data stored as entities 
Library 
Knowledge 
Graph 
person place 
object concept 
organization work 
A 
graph 
of 
relationships
Library data stored as entities 
person place 
object concept 
organization work 
A 
graph 
of 
relationships
Library data stored as entities 
person place 
object concept 
organization work 
A 
graph 
of 
relationships
Library data stored as entities 
person place 
FRBR: Work/Expression 
object concept 
organization work 
A 
graph 
FRBR: of 
Manifestation 
relationships
Putting 
entities 
in 
library 
workflows 
Intuitive 
searching 
Cataloging 
Integration 
with 
the 
web 
Cascading 
updates More 
options
Entities and library workflows: 
Discovery 
• Knowledge cards 
• Fixes problem of “representative record” 
• It’s what users expect in discovery
Entities and library workflows: 
Discovery
Entities and library workflows: 
Cataloging 
• Improve data quality 
– Cascading updates 
• A new approach to cataloging 
– Point and click cataloging 
– Managing entities instead of managing records 
• Consistent with RDA
library 
data: 
stored 
as 
records 
author location 
edition 
holding 
title 
source 
classification 
publisher 
ISBN 
date 
of 
publication
library 
data: 
stored 
as 
records 
person place 
author location 
edition 
holding 
title 
source 
object concept 
classification 
publisher 
ISBN 
date 
of 
publication 
organization work
Günter Grass 
Born: 
16 
October 
1927 
Gdańsk, 
Poland 
German 
novelist, 
poet, 
playwright, 
illustrator, 
graphic 
artist, 
sculptor 
and 
recipient 
of 
the 
1999 
Nobel 
Prize 
in 
Literature. 
Works 
Subjects 
Germany 
| 
German 
literature 
| 
Historical 
fiction 
War 
stories 
| 
Black 
humor 
| 
Fantasy 
Quotes 
“Even 
bad 
books 
are 
books 
and 
therefore 
sacred.”—The 
Find 
Günter 
Grass 
works 
at: 
Libraries 
near 
me 
| 
Online 
Retailers 
Tin 
Drum
Günter Grass 
Born: 
16 
October 
1927 
Gdańsk, 
Poland 
German 
novelist, 
poet, 
playwright, 
illustrator, 
graphic 
artist, 
sculptor 
and 
recipient 
of 
the 
1999 
Nobel 
Prize 
in 
Literature. 
Works 
Subjects 
Germany 
| 
German 
literature 
| 
Historical 
fiction 
War 
stories 
| 
Black 
humor 
| 
Fantasy 
Quotes 
“Even 
bad 
books 
are 
books 
and 
therefore 
sacred.”—The 
Find 
Günter 
Grass 
works 
at: 
Libraries 
near 
me 
| 
Online 
Retailers 
Tin 
Drum 
MARC 
RECORD
Günter Grass 
Born: 
16 
October 
1927 
Gdańsk, 
Poland 
German 
novelist, 
poet, 
playwright, 
illustrator, 
graphic 
artist, 
sculptor 
and 
recipient 
of 
the 
1999 
Nobel 
Prize 
in 
Literature. 
Works 
Subjects 
Germany 
| 
German 
literature 
| 
Historical 
fiction 
War 
stories 
| 
Black 
humor 
| 
Fantasy 
Quotes 
“Even 
bad 
books 
are 
books 
and 
therefore 
sacred.”—The 
Tin 
Drum 
Find 
Günter 
Grass 
works 
at: 
Libraries 
near 
me 
| 
Online 
Retailers
Günter Grass 
Born: 
16 
October 
1927 
Gdańsk, 
Poland 
German 
novelist, 
poet, 
playwright, 
illustrator, 
graphic 
artist, 
sculptor 
and 
recipient 
of 
the 
1999 
Nobel 
Prize 
in 
Literature. 
Works 
Subjects 
Germany 
| 
German 
literature 
| 
Historical 
fiction 
War 
stories 
| 
Black 
humor 
| 
Fantasy 
Quotes 
“Even 
bad 
books 
are 
books 
and 
therefore 
sacred.”—The 
Tin 
Drum 
Find 
Günter 
Grass 
works 
at: 
Libraries 
near 
me 
| 
Online 
Retailers
Günter Grass 
Authority 
File 
Born: 
16 
October 
1927 
Gdańsk, 
Poland 
German 
novelist, 
poet, 
playwright, 
illustrator, 
graphic 
artist, 
sculptor 
and 
recipient 
of 
the 
1999 
Nobel 
Prize 
in 
Literature. 
Works 
Subjects 
Germany 
| 
German 
literature 
| 
Historical 
fiction 
War 
stories 
| 
Black 
humor 
| 
Fantasy 
Quotes 
“Even 
bad 
books 
are 
books 
and 
therefore 
sacred.”—The 
Tin 
Drum 
Find 
Günter 
Grass 
works 
at: 
Libraries 
near 
me 
| 
Online 
Retailers
Günter Grass 
Authority 
File 
Born: 
16 
October 
1927 
Gdańsk, 
Poland 
German 
novelist, 
poet, 
playwright, 
illustrator, 
graphic 
artist, 
sculptor 
and 
recipient 
of 
the 
1999 
Nobel 
Prize 
in 
Literature. 
Works 
Subjects 
Germany 
| 
German 
literature 
| 
Historical 
fiction 
War 
stories 
| 
Black 
humor 
| 
Fantasy 
Open 
Web 
Quotes 
“Even 
bad 
books 
are 
books 
and 
therefore 
sacred.”—The 
Tin 
Drum 
Find 
Günter 
Grass 
works 
at: 
Libraries 
near 
me 
| 
Online 
Retailers
Günter Grass 
Authority 
File 
Born: 
16 
October 
1927 
Gdańsk, 
Poland 
German 
novelist, 
poet, 
playwright, 
illustrator, 
graphic 
artist, 
sculptor 
and 
recipient 
of 
the 
1999 
Nobel 
Prize 
in 
Literature. 
Works 
Subjects 
Germany 
| 
German 
literature 
| 
Historical 
fiction 
War 
stories 
| 
Black 
humor 
| 
Fantasy 
Open 
Web 
Quotes 
“Even 
bad 
books 
are 
books 
and 
therefore 
sacred.”—The 
Tin 
Drum 
Works 
& 
Organization 
Find 
Günter 
Grass 
works 
at: 
Libraries 
near 
me 
| 
Online 
Retailers 
Entity
Günter Grass 
Authority 
File 
Born: 
16 
October 
1927 
Gdańsk, 
Poland 
German 
novelist, 
poet, 
playwright, 
illustrator, 
graphic 
artist, 
sculptor 
and 
recipient 
of 
the 
1999 
Nobel 
Prize 
in 
Literature. 
Works 
Subjects 
Germany 
| 
German 
literature 
| 
Historical 
fiction 
War 
stories 
| 
Black 
humor 
| 
Fantasy 
Open 
Web 
Quotes 
“Even 
bad 
books 
are 
books 
and 
therefore 
sacred.”—The 
Tin 
Drum 
Works 
& 
Organization 
Find 
Günter 
Grass 
works 
at: 
Libraries 
near 
me 
| 
Online 
Retailers 
Entity 
Manifestation 
Entity
Günter Grass 
Authority 
File 
Born: 
16 
October 
1927 
Gdańsk, 
Poland 
German 
novelist, 
poet, 
playwright, 
illustrator, 
graphic 
artist, 
sculptor 
and 
recipient 
of 
the 
1999 
Nobel 
Prize 
in 
Literature. 
Works 
Subjects 
Germany 
| 
German 
literature 
| 
Historical 
fiction 
War 
stories 
| 
Black 
humor 
| 
Fantasy 
Open 
Web 
Quotes 
“Even 
bad 
books 
are 
books 
and 
therefore 
sacred.”—The 
Tin 
Drum 
Find 
Günter 
Grass 
works 
at: 
Libraries 
near 
me 
| 
Online 
Retailers 
Commercial 
Web 
Works 
& 
Organization 
Entity 
Manifestation 
Entity
Günter Grass 
Authority 
File 
Born: 
16 
October 
1927 
Gdańsk, 
Poland 
German 
novelist, 
poet, 
playwright, 
illustrator, 
graphic 
artist, 
sculptor 
and 
recipient 
of 
the 
1999 
Nobel 
Prize 
in 
Literature. 
