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$curl -L -H "Accept: application/ld+json" http://worldcat.org/oclc/52541937
$curl -L -H "Accept: application/ld+json" http://worldcat.org/oclc/52541937 
{ 
"@graph" : [ { 
"@id" : "j.3:New_York_City", 
"schema:name" : "New York", 
"rdf:type" : { 
"@id" : "schema:Place" 
} 
}, { 
"@id" : "http://dewey.info/class/940.3/e22/", 
"rdf:type" : { 
"@id" : "schema:Intangible" 
} 
}, { 
"@id" : "http://dewey.info/class/940.400222/e21/", 
"rdf:type" : { 
"@id" : "schema:Intangible" 
} 
}, { 
"@id" : "http://experiment.worldcat.org/entity/work/data/ 
1363251773#Agent/dk_pub", 
"schema:name" : "DK Pub.", 
"rdf:type" : { 
"@id" : "j.0:Agent" 
} 
}, { 
"@id" : "http://viaf.org/viaf/41848014", 
"schema:familyName" : "Willmott", 
"schema:givenName" : "H. P.",
WorldCat, Works, and Schema.org
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$ curl -L -H "Accept: text/turtle" http://worldcat.org/oclc/52541937
$ curl -L -H "Accept: text/turtle" http://worldcat.org/oclc/52541937 
<http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/52541937> 
a schema:Book ; 
library:oclcnum 52541937 ; 
library:placeOfPublication j.3:New_York_City , <http://id.loc.gov/schema:about <http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/class/940.400222/e21/> , <http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1180746> ; 
schema:bookEdition "1st American ed." ; 
schema:creator <http://viaf.org/viaf/41848014> ; 
schema:datePublished "2003" ; 
schema:description "A visual guide to the causes, battles, schema:exampleOfWork <http://worldcat.org/entity/work/id/1363251773> schema:genre "Pictorial works"@en , "Pictorial works."@schema:inLanguage "en" ; 
schema:name "World War 1"@en , "World War I"@en , "schema:numberOfPages "319" ; 
schema:publisher <http://experiment.worldcat.org/entity/schema:url <http://www.worldcat.org/title/-/oclc/52541937> schema:workExample <http://worldcat.org/isbn/9780789496270> owl:sameAs <info:oclcnum/52541937> . 
<http://viaf.org/viaf/41848014> 
a schema:Person ; 
schema:familyName "Willmott" ;
$ curl -L -H "Accept: text/turtle" http://worldcat.org/oclc/52541937 
<http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/52541937> 
a schema:Book ; 
library:oclcnum 52541937 ; 
library:placeOfPublication j.3:New_York_City , <http://id.loc.gov/schema:about <http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/class/940.400222/e21/> , <http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1180746> ; 
schema:bookEdition "1st American ed." ; 
schema:creator <http://viaf.org/viaf/41848014> ; 
schema:datePublished "2003" ; 
schema:description "A visual guide to the causes, battles, schema:exampleOfWork <http://worldcat.org/entity/work/id/1363251773> schema:genre "Pictorial works"@en , "Pictorial works."@schema:inLanguage "en" ; 
schema:name "World War 1"@en , "World War I"@en , "schema:numberOfPages "319" ; 
schema:publisher <http://experiment.worldcat.org/entity/schema:url <http://www.worldcat.org/title/-/oclc/52541937> schema:workExample <http://worldcat.org/isbn/9780789496270> owl:sameAs <info:oclcnum/52541937> . 
<http://viaf.org/viaf/41848014> 
a schema:Person ; 
schema:familyName "Willmott" ;
$ curl -L -H "Accept: text/turtle" http://worldcat.org/oclc/52541937 
<http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/52541937> 
a schema:Book ; 
library:oclcnum 52541937 ; 
library:placeOfPublication j.3:New_York_City , <http://id.loc.gov/schema:about <http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/class/940.400222/e21/> , <http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1180746> ; 
schema:bookEdition "1st American ed." ; 
schema:creator <http://viaf.org/viaf/41848014> ; 
schema:datePublished "2003" ; 
schema:description "A visual guide to the causes, battles, schema:exampleOfWork <http://worldcat.org/entity/work/id/1363251773> schema:genre "Pictorial works"@en , "Pictorial works."@schema:inLanguage "en" ; 
schema:name "World War 1"@en , "World War I"@en , "schema:numberOfPages "319" ; 
schema:publisher <http://experiment.worldcat.org/entity/schema:url <http://www.worldcat.org/title/-/oclc/52541937> schema:workExample <http://worldcat.org/isbn/9780789496270> owl:sameAs <info:oclcnum/52541937> . 