Works 
Subjects 
Germany 
| 
German 
literature 
| 
Historical 
fiction 
War 
stories 
| 
Black 
humor 
| 
Fantasy 
Open 
Web 
Quotes 
“Even 
bad 
books 
are 
books 
and 
therefore 
sacred.”—The 
Tin 
Drum 
Find 
Günter 
Grass 
works 
at: 
Libraries 
near 
me 
| 
Online 
Retailers 
Commercial 
Web 
Authority 
File 
Works 
& 
Organization 
Entity 
Manifestation 
Entity
Günter Grass 
Born: 
16 
October 
1927 
Gdańsk, 
Poland 
German 
novelist, 
poet, 
playwright, 
illustrator, 
graphic 
artist, 
sculptor 
and 
recipient 
of 
the 
1999 
Nobel 
Prize 
in 
Literature. 
Works 
Subjects 
Germany 
| 
German 
literature 
| 
Historical 
fiction 
War 
stories 
| 
Black 
humor 
| 
Fantasy 
Quotes 
“Even 
bad 
books 
are 
books 
and 
therefore 
sacred.”—The 
Tin 
Drum 
Find 
Günter 
Grass 
works 
at: 
Libraries 
near 
me 
| 
Online 
Retailers
Entities and library workflows: 
Cataloging 
The Tin Drum 
Summary: 
Acclaimed 
as 
the 
greatest 
German 
novel 
since 
the 
end 
of 
World 
War 
II. 
The 
Tin 
Drum 
is 
the 
story 
of 
thirty 
year 
old 
Oskar 
Matzerath 
who 
has 
lived 
through 
the 
long 
Nazi 
nightmare 
and 
who 
is 
being 
held 
in 
a 
mental 
institution. 
Subjects 
Germany 
-­‐ 
History 
| 
German 
literature 
| 
Political 
fiction 
Borrowing 
Options 
Ebooks 
| 
Printed 
Books 
| 
Audio 
Books 
Other 
Languages 
!
Entities and library workflows: 
Cataloging 
The Tin Drum 
Summary: 
Acclaimed 
as 
the 
greatest 
German 
novel 
since 
the 
end 
of 
World 
War 
II. 
The 
Tin 
Drum 
is 
the 
story 
of 
thirty 
year 
old 
Oskar 
Matzerath 
who 
has 
lived 
through 
the 
long 
Nazi 
nightmare 
and 
who 
is 
being 
held 
in 
a 
mental 
institution. 
Subjects 
Germany 
-­‐ 
History 
| 
German 
literature 
| 
Political 
fiction 
Borrowing 
Options 
Ebooks 
| 
Printed 
Books 
| 
Audio 
Books 
Other 
Languages 
! 
Person Editor
Entities and library workflows: 
Cataloging 
The Tin Drum 
Person Editor 
Person 
Summary: 
Acclaimed 
as 
the 
greatest 
German 
novel 
since 
the 
end 
of 
World 
War 
II. 
The 
Tin 
Drum 
is 
the 
story 
of 
thirty 
year 
old 
Authority 
Oskar 
Matzerath 
who 
has 
lived 
through 
the 
long 
Nazi 
nightmare 
and 
who 
is 
being 
held 
in 
a 
mental 
institution. 
Subjects 
• Günter Grass 
• SameAs ➾ 
Germany 
-­‐ 
History 
| 
German 
literature 
| 
Political 
fiction 
Borrowing 
Options 
Ebooks 
| 
Printed 
Books 
| 
Audio 
Books 
Other 
Languages 
! 
<dbpedia.or 
g>
Entities and library workflows: 
Cataloging 
The Tin Drum 
Person Editor 
Person 
Summary: 
Acclaimed 
as 
the 
greatest 
German 
novel 
since 
the 
end 
of 
World 
War 
II. 
The 
Tin 
Drum 
is 
the 
story 
of 
thirty 
year 
old 
Authority 
Oskar 
Matzerath 
who 
has 
lived 
through 
the 
long 
Nazi 
nightmare 
and 
who 
is 
being 
held 
in 
a 
mental 
institution. 
Subjects 
• Günter Grass 
• SameAs ➾ 
Germany 
-­‐ 
History 
| 
German 
literature 
| 
Political 
fiction 
Borrowing 
Options 
Ebooks 
| 
Printed 
Books 
| 
Audio 
Books 
Other 
Languages 
! 
<dbpedia.or 
g> 
LC 
NAF
Entities and library workflows: 
Cataloging 
The Tin Drum 
Summary: 
Acclaimed 
as 
the 
greatest 
German 
novel 
since 
the 
end 
of 
World 
War 
II. 
The 
Tin 
Drum 
is 
the 
story 
of 
thirty 
year 
old 
Oskar 
Matzerath 
who 
has 
lived 
through 
the 
long 
Nazi 
nightmare 
and 
who 
is 
being 
held 
in 
a 
mental 
institution. 
Subjects 
Germany 
-­‐ 
History 
| 
German 
literature 
| 
Political 
fiction 
Borrowing 
Options 
Ebooks 
| 
Printed 
Books 
| 
Audio 
Books 
Other 
Languages 
!
Entities and library workflows: 
Cataloging 
The Tin Drum 
Summary: 
Acclaimed 
as 
the 
greatest 
German 
novel 
since 
the 
end 
of 
World 
War 
II. 
The 
Tin 
Drum 
is 
the 
story 
of 
thirty 
year 
old 
Oskar 
Matzerath 
who 
has 
lived 
through 
the 
long 
Nazi 
nightmare 
and 
who 
is 
being 
held 
in 
a 
mental 
institution. 
Subjects 
Germany 
-­‐ 
History 
| 
German 
literature 
| 
Political 
fiction 
Borrowing 
Options 
Ebooks 
| 
Printed 
Books 
| 
Audio 
Books 
Other 
Languages 
! 
Work Editor
Entities and library workflows: 
Cataloging 
The Tin Drum 
Work Editor 
Work 
Summary: 
Authority 
Acclaimed 
as 
the 
greatest 
German 
novel 
since 
the 
end 
of 
World 
War 
II. 
The 
Tin 
Drum 
is 
the 
story 
of 
thirty 
year 
old 
• Title 
Oskar 
Matzerath 
who 
has 
lived 
through 
the 
long 
Nazi 
nightmare 
and 
who 
is 
being 
held 
in 
a 
mental 
institution. 
• Creator Subjects 
➾ 
Germany 
-­‐ 
History 
| 
German 
literature 
| 
Political 
fiction 
<Person> 
Borrowing 
Options 
Ebooks 
| 
Printed 
Books 
| 
Audio 
Books 
Other 
Languages 
!
Entities and library workflows: 
Cataloging 
The Tin Drum 
Work Editor 
Summary: 
Acclaimed 
as 
the 
greatest 
German 
novel 
since 
the 
end 
of 
World 
War 
II. 
The 
Tin 
Drum 
is 
the 
story 
of 
thirty 
year 
old 
Oskar 
Matzerath 
who 
has 
lived 
through 
the 
long 
Nazi 
nightmare 
and 
who 
is 
being 
held 
in 
a 
mental 
institution. 
Germany 
-­‐ 
History 
| 
German 
literature 
| 
Political 
fiction 
Borrowing 
Options 
Ebooks 
| 
Printed 
Expression 
Books 
| 
Audio 
Books 
Subjects 
Other 
Languages 
! 
Manifestation 
1 
Manifestation 
2 Manifestation 
3 
Cascading 
Updates 
Work 
Authority 
• Title 
• Creator ➾ 
<Person>
Entities and library workflows: 
Cataloging 
The Tin Drum 
Work Editor 
Summary: 
Acclaimed 
as 
the 
greatest 
German 
novel 
since 
the 
end 
of 
World 
War 
II. 
The 
Tin 
Drum 
is 
the 
story 
of 
thirty 
year 
old 
Oskar 
Matzerath 
who 
has 
lived 
through 
the 
long 
Nazi 
nightmare 
and 
who 
is 
being 
held 
in 
a 
mental 
institution. 
Germany 
-­‐ 
History 
| 
German 
literature 
| 
Political 
fiction 
Borrowing 
Options 
Ebooks 
| 
Printed 
Expression 
Books 
| 
Audio 
Books 
Subjects 
Other 
Languages 
! 
Manifestation 
1 
Manifestation 
2 Manifestation 
3 
MARC21 
Output 
Cascading 
Updates 
Work 
Authority 
• Title 
• Creator ➾ 
<Person>
Entities and library workflows: 
Other applications
Entities and library workflows: 
Other applications 
• Interlibrary Loan 
– Borrow at the Work level 
– Manifestations/Items are detail
Entities and library workflows: 
Other applications 
• Interlibrary Loan 
– Borrow at the Work level 
– Manifestations/Items are detail 
• Analytics 
– Fixes “holdings scatter” across manifestations
Entities and library workflows: 
Other applications 
• Interlibrary Loan 
– Borrow at the Work level 
– Manifestations/Items are detail 
• Analytics 
– Fixes “holdings scatter” across manifestations 
• Other third party applications 
– Discovery API exposes library entities
Entities and library workflows: 
Web exposure
Entities and library workflows: 
Web exposure 
• Be found on the web
Entities and library workflows: 
Web exposure 
• Be found on the web 
• Connect your users to unique content
Entities and library workflows: 
Web exposure 
• Be found on the web 
• Connect your users to unique content 
• What the web requires for web exposure 
– Aggregation 
– Familiar structures 
– A Network of Links 
– Entity Identifiers
Entities, The Web & Library Metadata 
person place 
object concept 
organization work
Entities, The Web & Library Metadata 
person place 
object concept 
organization work
Entities, The Web & Library Metadata 
person place 
object concept 
organization work 
Entity 
Based 
Data 
Architecture…
What 
About 
Linked 
Data? 
https://www.flickr.com/photos/rileyroxx/169900848/
WhWahatt 
Aabbouot 
uLitn 
kLedin 
ked 
Data? 
Data? 
Yeah! 
– 
what 
about 
Linked 
Data? 
I 
thought 
Linked 
Data 
was 
going 
to 
solve 
all 
our 
problems! 
https://www.flickr.com/photos/rileyroxx/169900848/
Linked 
Data
Linked 
Data
Linked 
Data
Linked 
Data
Linked 
Data
Linked 
Data
Linked 
Data
• A 
Linked 
Data 
Technology 
• Standard 
on 
the 
Web 
– 
RDF, 
URIs, 
Vocabularies 
• Identifying 
and 
Linking 
resources 
on 
the 
Web 
• Important 
powerful 
enabling 
technology
• A 
Linked 
Data 
Technology 
• Standard 
on 
the 
Web 
– 
RDF, 
URIs, 
Vocabularies 
• Identifying 
and 
Linking 
resources 
on 
the 
Web 
• Important 
powerful 
enabling 
technology 
• But 
only 
a 
technology…
• A 
Linked 
Data 
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powerful 
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• A 
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Entity 
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Entity 
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beneficial 
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… 
beneficial 
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for 
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http://www.theeuropeanlibrary.org/tel4/newsitem/5350
… 
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from 
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So 
we 
can 
find 
things
Why 
Catalog? 
So 
we 
can 
find 
things 
Why 
Share 
on 
the 
Web?
Why 
Catalog? 
So 
we 
can 
find 
things 
Why 
Share 
on 
the 
Web? 
So 
today’s 
users 
can 
find 
our 
things
Where 
are 
our 
users?
Where 
are 
our 
users?
Links and Entities
Run that by 
me again..
Revolutionizing 
Library 
Data 
Entity 
Based 
Data 
Architecture 
Run that by 
me again..
Revolutionizing 
Library 
Data 
Entity 
Based 
Data 
Architecture 
• The 
Web 
is 
moving 
from 
strings 
to 
things 
Run that by 
me again..
Revolutionizing 
Library 
Data 
Entity 
Based 
Data 
Architecture 
• The 
Web 
is 
moving 
from 
strings 
to 
things 
• Describing 
entities 
and 
their 
relationships 
Run that by 
me again..
Revolutionizing 
Library 
Data 
Entity 
Based 
Data 
Architecture 
• The 
Web 
is 
moving 
from 
strings 
to 
things 
• Describing 
entities 
and 
their 
relationships 
• Entities 
can 
be 
mined 
from 
bib 
records 
Run that by 
me again..
Revolutionizing 
Library 
Data 
Entity 
Based 
Data 
Architecture 
• The 
Web 
is 
moving 
from 
strings 
to 
things 
• Describing 
entities 
and 
their 
relationships 
• Entities 
can 
be 
mined 
from 
bib 
records 
• Entities 
would 
revolutionize 
workflows 
Run that by 
me again..
Revolutionizing 
Library 
Data 
Entity 
Based 
Data 
Architecture 
• The 
Web 
is 
moving 
from 
strings 
to 
things 
• Describing 
entities 
and 
their 
relationships 
• Entities 
can 
be 
mined 
from 
bib 
records 
• Entities 
would 
revolutionize 
workflows 
• Entities 
will 
revolutionize 
discovery 
Run that by 
me again..
Revolutionizing 
Library 
Data 
Entity 
Based 
Data 
Architecture 
• The 
Web 
is 
moving 
from 
strings 
to 
things 
• Describing 
entities 
and 
their 
relationships 
• Entities 
can 
be 
mined 
from 
bib 
records 
• Entities 
would 
revolutionize 
workflows 
• Entities 
will 
revolutionize 
discovery 
• Vocabulary 
of 
the 
Web 
– 
Schema.org 
Run that by 
me again..
Revolutionizing 
Library 
Data 
Entity 
Based 
Data 
Architecture 
• The 
Web 
is 
moving 
from 
strings 
to 
things 
• Describing 
entities 
and 
their 
relationships 
• Entities 
can 
be 
mined 
from 
bib 
records 
• Entities 
would 
revolutionize 
workflows 
• Entities 
will 
revolutionize 
discovery 
• Vocabulary 
of 
the 
Web 
– 
Schema.org 
• Search 
engines 
route 
directly 
to 
libraries 
Run that by 
me again..
Revolutionizing 
Library 
Data 
Entity 
Based 
Data 
Architecture 
• The 
Web 
is 
moving 
from 
strings 
to 
things 
• Describing 
entities 
and 
their 
relationships 
• Entities 
can 
be 
mined 
from 
bib 
records 
• Entities 
would 
revolutionize 
workflows 
• Entities 
will 
revolutionize 
discovery 
• Vocabulary 
of 
the 
Web 
– 
Schema.org 
• Search 
engines 
route 
directly 
to 
libraries 
• Libraries 
need 
to 
syndicate 
locally 
Run that by 
me again..
Revolutionizing 
Library 
Data 
Entity 
Based 
Data 
Architecture 
• The 
Web 
is 
moving 
from 
strings 
to 
things 
• Describing 
entities 
and 
their 
relationships 
• Entities 
can 
be 
mined 
from 
bib 
records 
• Entities 
would 
revolutionize 
workflows 
• Entities 
will 
revolutionize 
discovery 
• Vocabulary 
of 
the 
Web 
– 
Schema.org 
• Search 
engines 
route 
directly 
to 
libraries 
• Libraries 
need 
to 
syndicate 
locally 
• Systems 
need 
to 
enable 
syndication 
Run that by 
me again..
Revolutionizing 
Library 
Data 
Entity 
Based 
Data 
Architecture 
• The 
Web 
is 
moving 
from 
strings 
to 
things 
• Describing 
entities 
and 
their 
relationships 
• Entities 
can 
be 
mined 
from 
bib 
records 
• Entities 
would 
revolutionize 
workflows 
• Entities 
will 
revolutionize 
discovery 
• Vocabulary 
of 
the 
Web 
– 
Schema.org 
• Search 
engines 
route 
directly 
to 
libraries 
• Libraries 
need 
to 
syndicate 
locally 
• Systems 
need 
to 
enable 
syndication 
• Linking 
to 
hubs 
of 
authority 
Run that by 
me again..
Revolutionizing 
Library 
Data 
Entity 
Based 
Data 
Architecture 
• The 
Web 
is 
moving 
from 
strings 
to 
things 
• Describing 
entities 
and 
their 
relationships 
• Entities 
can 
be 
mined 
from 
bib 
records 
• Entities 
would 
revolutionize 
workflows 
• Entities 
will 
revolutionize 
discovery 
• Vocabulary 
of 
the 
Web 
– 
Schema.org 
• Search 
engines 
route 
directly 
to 
libraries 
• Libraries 
need 
to 
syndicate 
locally 
• Systems 
need 
to 
enable 
syndication 
• Linking 
to 
hubs 
of 
authority 
• Setting 
global 
context 
for 
our 
resources 
Run that by 
me again..
Revolutionizing 
Library 
Data 
Entity 
Based 
Data 
Architecture 
• The 
Web 
is 
moving 
from 
strings 
to 
things 
• Describing 
entities 
and 
their 
relationships 
• Entities 
can 
be 
mined 
from 
bib 
records 
• Entities 
would 
revolutionize 
workflows 
• Entities 
will 
revolutionize 
discovery 
• Vocabulary 
of 
the 
Web 
– 
Schema.org 
• Search 
engines 
route 
directly 
to 
libraries 
• Libraries 
need 
to 
syndicate 
locally 
• Systems 
need 
to 
enable 
syndication 
• Linking 
to 
hubs 
of 
authority 
• Setting 
global 
context 
for 
our 
resources 
• Making 
Libraries 
relevant 
on/in 
the 
web 
Run that by 
me again..