<http://viaf.org/viaf/41848014> 
a schema:Person ; 
schema:familyName "Willmott" ;
schema:exampleOfWork 
<http://worldcat.org/entity/work/id/1363251773> ;
curl -L -H "Accept: text/turtle" http://worldcat.org/entity/work/id/1363251773
curl -L -H "Accept: text/turtle" http://worldcat.org/entity/work/id/1363251773 
@prefix schema: <http://schema.org/> . 
@prefix j.0: <http://www.productontology.org/id/> . 
@prefix rdf: <http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#> . 
@prefix void: <http://rdfs.org/ns/void#> . 
<http://worldcat.org/entity/work/id/1363251773> 
a schema:CreativeWork , schema:Book ; 
schema:about <http://experiment.worldcat.org/entity/work/data/1363251773#wojna_swiatowa_1914_1918_wydawnictwa_ilustrowane> , <http://experiment.worldcat.1363251773#Meeting/world_war_1914_1918> , <http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1180746> experiment.worldcat.org/entity/work/data/1363251773#Topic/den_1_verdenskrig> , <authorities/subjects/sh85148236> , <http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1710190> , <http:// 
experiment.worldcat.org/entity/work/data/1363251773#Topic/svetovna_vojna_1914_1919_<http://experiment.worldcat.org/entity/work/data/1363251773#Event/1910_1919> , <experiment.worldcat.org/entity/work/data/1363251773#Event/1914_1918> , <http:// 
experiment.worldcat.org/entity/work/data/1363251773#Topic/historie> , <http://id.subjects/sh2008113839> , <http://experiment.worldcat.org/entity/work/data/1363251773#world_war_1914_1918> , <http://experiment.worldcat.org/entity/work/data/1363251773#weltkrieg_1914_1918> , <http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85148240> , <http:// 
experiment.worldcat.org/entity/work/data/1363251773#Topic/world_war_1914_1918_pictorial_schema:author <http://viaf.org/viaf/41848014> , <http://id.loc.gov/n80153162> ; 
schema:contributor <http://viaf.org/viaf/41848014> , <http://id.loc.gov/n80153162> ;
WorldCat, Works, and Schema.org
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libraries 
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… 
beneficial 
effects 
for 
libraries 
http://www.theeuropeanlibrary.org/tel4/newsitem/5350
… 
beneficial 
effects 
for 
libraries 
“… 
more 
than 
80 
per 
cent 
of 
these 
visitors 
coming 
from 
search 
engines 
…” 
http://www.theeuropeanlibrary.org/tel4/newsitem/5350
The 
OCLC 
Approach
The 
OCLC 
Approach 
Identify 
the 
entities 
in 
your 
data
The 
OCLC 
Approach 
Identify 
the 
entities 
in 
your 
data 
First, 
model 
what 
is 
if 
interest 
to 
the 
Web
The 
OCLC 
Approach 
Identify 
the 
entities 
in 
your 
data 
First, 
model 
what 
is 
if 
interest 
to 
the 
Web 
Share 
the 
way 
the 
Web 
does
OCLC 
Entity 
Based 
Data 
Strategy
OCLC 
Entity 
Based 
Data 
Strategy 
✓ VIAF, 
ISNI, 
FAST 
Publish 
Linked 
Data 
✓ WorldCat.org 
Linked 
Data 
Release 
2012 
– 
using 
Schema.org
OCLC 
Entity 
Based 
Data 
Strategy 
✓ VIAF, 
ISNI, 
FAST 
Publish 
Linked 
Data 
✓ WorldCat.org 
Linked 
Data 
Release 
– 
using 
Schema.org 
✓ Internal 
agreement 
on 
data 
strategy 
2012 
2013
OCLC 
Entity 
Based 
Data 
Strategy 
✓ VIAF, 
ISNI, 
FAST 
Publish 
Linked 
Data 
✓ WorldCat.org 
Linked 
Data 
Release 
– 
using 
Schema.org 
✓ Internal 
agreement 
on 
data 
strategy 
✓ Evangelism 
2012 
2013
OCLC 
Entity 
Based 
Data 
Strategy 
✓ VIAF, 
ISNI, 
FAST 
Publish 
Linked 
Data 
✓ WorldCat.org 
Linked 
Data 
Release 
– 
using 
Schema.org 
✓ Internal 
agreement 
on 
data 
strategy 
✓ Evangelism 
✓ Research 
& 
Design 
with 
Data 
Architecture 
Group 
2012 
2013
OCLC 
Entity 
Based 
Data 
Strategy 
✓ VIAF, 
ISNI, 
FAST 
Publish 
Linked 
Data 
✓ WorldCat.org 
Linked 
Data 
Release 
– 
using 
Schema.org 
✓ Internal 
agreement 
on 
data 
strategy 
✓ Evangelism 
✓ Research 
& 
Design 
with 
Data 
Architecture 
Group 
✓ Data 
mining 
of 
WorldCat 
resources 
2012 
2013
OCLC 
Entity 
Based 
Data 
Strategy 
✓ VIAF, 
ISNI, 
FAST 
Publish 
Linked 
Data 
✓ WorldCat.org 
Linked 
Data 
Release 
– 
using 
Schema.org 
✓ Internal 
agreement 
on 
data 
strategy 
✓ Evangelism 
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& 