Revolutionizing 
Library 
Data 
Entity 
Based 
Data 
Architecture 
• The 
Web 
is 
moving 
from 
strings 
to 
things 
• Describing 
entities 
and 
their 
relationships 
• Entities 
can 
be 
mined 
from 
bib 
records 
• Entities 
would 
revolutionize 
workflows 
• Entities 
will 
revolutionize 
discovery 
• Vocabulary 
of 
the 
Web 
– 
Schema.org 
• Search 
engines 
route 
directly 
to 
libraries 
• Libraries 
need 
to 
syndicate 
locally 
• Systems 
need 
to 
enable 
syndication 
• Linking 
to 
hubs 
of 
authority 
• Setting 
global 
context 
for 
our 
resources 
• Making 
Libraries 
relevant 
on/in 
the 
web 
It’s 
all 
about 
the 
entities 
Run that by 
me again..
Revolutionizing 
Library 
Data 
Entity 
Based 
Data 
Architecture 
• The 
Web 
is 
moving 
from 
strings 
to 
things 
• Describing 
entities 
and 
their 
relationships 
• Entities 
can 
be 
mined 
from 
bib 
records 
• Entities 
would 
revolutionize 
workflows 
• Entities 
will 
revolutionize 
discovery 
• Vocabulary 
of 
the 
Web 
– 
Schema.org 
• Search 
engines 
route 
directly 
to 
libraries 
• Libraries 
need 
to 
syndicate 
locally 
• Systems 
need 
to 
enable 
syndication 
• Linking 
to 
hubs 
of 
authority 
• Setting 
global 
context 
for 
our 
resources 
• Making 
Libraries 
relevant 
on/in 
the 
web 
It’s 
all 
about 
the 
entities 
enabled 
by 
just 
another 
technology 
Linked 
Data 
WorldCat 
Setting 
Context 
Run that by 
me again..
Links and Entities
Yeah – but what can I do?
Yeah – but what can I do? 
• Your 
resources 
in 
the 
Web 
of 
Data 
- Contribute 
to 
WorldCat
Yeah – but what can I do? 
• Your 
resources 
in 
the 
Web 
of 
Data 
- Contribute 
to 
WorldCat 
• Start 
linking 
your 
resources 
- WorldCat 
Work 
URIs 
in 
your 
data
Yeah – but what can I do? 
• Your 
resources 
in 
the 
Web 
of 
Data 
- Contribute 
to 
WorldCat 
• Start 
linking 
your 
resources 
- WorldCat 
Work 
URIs 
in 
your 
data 
• Register 
institution 
on 
the 
web 
- Schema.org 
– 
Organization/Library 
- WorldCat 
Registry 
- Schema.org 
across 
your 
Website(s)
Yeah – but what can I do? 
• Your 
resources 
in 
the 
Web 
of 
Data 
- Contribute 
to 
WorldCat 
• Start 
linking 
your 
resources 
- WorldCat 
Work 
URIs 
in 
your 
data 
• Register 
institution 
on 
the 
web 
- Schema.org 
– 
Organization/Library 
- WorldCat 
Registry 
- Schema.org 
across 
your 
Website(s) 
• Talk 
to 
system 
providers 
/ 
projects 
- Not 
just 
a 
Linked 
Data 
feature 
- Exposing 
Entities 
in 
global 
context
Yeah – but what can I do? 
• Your 
resources 
in 
the 
Web 
of 
Data 
- Contribute 
to 
WorldCat 
• Start 
linking 
your 
resources 
- WorldCat 
Work 
URIs 
in 
your 
data 
• Register 
institution 
on 
the 
web 
- Schema.org 
– 
Organization/Library 
- WorldCat 
Registry 
- Schema.org 
across 
your 
Website(s) 
• Talk 
to 
system 
providers 
/ 
projects 
- Not 
just 
a 
Linked 
Data 
feature 
- Exposing 
Entities 
in 
global 
context
Richard 
Wallis 
Richard.Wallis@oclc.org 
@rjw 
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Links and Entities

  • 1. KNVI – Utrecht – November 18 2014 Links and Entities: The Library Data Revolution Richard Wallis Technology Evangelist @rjw
  • 2. A global, nonprofit library cooperative 16,737 members in 109 countries 17 offices 5 data centers
  • 3. Comprehensive and global • 322 million cataloging records • 2.1 billion holdings • 17.3 million e-­‐resources in the WorldCat knowledge base •Nearly 2,000 e-­‐content collections • 1.5 billion items in WorldCat Discovery, including: • 297 million peer-­‐reviewed articles • 41 million digital items • 33 million pieces of evaluative content • 35 million archival materials • 8 million open-­‐access items • and much more…
  • 4. Comprehensive and global 253 million books 16 million e-­‐books 12 million serials 12 million visual materials 7 million musical scores 4 million maps English: 83 million German: 25 million French: 18 million Spanish: 8.2 million Chinese: 5.1 million Italian: 3.4 million Dutch: 3.3 million Japanese: 2.9 million Russian: 2.9 million Danish 2.1 million Swedish: 1.9 million Portuguese: 1.3 million Just a few of the dozens of types of content: Some of the 485 languages represented…
  • 5. • 322 Comprehensive and global million cataloging records • 2.1 billion holdings • 17.3 million e-­‐resources in the WorldCat knowledge base •Nearly 2,000 e-­‐content collections • 1.5 billion items in WorldCat Discovery, including: • 297 million peer-­‐reviewed articles • 41 million digital items • 33 million pieces of evaluative content • 35 million archival materials • 8 million open-­‐access items • and much more…
  • 6. WorldCat ~ 2 Billion Records
  • 7. WorldCat ~ 2 Billion Records 000 a22002411 01261nam 4500 001 303 005 00000000000000.0 008 b 990716m19091912enkb 0 000 eng 035 __ (DLC) |9 24002676 906 __ CATALOGER: 0 |a ibc |b orignew |c u |d ocip |e 19 |f duplicated y-­‐gencatlg |g PREMARC; 955 __ |a removed record, This cataloging under imported 99-­‐219818 24-­‐2676 on have I LCCN changed that to LCCN, copy and characteristics, the deleted record; PREMARC retained, do please NEW as and INPUT this complete based record the on item hand; in item submit selection; for if as add copy. a 07-­‐16-­‐99 ta05 010 __ 24002676 |a 99219818 |z __ DLC |a DLC |c 00 DA760 |a .B88 |b 1909 a |Scotland, Peter Brown, |d Hume, 1849-­‐1918. History a of by |c Hume P. Brown. |b Cambridge, Press, University 1909-­‐12. |c (part maps |c fold.) cm. 20 series historical v. 408; p. 2, v. 455-­‐464; p. 3, [435]-­‐444. v. Stewart.-­‐-­‐From 2. accession disruption, the Mary of to 1689 the 1843.