Design 
with 
Data 
Architecture 
Group 
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mining 
of 
WorldCat 
resources 
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Works 
Released 
2012 
2013 
2014
OCLC 
Entity 
Based 
Data 
Strategy 
✓ VIAF, 
ISNI, 
FAST 
Publish 
Linked 
Data 
✓ WorldCat.org 
Linked 
Data 
Release 
– 
using 
Schema.org 
✓ Internal 
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on 
data 
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& 
Design 
with 
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mining 
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WorldCat 
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2012 
2013 
2014 
➢Application 
Integration 
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Discovery 
➢Analytics 
➢Discovery 
API 
➢Cataloging 
2015
OCLC 
Entity 
Based 
Data 
Strategy 
✓ VIAF, 
ISNI, 
FAST 
Publish 
Linked 
Data 
✓ WorldCat.org 
Linked 
Data 
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– 
using 
Schema.org 
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on 
data 
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& 
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with 
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Architecture 
Group 
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mining 
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WorldCat 
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2012 
2014 
➢Application 
Integration 
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Discovery 
➢Analytics 
➢Discovery 
API 
➢Cataloging 
2015 
➢More 
Entities 
Released 
➢Person 
➢Organization 
➢Event 
➢Concept 
2013
OCLC 
Entity 
Based 
Data 
Strategy 
✓ VIAF, 
ISNI, 
FAST 
Publish 
Linked 
Data 
✓ WorldCat.org 
Linked 
Data 
Release 
– 
using 
Schema.org 
✓ Internal 
agreement 
on 
data 
strategy 
✓ Evangelism 
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& 
Design 
with 
Data 
Architecture 
Group 
✓ Data 
mining 
of 
WorldCat 
resources 
✓ WorldCat 
Works 
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2012 
2014 
➢Application 
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Discovery 
➢Analytics 
➢Discovery 
API 
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2015 
➢More 
Entities 
Released 
➢Person 
➢Organization 
➢Event 
➢Concept 
➢New 
Products 
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Services 
2013 
2016
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Entity 
Based 
Data 
Strategy 
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ISNI, 
FAST 
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Data 
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Data 
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– 
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Group 
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2014 
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Innovation 
2013 
2016
OCLC 
Entity 
Based 
Data 
Strategy 
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ISNI, 
FAST 
Publish 
Linked 
Data 
✓ WorldCat.org 
Linked 
Data 
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– 
using 
Schema.org 
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on 
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strategy 
✓ Evangelism 
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& 
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with 
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Architecture 
Group 
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mining 
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2014 
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Innovation 
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2016
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Entity 
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Data 
Strategy 
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ISNI, 
FAST 
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Data 
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Data 