  • 8. Entities, The Web & Library Metadata person place object concept organization work
  • 9. Entities, The Web & Library Metadata person place object concept organization work
  • 12. Knowledge cards for libraries? Google Knowledge Graph
  • 13. Library data stored as entities person place object concept organization work
  • 14. Library data stored as entities person place author object concept organization work
  • 15. Library data stored as entities person place author object concept subject organization work
  • 16. Library data stored as entities person place author object concept item subject availability organization work
  • 17. Library data stored as entities Library Knowledge Graph person place object concept organization work A graph of relationships
  • 18. Library data stored as entities Library Knowledge Graph person place object concept organization work A graph of relationships
  • 19. Library data stored as entities Library Knowledge Graph person place object concept organization work A graph of relationships
  • 20. Library data stored as entities Library Knowledge Graph person place object concept organization work A graph of relationships
  • 21. Library data stored as entities person place object concept organization work A graph of relationships
  • 22. Library data stored as entities person place object concept organization work A graph of relationships
  • 23. Library data stored as entities person place FRBR: Work/Expression object concept organization work A graph FRBR: of Manifestation relationships
  • 24. Putting entities in library workflows Intuitive searching Cataloging Integration with the web Cascading updates More options
  • 25. Entities and library workflows: Discovery • Knowledge cards • Fixes problem of “representative record” • It’s what users expect in discovery
  • 26. Entities and library workflows: Discovery
  • 27. Entities and library workflows: Cataloging • Improve data quality – Cascading updates • A new approach to cataloging – Point and click cataloging – Managing entities instead of managing records • Consistent with RDA
  • 28. library data: stored as records author location edition holding title source classification publisher ISBN date of publication
  • 29. library data: stored as records person place author location edition holding title source object concept classification publisher ISBN date of publication organization work
  • 30. Günter Grass Born: 16 October 1927 Gdańsk, Poland German novelist, poet, playwright, illustrator, graphic artist, sculptor and recipient of the 1999 Nobel Prize in Literature. Works Subjects Germany | German literature | Historical fiction War stories | Black humor | Fantasy Quotes “Even bad books are books and therefore sacred.”—The Find Günter Grass works at: Libraries near me | Online Retailers Tin Drum
  • 31. Günter Grass Born: 16 October 1927 Gdańsk, Poland German novelist, poet, playwright, illustrator, graphic artist, sculptor and recipient of the 1999 Nobel Prize in Literature. Works Subjects Germany | German literature | Historical fiction War stories | Black humor | Fantasy Quotes “Even bad books are books and therefore sacred.”—The Find Günter Grass works at: Libraries near me | Online Retailers Tin Drum MARC RECORD
  • 32. Günter Grass Born: 16 October 1927 Gdańsk, Poland German novelist, poet, playwright, illustrator, graphic artist, sculptor and recipient of the 1999 Nobel Prize in Literature. Works Subjects Germany | German literature | Historical fiction War stories | Black humor | Fantasy Quotes “Even bad books are books and therefore sacred.”—The Tin Drum Find Günter Grass works at: Libraries near me | Online Retailers
  • 33. Günter Grass Born: 16 October 1927 Gdańsk, Poland German novelist, poet, playwright, illustrator, graphic artist, sculptor and recipient of the 1999 Nobel Prize in Literature. Works Subjects Germany | German literature | Historical fiction War stories | Black humor | Fantasy Quotes “Even bad books are books and therefore sacred.”—The Tin Drum Find Günter Grass works at: Libraries near me | Online Retailers
  • 34. Günter Grass Authority File Born: 16 October 1927 Gdańsk, Poland German novelist, poet, playwright, illustrator, graphic artist, sculptor and recipient of the 1999 Nobel Prize in Literature. Works Subjects Germany | German literature | Historical fiction War stories | Black humor | Fantasy Quotes “Even bad books are books and therefore sacred.”—The Tin Drum Find Günter Grass works at: Libraries near me | Online Retailers
  • 35. Günter Grass Authority File Born: 16 October 1927 Gdańsk, Poland German novelist, poet, playwright, illustrator, graphic artist, sculptor and recipient of the 1999 Nobel Prize in Literature. Works Subjects Germany | German literature | Historical fiction War stories | Black humor | Fantasy Open Web Quotes “Even bad books are books and therefore sacred.”—The Tin Drum Find Günter Grass works at: Libraries near me | Online Retailers
  • 36. Günter Grass Authority File Born: 16 October 1927 Gdańsk, Poland German novelist, poet, playwright, illustrator, graphic artist, sculptor and recipient of the 1999 Nobel Prize in Literature. Works Subjects Germany | German literature | Historical fiction War stories | Black humor | Fantasy Open Web Quotes “Even bad books are books and therefore sacred.”—The Tin Drum Works & Organization Find Günter Grass works at: Libraries near me | Online Retailers Entity
  • 37. Günter Grass Authority File Born: 16 October 1927 Gdańsk, Poland German novelist, poet, playwright, illustrator, graphic artist, sculptor and recipient of the 1999 Nobel Prize in Literature. Works Subjects Germany | German literature | Historical fiction War stories | Black humor | Fantasy Open Web Quotes “Even bad books are books and therefore sacred.”—The Tin Drum Works & Organization Find Günter Grass works at: Libraries near me | Online Retailers Entity Manifestation Entity
  • 38. Günter Grass Authority File Born: 16 October 1927 Gdańsk, Poland German novelist, poet, playwright, illustrator, graphic artist, sculptor and recipient of the 1999 Nobel Prize in Literature. Works Subjects Germany | German literature | Historical fiction War stories | Black humor | Fantasy Open Web Quotes “Even bad books are books and therefore sacred.”—The Tin Drum Find Günter Grass works at: Libraries near me | Online Retailers Commercial Web Works & Organization Entity Manifestation Entity
  • 39. Günter Grass Authority File Born: 16 October 1927 Gdańsk, Poland German novelist, poet, playwright, illustrator, graphic artist, sculptor and recipient of the 1999 Nobel Prize in Literature. Works Subjects Germany | German literature | Historical fiction War stories | Black humor | Fantasy Open Web Quotes “Even bad books are books and therefore sacred.”—The Tin Drum Find Günter Grass works at: Libraries near me | Online Retailers Commercial Web Authority File Works & Organization Entity Manifestation Entity
  • 40. Günter Grass Born: 16 October 1927 Gdańsk, Poland German novelist, poet, playwright, illustrator, graphic artist, sculptor and recipient of the 1999 Nobel Prize in Literature. Works Subjects Germany | German literature | Historical fiction War stories | Black humor | Fantasy Quotes “Even bad books are books and therefore sacred.”—The Tin Drum Find Günter Grass works at: Libraries near me | Online Retailers
  • 41. Entities and library workflows: Cataloging The Tin Drum Summary: Acclaimed as the greatest German novel since the end of World War II. The Tin Drum is the story of thirty year old Oskar Matzerath who has lived through the long Nazi nightmare and who is being held in a mental institution. Subjects Germany -­‐ History | German literature | Political fiction Borrowing Options Ebooks | Printed Books | Audio Books Other Languages !
  • 42. Entities and library workflows: Cataloging The Tin Drum Summary: Acclaimed as the greatest German novel since the end of World War II. The Tin Drum is the story of thirty year old Oskar Matzerath who has lived through the long Nazi nightmare and who is being held in a mental institution. Subjects Germany -­‐ History | German literature | Political fiction Borrowing Options Ebooks | Printed Books | Audio Books Other Languages ! Person Editor
  • 43. Entities and library workflows: Cataloging The Tin Drum Person Editor Person Summary: Acclaimed as the greatest German novel since the end of World War II. The Tin Drum is the story of thirty year old Authority Oskar Matzerath who has lived through the long Nazi nightmare and who is being held in a mental institution. Subjects • Günter Grass • SameAs ➾ Germany -­‐ History | German literature | Political fiction Borrowing Options Ebooks | Printed Books | Audio Books Other Languages ! <dbpedia.or g>
  • 44. Entities and library workflows: Cataloging The Tin Drum Person Editor Person Summary: Acclaimed as the greatest German novel since the end of World War II. The Tin Drum is the story of thirty year old Authority Oskar Matzerath who has lived through the long Nazi nightmare and who is being held in a mental institution. Subjects • Günter Grass • SameAs ➾ Germany -­‐ History | German literature | Political fiction Borrowing Options Ebooks | Printed Books | Audio Books Other Languages ! <dbpedia.or g> LC NAF
  • 45. Entities and library workflows: Cataloging The Tin Drum Summary: Acclaimed as the greatest German novel since the end of World War II. The Tin Drum is the story of thirty year old Oskar Matzerath who has lived through the long Nazi nightmare and who is being held in a mental institution. Subjects Germany -­‐ History | German literature | Political fiction Borrowing Options Ebooks | Printed Books | Audio Books Other Languages !
  • 46. Entities and library workflows: Cataloging The Tin Drum Summary: Acclaimed as the greatest German novel since the end of World War II. The Tin Drum is the story of thirty year old Oskar Matzerath who has lived through the long Nazi nightmare and who is being held in a mental institution. Subjects Germany -­‐ History | German literature | Political fiction Borrowing Options Ebooks | Printed Books | Audio Books Other Languages ! Work Editor
  • 47. Entities and library workflows: Cataloging The Tin Drum Work Editor Work Summary: Authority Acclaimed as the greatest German novel since the end of World War II. The Tin Drum is the story of thirty year old • Title Oskar Matzerath who has lived through the long Nazi nightmare and who is being held in a mental institution. • Creator Subjects ➾ Germany -­‐ History | German literature | Political fiction <Person> Borrowing Options Ebooks | Printed Books | Audio Books Other Languages !
  • 48. Entities and library workflows: Cataloging The Tin Drum Work Editor Summary: Acclaimed as the greatest German novel since the end of World War II. The Tin Drum is the story of thirty year old Oskar Matzerath who has lived through the long Nazi nightmare and who is being held in a mental institution. Germany -­‐ History | German literature | Political fiction Borrowing Options Ebooks | Printed Expression Books | Audio Books Subjects Other Languages ! Manifestation 1 Manifestation 2 Manifestation 3 Cascading Updates Work Authority • Title • Creator ➾ <Person>
  • 49. Entities and library workflows: Cataloging The Tin Drum Work Editor Summary: Acclaimed as the greatest German novel since the end of World War II. The Tin Drum is the story of thirty year old Oskar Matzerath who has lived through the long Nazi nightmare and who is being held in a mental institution. Germany -­‐ History | German literature | Political fiction Borrowing Options Ebooks | Printed Expression Books | Audio Books Subjects Other Languages ! Manifestation 1 Manifestation 2 Manifestation 3 MARC21 Output Cascading Updates Work Authority • Title • Creator ➾ <Person>
  • 50. Entities and library workflows: Other applications
  • 51. Entities and library workflows: Other applications • Interlibrary Loan – Borrow at the Work level – Manifestations/Items are detail
  • 52. Entities and library workflows: Other applications • Interlibrary Loan – Borrow at the Work level – Manifestations/Items are detail • Analytics – Fixes “holdings scatter” across manifestations
  • 53. Entities and library workflows: Other applications • Interlibrary Loan – Borrow at the Work level – Manifestations/Items are detail • Analytics – Fixes “holdings scatter” across manifestations • Other third party applications – Discovery API exposes library entities
  • 54. Entities and library workflows: Web exposure
  • 55. Entities and library workflows: Web exposure • Be found on the web
  • 56. Entities and library workflows: Web exposure • Be found on the web • Connect your users to unique content
  • 57. Entities and library workflows: Web exposure • Be found on the web • Connect your users to unique content • What the web requires for web exposure – Aggregation – Familiar structures – A Network of Links – Entity Identifiers
  • 58. Entities, The Web & Library Metadata person place object concept organization work
  • 59. Entities, The Web & Library Metadata person place object concept organization work
  • 60. Entities, The Web & Library Metadata person place object concept organization work Entity Based Data Architecture…
  • 61. What About Linked Data? https://www.flickr.com/photos/rileyroxx/169900848/
  • 62. WhWahatt Aabbouot uLitn kLedin ked Data? Data? Yeah! – what about Linked Data? I thought Linked Data was going to solve all our problems! https://www.flickr.com/photos/rileyroxx/169900848/
  • 70. • A Linked Data Technology • Standard on the Web – RDF, URIs, Vocabularies • Identifying and Linking resources on the Web • Important powerful enabling technology
  • 71. • A Linked Data Technology • Standard on the Web – RDF, URIs, Vocabularies • Identifying and Linking resources on the Web • Important powerful enabling technology • But only a technology…
  • 72. • A Linked Data Technology • Standard on the Web – RDF, URIs, Vocabularies • Identifying and Linking resources on the Web • Important powerful enabling technology • But only a technology… for the systems folks to worry about
  • 73. • A Linked Data Technology • Standard on the Web – RDF, URIs, Vocabularies • Identifying and Linking resources on the Web • Important powerful enabling technology • But only a technology… for the systems folks to worry about • Real benefits flow from: Entity Based Data Architecture
  • 74. • A Linked Data Technology • Standard on the Web – RDF, URIs, Vocabularies • Identifying and Linking resources on the Web • Important powerful enabling technology • But only a technology… for the systems folks to worry about • Real benefits flow from: Entity Based Data Architecture Powered by Linked Data
  • 76. Entity Based Data on the Web
  • 77. Entity Based Data on the Web
  • 78. Entity Based Data on the Web
  • 79. Entity Based Data on the Web
  • 80. Entity Based Data on the Web Knowledge Graphs
  • 81. Entity Based Data on the Web Knowledge Graphs
  • 82. Entity Based Data on the Web Knowledge Graphs
  • 83. Entity Based Data on the Web Knowledge Graphs
  • 84. Entity Based Data on the Web Knowledge Graphs Semantic Search
  • 85. … beneficial effects for libraries
  • 86. … beneficial effects for libraries http://www.theeuropeanlibrary.org/tel4/newsitem/5350
  • 87. … beneficial effects for libraries http://www.theeuropeanlibrary.org/tel4/newsitem/5350
  • 88. … beneficial effects for libraries “… more than 80 per cent of these visitors coming from search engines …” http://www.theeuropeanlibrary.org/tel4/newsitem/5350
  • 93. Why is the Web Adopting This?
  • 94. Why is the Web Adopting This? (Entities, Semantic Search, Linked Data)
  • 95. Why is the Web Adopting This? (Entities, Semantic Search, Linked Data) • To get their products/resources in front of users - Next Generation SEO
  • 96. Why is the Web Adopting This? (Entities, Semantic Search, Linked Data) • To get their products/resources in front of users - Next Generation SEO • It is a shared approach from the Search Engines - But not exclusive to them
  • 99. Syndication For Libraries • Aggregate to a central site - National Library, Consortia, WorldCat.org
  • 100. Syndication For Libraries • Aggregate to a central site - National Library, Consortia, WorldCat.org • Publish details to syndication partners - WorldCat: Amazon, Google Scholar, EasyBib, EBSCO, OpenLibrary, FindMyLibrary, RedLaser, Yelp, …
  • 101. Syndication For Libraries • Aggregate to a central site - National Library, Consortia, WorldCat.org • Publish details to syndication partners - WorldCat: Amazon, Google Scholar, EasyBib, EBSCO, OpenLibrary, FindMyLibrary, RedLaser, Yelp, … • Links from aggregators to individual libraries - Find in a library
  • 102. Syndication For Libraries • Aggregate to a central site - National Library, Consortia, WorldCat.org • Publish details to syndication partners - WorldCat: June Amazon, Google Scholar, EasyBib, EBSCO, OpenLibrary, FindMyLibrary, RedLaser, Yelp, … • Links Million from Million from aggregators to individual libraries - Find in a library Syndication WorldCat Year to 2013 ! • 77 referrals partners • 8.7 to click-­‐through libraries
  • 103. Syndication For Libraries • Aggregate to a central site - National Library, Consortia, WorldCat.org • Publish details to syndication partners - WorldCat: Amazon, Google Scholar, EasyBib, EBSCO, OpenLibrary, FindMyLibrary, RedLaser, Yelp, … • Links from aggregators to individual libraries - Find in a library Today
  • 104. Syndication For Libraries • Aggregate to a central site - National Library, Consortia, WorldCat.org • Publish details to syndication partners - WorldCat: Amazon, Google Scholar, EasyBib, EBSCO, OpenLibrary, FindMyLibrary, RedLaser, Yelp, … • Links from aggregators to individual libraries - Find in a library Today Efficient but indirect
  • 106. Syndication For Libraries On the Web of Data
  • 107. Syndication For Libraries • Individual On the Web of Data libraries publish resource data
  • 108. Syndication For Libraries • Individual On the Web of Data libraries publish resource data - Linked Data in local discovery interfaces
  • 109. Syndication For Libraries • Individual On the Web of Data libraries publish resource data - Linked Data in local discovery interfaces - Links to authoritative hubs – set global context • VIAF, LoC, WorldCat Works, …
  • 110. Syndication For Libraries • Individual On the Web of Data libraries publish resource data - Linked Data in local discovery interfaces - Links to authoritative hubs – set global context • VIAF, LoC, WorldCat Works, … • Recognized and identified on the Web
  • 111. Syndication For Libraries • Individual On the Web of Data libraries publish resource data - Linked Data in local discovery interfaces - Links to authoritative hubs – set global context • VIAF, LoC, WorldCat Works, … • Recognized and identified on the Web - Google, Bing, Yahoo!, Yandex, etc. - Where our users are!