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– 
using 
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Group 
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Innovation 
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2016
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Entity 
Based 
Data 
Strategy 
✓ VIAF, 
ISNI, 
FAST 
Publish 
Linked 
Data 
✓ WorldCat.org 
Linked 
Data 
Release 
– 
using 
Schema.org 
✓ Internal 
agreement 
on 
data 
strategy 
✓ Evangelism 
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& 
Design 
with 
Data 
Architecture 
Group 
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mining 
of 
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resources 
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2014 
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API 
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➢More 
Entities 
Released 
➢Person 
➢Organization 
➢Event 
➢Concept 
➢New 
Products 
➢Continuing 
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➢New 
Services 
➢Continuing 
Innovation 
2013 
2016
OCLC 
Entity 
Based 
Data 
Strategy 
✓ VIAF, 
ISNI, 
FAST 
Publish 
Linked 
Data 
✓ WorldCat.org 
Linked 
Data 
Release 
– 
using 
Schema.org 
✓ Internal 
agreement 
on 
data 
strategy 
✓ Evangelism 
✓ Research 
& 
Design 
with 
Data 
Architecture 
Group 
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resources 
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Products 
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2013 
2016
OCLC 
Entity 
Based 
Data 
Strategy 
✓ VIAF, 
ISNI, 
FAST 
Publish 
Linked 
Data 
✓ WorldCat.org 
Linked 
Data 
Release 
– 
using 
Schema.org 
✓ Internal 
agreement 
on 
data 
strategy 
✓ Evangelism 
✓ Research 
& 
Design 
with 
Data 
Architecture 
Group 
✓ Data 
mining 
of 
WorldCat 
resources 
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Works 
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2014 
➢Application 
Integration 
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Discovery 
➢Analytics 
➢Discovery 
API 
➢Cataloging 
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➢More 
Entities 
Released 
➢Person 
➢Organization 
➢Event 
➢Concept 
➢New 
Products 
➢Continuing 
Evangelism 
➢New 
Services 
➢Continuing 
Innovation 
2013 
2016
OCLC 
Entity 
Based 
Data 
Strategy 
✓ VIAF, 
ISNI, 
FAST 
Publish 
Linked 
Data 
✓ WorldCat.org 
Linked 
Data 
Release 
– 
using 
Schema.org 
✓ Internal 
agreement 
on 
data 
strategy 
✓ Evangelism 
✓ Research 
& 
Design 
with 
Data 
Architecture 
Group 
✓ Data 
mining 
of 
WorldCat 
resources 
✓ WorldCat 
Works 
Released 
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
OCLC 
Entity 
Based 
Data 
Strategy 
✓ VIAF, 
ISNI, 
FAST 
Publish 
Linked 
Data 
✓ WorldCat.org 
Linked 
Data 
Release 
– 
using 
Schema.org 
✓ Internal 
agreement 
on 
data 
strategy 
✓ Evangelism 
✓ Research 
& 
Design 
with 
Data 
Architecture 
Group 
✓ Data 
mining 
of 
WorldCat 
resources 
✓ WorldCat 
Works 
Released 
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
Richard 
Wallis 
Technology 
Evangelist 
richard.wallis@oclc.org 
@rjw 
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Works, 
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WorldCat, Works, and Schema.org

  • 1. LODLAM Training Day – Semantic Technology & Business Conference 19 August 2014 – San Jose, CA WorldCat, Works, and Schema.org Richard Wallis Technology Evangelist @rjw
  • 4. • 322+ Million Bibliographic Records
  • 5. • 322+ Million Bibliographic Records • 485 Languages
  • 6. • 322+ Million Bibliographic Records • 485 Languages • Cooperatively managed by thousands of libraries
  • 7. • 322+ Million Bibliographic Records • 485 Languages • Cooperatively managed by thousands of libraries • Linked Data from worldcat.org since 2012 o Links to VIAF, FAST, LCSH, LCNAF, Dewey o RDFa, RDF/XML, JSON-­‐LD, Turtle, n-­‐triples o Schema.org based
  • 8. • 322+ Million Bibliographic Records • 485 Languages • Cooperatively managed by thousands of libraries • Linked Data from worldcat.org since 2012 o Links to VIAF, FAST, LCSH, LCNAF, Dewey o RDFa, RDF/XML, JSON-­‐LD, Turtle, n-­‐triples o Schema.org based 2014 April