  • 112. Syndication For Libraries • Individual On the Web of Data libraries publish resource data - Linked Data in local discovery interfaces - Links to authoritative hubs – set global context • VIAF, LoC, WorldCat Works, … • Recognized and identified on the Web - Google, Bing, Yahoo!, Yandex, etc. - Where our users are! • Users referred directly to resources in the library
  • 113. Syndication For Libraries • Individual On the Web of Data libraries publish resource data - Linked Data in local discovery interfaces - Links to authoritative hubs – set global context • VIAF, LoC, WorldCat Works, … • Recognized and identified on the Web - Google, Bing, Yahoo!, Yandex, etc. - Where our users are! • Users referred directly to resources in the library Direct and Effective
  • 114. Syndication For Libraries • Individual On the Web of Data libraries publish resource data - Linked Data in local discovery interfaces - Links to authoritative hubs – set global context • VIAF, LoC, WorldCat Works, … • Recognized and identified on the Web - Google, Bing, Yahoo!, Yandex, etc. - Where our users are! • Users referred directly to resources in the library Direct and Effective
  • 115. Syndication For Libraries • Individual On the Web of Data libraries publish resource data - Linked Data in local discovery interfaces - Links to authoritative hubs – set global context • VIAF, LoC, WorldCat Works, … • Recognized and identified on the Web - Google, Bing, Yahoo!, Yandex, etc. - Where our users are! • Users referred directly to resources in the library Direct and Effective
  • 116. Bibliographic Entities in the Web of Data Intuitive searching Cataloging Integration with the web Cascading updates More options
  • 117. Bibliographic Entities in the Web of Data
  • 118. What’s Happening on The Web: schema.org
  • 119. What’s Happening on The Web: schema.org
  • 120. What’s Happening on The Web: schema.org
  • 121. What’s Happening on The Web: schema.org 25% Of Web Use Schema.org markup!
  • 122. What’s Happening for Libraries: SchemaBibExtend
  • 123. What’s Happening for Libraries: SchemaBibExtend http://www.w3.org/community/schemabibex/
  • 124. What’s Happening for Libraries: SchemaBibExtend • W3C Activity • Schema.org Based http://www.w3.org/community/schemabibex/
  • 127. WorldCat Entities Works • 197+ million Work descriptions and URIs
  • 128. WorldCat Entities Works • 197+ million Work descriptions and URIs • Schema.org
  • 129. WorldCat Entities Works • 197+ million Work descriptions and URIs • Schema.org • RDF Data formats – RDF/XML, Turtle, Triples, JSON-­‐LD
  • 130. WorldCat Entities Works • 197+ million Work descriptions and URIs • Schema.org • RDF Data formats – RDF/XML, Turtle, Triples, JSON-­‐LD • Links to WorldCat manifestations
  • 131. WorldCat Entities Works • 197+ million Work descriptions and URIs • Schema.org • RDF Data formats – RDF/XML, Turtle, Triples, JSON-­‐LD • Links to WorldCat manifestations • Links to Dewey, LCSH, LCNAF, VIAF, FAST
  • 132. WorldCat Entities Works • 197+ million Work descriptions and URIs • Schema.org • RDF Data formats – RDF/XML, Turtle, Triples, JSON-­‐LD • Links to WorldCat manifestations • Links to Dewey, LCSH, LCNAF, VIAF, FAST • Open Data license
  • 133. WorldCat Entities Works • 197+ million Work descriptions and URIs • Schema.org • RDF Data formats – RDF/XML, Turtle, Triples, JSON-­‐LD • Links to WorldCat manifestations • Links to Dewey, LCSH, LCNAF, VIAF, FAST • Open Data license • Released April 2014
  • 139. OCLC Entity Based Data Strategy
  • 140. OCLC Entity Based Data Strategy ✓VIAF, ISNI, FAST 2010 Publish Linked Data
  • 141. OCLC Entity Based Data Strategy ✓VIAF, ISNI, FAST Publish Linked Data ✓WorldCat.org Linked Data Release 2012 – using Schema.org 2010
  • 142. OCLC Entity Based Data Strategy ✓VIAF, ISNI, FAST Publish Linked Data ✓WorldCat.org Linked Data Release – using Schema.org ✓Data mining of WorldCat resources 2010 2012 2013
  • 143. OCLC Entity Based Data Strategy ✓VIAF, ISNI, FAST Publish Linked Data ✓WorldCat.org Linked Data Release – using Schema.org ✓Data mining of WorldCat resources ✓WorldCat Works Released – using Schema.org 2010 2012 2013 2014
  • 144. OCLC Entity Based Data Strategy ✓VIAF, ISNI, FAST Publish Linked Data ✓WorldCat.org Linked Data Release – using Schema.org ✓Data mining of WorldCat resources ✓WorldCat Works Released – using Schema.org ✓Schema.org added to VIAF RDF 2010 2012 2013 2014
  • 145. OCLC Entity Based Data Strategy ✓VIAF, ISNI, FAST Publish Linked Data ✓WorldCat.org Linked Data Release – using Schema.org ✓Data mining of WorldCat resources ✓WorldCat Works Released – using Schema.org ✓Schema.org added to VIAF RDF 2010 2012 2013 2014
  • 146. OCLC Entity Based Data Strategy ✓VIAF, ISNI, FAST Publish Linked Data ✓WorldCat.org Linked Data Release – using Schema.org ✓Data mining of WorldCat resources ✓WorldCat Works Released – using Schema.org ✓Schema.org added to VIAF RDF 2010 2012 2013 2014 ➢Application Integration ➢WorldCat Discovery ➢Analytics ➢Discovery API ➢Cataloging 2015
  • 147. OCLC Entity Based Data Strategy ✓VIAF, ISNI, FAST Publish Linked Data ✓WorldCat.org Linked Data Release – using Schema.org ✓Data mining of WorldCat resources ✓WorldCat Works Released – using Schema.org ✓Schema.org added to VIAF RDF 2010 2012 2014 ➢Application Integration ➢WorldCat Discovery ➢Analytics ➢Discovery API ➢Cataloging 2015 ➢More Entities Released ➢Person ➢Organization ➢Event ➢Concept 2013
  • 148. OCLC Entity Based Data Strategy ✓VIAF, ISNI, FAST Publish Linked Data ✓WorldCat.org Linked Data Release – using Schema.org ✓Data mining of WorldCat resources ✓WorldCat Works Released – using Schema.org ✓Schema.org added to VIAF RDF 2010 2012 2014 ➢Application Integration ➢WorldCat Discovery ➢Analytics ➢Discovery API ➢Cataloging 2015 ➢More Entities Released ➢Person ➢Organization ➢Event ➢Concept ➢New Products ➢New Services 2013 2016
  • 149. OCLC Entity Based Data Strategy ✓VIAF, ISNI, FAST Publish Linked Data ✓WorldCat.org Linked Data Release – using Schema.org ✓Data mining of WorldCat resources ✓WorldCat Works Released – using Schema.org ✓Schema.org added to VIAF RDF 2010 2012 2014 ➢Application Integration ➢WorldCat Discovery ➢Analytics ➢Discovery API ➢Cataloging 2015 ➢More Entities Released ➢Person ➢Organization ➢Event ➢Concept ➢New Products ➢Continuing Evangelism ➢New Services ➢Continuing Innovation 2013 2016
  • 150. OCLC Entity Based Data Strategy ✓VIAF, ISNI, FAST Publish Linked Data ✓WorldCat.org Linked Data Release – using Schema.org ✓Data mining of WorldCat resources ✓WorldCat Works Released – using Schema.org ✓Schema.org added to VIAF RDF 2010 2012 2014 ➢Application Integration ➢WorldCat Discovery ➢Analytics ➢Discovery API ➢Cataloging 2015 ➢More Entities Released ➢Person ➢Organization ➢Event ➢Concept ➢New Products ➢Continuing Evangelism ➢New Services ➢Continuing Innovation 2013 2016
  • 151. OCLC Entity Based Data Strategy ✓VIAF, ISNI, FAST Publish Linked Data ✓WorldCat.org Linked Data Release – using Schema.org ✓Data mining of WorldCat resources ✓WorldCat Works Released – using Schema.org ✓Schema.org added to VIAF RDF 2010 2012 2014 ➢Application Integration ➢WorldCat Discovery ➢Analytics ➢Discovery API ➢Cataloging 2015 ➢More Entities Released ➢Person ➢Organization ➢Event ➢Concept ➢New Products ➢Continuing Evangelism ➢New Services ➢Continuing Innovation 2013 2016
  • 152. OCLC Entity Based Data Strategy ✓VIAF, ISNI, FAST Publish Linked Data ✓WorldCat.org Linked Data Release – using Schema.org ✓Data mining of WorldCat resources ✓WorldCat Works Released – using Schema.org ✓Schema.org added to VIAF RDF 2010 2012 2014 ➢Application Integration ➢WorldCat Discovery ➢Analytics ➢Discovery API ➢Cataloging 2015 ➢More Entities Released ➢Person ➢Organization ➢Event ➢Concept ➢New Products ➢Continuing Evangelism ➢New Services ➢Continuing Innovation 2013 2016
  • 153. OCLC Entity Based Data Strategy ✓VIAF, ISNI, FAST Publish Linked Data ✓WorldCat.org Linked Data Release – using Schema.org ✓Data mining of WorldCat resources ✓WorldCat Works Released – using Schema.org ✓Schema.org added to VIAF RDF 2010 2012 2014 ➢Application Integration ➢WorldCat Discovery ➢Analytics ➢Discovery API ➢Cataloging 2015 ➢More Entities Released ➢Person ➢Organization ➢Event ➢Concept ➢New Products ➢Continuing Evangelism ➢New Services ➢Continuing Innovation 2013 2016
  • 154. OCLC Entity Based Data Strategy ✓VIAF, ISNI, FAST Publish Linked Data ✓WorldCat.org Linked Data Release – using Schema.org ✓Data mining of WorldCat resources ✓WorldCat Works Released – using Schema.org ✓Schema.org added to VIAF RDF 2010 2012 2014 ➢Application Integration ➢WorldCat Discovery ➢Analytics ➢Discovery API ➢Cataloging 2015 ➢More Entities Released ➢Person ➢Organization ➢Event ➢Concept ➢New Products ➢Continuing Evangelism ➢New Services ➢Continuing Innovation 2013 2016
  • 155. OCLC Entity Based Data Strategy ✓VIAF, ISNI, FAST Publish Linked Data ✓WorldCat.org Linked Data Release – using Schema.org ✓Data mining of WorldCat resources ✓WorldCat Works Released – using Schema.org ✓Schema.org added to VIAF RDF 2010 2012 2014 ➢Application Integration ➢WorldCat Discovery ➢Analytics ➢Discovery API ➢Cataloging 2015 ➢More Entities Released ➢Person ➢Organization ➢Event ➢Concept ➢New Products ➢Continuing Evangelism ➢New Services ➢Continuing Innovation 2013 2016
  • 156. OCLC Entity Based Data Strategy ✓VIAF, ISNI, FAST Publish Linked Data ✓WorldCat.org Linked Data Release – using Schema.org ✓Data mining of WorldCat resources ✓WorldCat Works Released – using Schema.org ✓Schema.org added to VIAF RDF 2010 2012 2014 ➢Application Integration ➢WorldCat Discovery ➢Analytics ➢Discovery API ➢Cataloging 2015 ➢More Entities Released ➢Person ➢Organization ➢Event ➢Concept ➢New Products ➢Continuing Evangelism ➢New Services ➢Continuing Innovation 2013 2016
  • 159. Why Catalog? So we can find things
  • 160. Why Catalog? So we can find things Why Share on the Web?
  • 161. Why Catalog? So we can find things Why Share on the Web? So today’s users can find our things
  • 162. Where are our users?
  • 163. Where are our users?
  • 165. Run that by me again..
  • 166. Revolutionizing Library Data Entity Based Data Architecture Run that by me again..
  • 167. Revolutionizing Library Data Entity Based Data Architecture • The Web is moving from strings to things Run that by me again..
  • 168. Revolutionizing Library Data Entity Based Data Architecture • The Web is moving from strings to things • Describing entities and their relationships Run that by me again..
  • 169. Revolutionizing Library Data Entity Based Data Architecture • The Web is moving from strings to things • Describing entities and their relationships • Entities can be mined from bib records Run that by me again..
  • 170. Revolutionizing Library Data Entity Based Data Architecture • The Web is moving from strings to things • Describing entities and their relationships • Entities can be mined from bib records • Entities would revolutionize workflows Run that by me again..
  • 171. Revolutionizing Library Data Entity Based Data Architecture • The Web is moving from strings to things • Describing entities and their relationships • Entities can be mined from bib records • Entities would revolutionize workflows • Entities will revolutionize discovery Run that by me again..
  • 172. Revolutionizing Library Data Entity Based Data Architecture • The Web is moving from strings to things • Describing entities and their relationships • Entities can be mined from bib records • Entities would revolutionize workflows • Entities will revolutionize discovery • Vocabulary of the Web – Schema.org Run that by me again..
  • 173. Revolutionizing Library Data Entity Based Data Architecture • The Web is moving from strings to things • Describing entities and their relationships • Entities can be mined from bib records • Entities would revolutionize workflows • Entities will revolutionize discovery • Vocabulary of the Web – Schema.org • Search engines route directly to libraries Run that by me again..
  • 174. Revolutionizing Library Data Entity Based Data Architecture • The Web is moving from strings to things • Describing entities and their relationships • Entities can be mined from bib records • Entities would revolutionize workflows • Entities will revolutionize discovery • Vocabulary of the Web – Schema.org • Search engines route directly to libraries • Libraries need to syndicate locally Run that by me again..
  • 175. Revolutionizing Library Data Entity Based Data Architecture • The Web is moving from strings to things • Describing entities and their relationships • Entities can be mined from bib records • Entities would revolutionize workflows • Entities will revolutionize discovery • Vocabulary of the Web – Schema.org • Search engines route directly to libraries • Libraries need to syndicate locally • Systems need to enable syndication Run that by me again..
  • 176. Revolutionizing Library Data Entity Based Data Architecture • The Web is moving from strings to things • Describing entities and their relationships • Entities can be mined from bib records • Entities would revolutionize workflows • Entities will revolutionize discovery • Vocabulary of the Web – Schema.org • Search engines route directly to libraries • Libraries need to syndicate locally • Systems need to enable syndication • Linking to hubs of authority Run that by me again..
  • 177. Revolutionizing Library Data Entity Based Data Architecture • The Web is moving from strings to things • Describing entities and their relationships • Entities can be mined from bib records • Entities would revolutionize workflows • Entities will revolutionize discovery • Vocabulary of the Web – Schema.org • Search engines route directly to libraries • Libraries need to syndicate locally • Systems need to enable syndication • Linking to hubs of authority • Setting global context for our resources Run that by me again..
  • 178. Revolutionizing Library Data Entity Based Data Architecture • The Web is moving from strings to things • Describing entities and their relationships • Entities can be mined from bib records • Entities would revolutionize workflows • Entities will revolutionize discovery • Vocabulary of the Web – Schema.org • Search engines route directly to libraries • Libraries need to syndicate locally • Systems need to enable syndication • Linking to hubs of authority • Setting global context for our resources • Making Libraries relevant on/in the web Run that by me again..
  • 179. Revolutionizing Library Data Entity Based Data Architecture • The Web is moving from strings to things • Describing entities and their relationships • Entities can be mined from bib records • Entities would revolutionize workflows • Entities will revolutionize discovery • Vocabulary of the Web – Schema.org • Search engines route directly to libraries • Libraries need to syndicate locally • Systems need to enable syndication • Linking to hubs of authority • Setting global context for our resources • Making Libraries relevant on/in the web It’s all about the entities Run that by me again..
  • 180. Revolutionizing Library Data Entity Based Data Architecture • The Web is moving from strings to things • Describing entities and their relationships • Entities can be mined from bib records • Entities would revolutionize workflows • Entities will revolutionize discovery • Vocabulary of the Web – Schema.org • Search engines route directly to libraries • Libraries need to syndicate locally • Systems need to enable syndication • Linking to hubs of authority • Setting global context for our resources • Making Libraries relevant on/in the web It’s all about the entities enabled by just another technology Linked Data WorldCat Setting Context Run that by me again..
  • 182. Yeah – but what can I do?
  • 183. Yeah – but what can I do? • Your resources in the Web of Data - Contribute to WorldCat
  • 184. Yeah – but what can I do? • Your resources in the Web of Data - Contribute to WorldCat • Start linking your resources - WorldCat Work URIs in your data
  • 185. Yeah – but what can I do? • Your resources in the Web of Data - Contribute to WorldCat • Start linking your resources - WorldCat Work URIs in your data • Register institution on the web - Schema.org – Organization/Library - WorldCat Registry - Schema.org across your Website(s)
  • 186. Yeah – but what can I do? • Your resources in the Web of Data - Contribute to WorldCat • Start linking your resources - WorldCat Work URIs in your data • Register institution on the web - Schema.org – Organization/Library - WorldCat Registry - Schema.org across your Website(s) • Talk to system providers / projects - Not just a Linked Data feature - Exposing Entities in global context
  • 187. Yeah – but what can I do? • Your resources in the Web of Data - Contribute to WorldCat • Start linking your resources - WorldCat Work URIs in your data • Register institution on the web - Schema.org – Organization/Library - WorldCat Registry - Schema.org across your Website(s) • Talk to system providers / projects - Not just a Linked Data feature - Exposing Entities in global context
  • 188. Richard Wallis Richard.Wallis@oclc.org @rjw Explore. Share. Magnify.