  • 9. • 322+ Million Bibliographic Records • 485 Languages • Cooperatively managed by thousands of libraries • Linked Data from worldcat.org since 2012 o Links to VIAF, FAST, LCSH, LCNAF, Dewey o RDFa, RDF/XML, JSON-­‐LD, Turtle, n-­‐triples o Schema.org based • Data mined from WorldCat data & linked resources 2014 April
  • 10. • 322+ Million Bibliographic Records • 485 Languages • Cooperatively managed by thousands of libraries • Linked Data from worldcat.org since 2012 o Links to VIAF, FAST, LCSH, LCNAF, Dewey o RDFa, RDF/XML, JSON-­‐LD, Turtle, n-­‐triples o Schema.org based • Data mined from WorldCat data & linked resources • Canonical Work identifiers – URIs o Authorities for Works 2014 April
  • 11. • 322+ Million Bibliographic Records • 485 Languages • Cooperatively managed by thousands of libraries • Linked Data from worldcat.org since 2012 o Links to VIAF, FAST, LCSH, LCNAF, Dewey o RDFa, RDF/XML, JSON-­‐LD, Turtle, n-­‐triples o Schema.org based • Data mined from WorldCat data & linked resources • Canonical Work identifiers – URIs o Authorities for Works • Context set within network of authoritative hubs 2014 April
  • 12. • 322+ Million Bibliographic Records • 485 Languages • Cooperatively managed by thousands of libraries • Linked Data from worldcat.org since 2012 o Links to VIAF, FAST, LCSH, LCNAF, Dewey o RDFa, RDF/XML, JSON-­‐LD, Turtle, n-­‐triples o Schema.org based • Data mined from WorldCat data & linked resources • Canonical Work identifiers – URIs o Authorities for Works • Context set within network of authoritative hubs • 1st of several upcoming WorldCat Entities o Person, Place, Organization, …. 2014 April
  • 13. • 322+ Million Bibliographic Records • 485 Languages • Cooperatively managed by thousands of libraries • Linked Data from worldcat.org since 2012 o Links to VIAF, FAST, LCSH, LCNAF, Dewey o RDFa, RDF/XML, JSON-­‐LD, Turtle, n-­‐triples o Schema.org based • Data mined from WorldCat data & linked resources • Canonical Work identifiers – URIs o Authorities for Works • Context set within network of authoritative hubs • 1st of several upcoming WorldCat Entities o Person, Place, Organization, …. • Schema.org Linked Data o RDFa, RDF/XML, JSON-­‐LD, Turtle, n-­‐triples 2014 April
  • 14. • 322+ Million Bibliographic Records • 485 Languages • Cooperatively managed by thousands of libraries • Linked Data from worldcat.org since 2012 o Links to VIAF, FAST, LCSH, LCNAF, Dewey o RDFa, RDF/XML, JSON-­‐LD, Turtle, n-­‐triples o Schema.org based • Data mined from WorldCat data & linked resources • Canonical Work identifiers – URIs o Authorities for Works • Context set within network of authoritative hubs • 1st of several upcoming WorldCat Entities o Person, Place, Organization, …. • Schema.org Linked Data o RDFa, RDF/XML, JSON-­‐LD, Turtle, n-­‐triples 2014 April
  • 15. • 322+ Million Bibliographic Records • 485 Languages • Cooperatively managed by thousands of libraries • Linked Data from worldcat.org since 2012 o Links to VIAF, FAST, LCSH, LCNAF, Dewey o RDFa, RDF/XML, JSON-­‐LD, Turtle, n-­‐triples o Schema.org based • Data mined from WorldCat data & linked resources • Canonical Work identifiers – URIs o Authorities for Works • Context set within network of authoritative hubs • 1st of several upcoming WorldCat Entities o Person, Place, Organization, …. • Schema.org Linked Data o RDFa, RDF/XML, JSON-­‐LD, Turtle, n-­‐triples • Backed by major search engines o Google, Bing, Yahoo!, Yandex 2014 April
  • 16. • 322+ Million Bibliographic Records • 485 Languages • Cooperatively managed by thousands of libraries • Linked Data from worldcat.org since 2012 o Links to VIAF, FAST, LCSH, LCNAF, Dewey o RDFa, RDF/XML, JSON-­‐LD, Turtle, n-­‐triples o Schema.org based • Data mined from WorldCat data & linked resources • Canonical Work identifiers – URIs o Authorities for Works • Context set within network of authoritative hubs • 1st of several upcoming WorldCat Entities o Person, Place, Organization, …. • Schema.org Linked Data o RDFa, RDF/XML, JSON-­‐LD, Turtle, n-­‐triples • Backed by major search engines o Google, Bing, Yahoo!, Yandex • Launched 2011 2014 April
  • 17. • 322+ Million Bibliographic Records • 485 Languages • Cooperatively managed by thousands of libraries • Linked Data from worldcat.org since 2012 o Links to VIAF, FAST, LCSH, LCNAF, Dewey o RDFa, RDF/XML, JSON-­‐LD, Turtle, n-­‐triples o Schema.org based • Data mined from WorldCat data & linked resources • Canonical Work identifiers – URIs o Authorities for Works • Context set within network of authoritative hubs • 1st of several upcoming WorldCat Entities o Person, Place, Organization, …. • Schema.org Linked Data o RDFa, RDF/XML, JSON-­‐LD, Turtle, n-­‐triples • Backed by major search engines o Google, Bing, Yahoo!, Yandex • Launched 2011 • Broad vocabulary for the Web 2014 April
  • 18. • 322+ Million Bibliographic Records • 485 Languages • Cooperatively managed by thousands of libraries • Linked Data from worldcat.org since 2012 o Links to VIAF, FAST, LCSH, LCNAF, Dewey o RDFa, RDF/XML, JSON-­‐LD, Turtle, n-­‐triples o Schema.org based • Data mined from WorldCat data & linked resources • Canonical Work identifiers – URIs o Authorities for Works • Context set within network of authoritative hubs • 1st of several upcoming WorldCat Entities o Person, Place, Organization, …. • Schema.org Linked Data o RDFa, RDF/XML, JSON-­‐LD, Turtle, n-­‐triples • Backed by major search engines o Google, Bing, Yahoo!, Yandex • Launched 2011 • Broad vocabulary for the Web • 15% of Web – Millions of sites 2014 April
  • 23. $curl -L -H "Accept: application/ld+json" http://worldcat.org/oclc/52541937
  • 24. $curl -L -H "Accept: application/ld+json" http://worldcat.org/oclc/52541937 { "@graph" : [ { "@id" : "j.3:New_York_City", "schema:name" : "New York", "rdf:type" : { "@id" : "schema:Place" } }, { "@id" : "http://dewey.info/class/940.3/e22/", "rdf:type" : { "@id" : "schema:Intangible" } }, { "@id" : "http://dewey.info/class/940.400222/e21/", "rdf:type" : { "@id" : "schema:Intangible" } }, { "@id" : "http://experiment.worldcat.org/entity/work/data/ 1363251773#Agent/dk_pub", "schema:name" : "DK Pub.", "rdf:type" : { "@id" : "j.0:Agent" } }, { "@id" : "http://viaf.org/viaf/41848014", "schema:familyName" : "Willmott", "schema:givenName" : "H. P.",
  • 27. $ curl -L -H "Accept: text/turtle" http://worldcat.org/oclc/52541937
  • 28. $ curl -L -H "Accept: text/turtle" http://worldcat.org/oclc/52541937 <http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/52541937> a schema:Book ; library:oclcnum 52541937 ; library:placeOfPublication j.3:New_York_City , <http://id.loc.gov/schema:about <http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/class/940.400222/e21/> , <http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1180746> ; schema:bookEdition "1st American ed." ; schema:creator <http://viaf.org/viaf/41848014> ; schema:datePublished "2003" ; schema:description "A visual guide to the causes, battles, schema:exampleOfWork <http://worldcat.org/entity/work/id/1363251773> schema:genre "Pictorial works"@en , "Pictorial works."@schema:inLanguage "en" ; schema:name "World War 1"@en , "World War I"@en , "schema:numberOfPages "319" ; schema:publisher <http://experiment.worldcat.org/entity/schema:url <http://www.worldcat.org/title/-/oclc/52541937> schema:workExample <http://worldcat.org/isbn/9780789496270> owl:sameAs <info:oclcnum/52541937> . <http://viaf.org/viaf/41848014> a schema:Person ; schema:familyName "Willmott" ;
  • 29. $ curl -L -H "Accept: text/turtle" http://worldcat.org/oclc/52541937 <http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/52541937> a schema:Book ; library:oclcnum 52541937 ; library:placeOfPublication j.3:New_York_City , <http://id.loc.gov/schema:about <http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/class/940.400222/e21/> , <http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1180746> ; schema:bookEdition "1st American ed." ; schema:creator <http://viaf.org/viaf/41848014> ; schema:datePublished "2003" ; schema:description "A visual guide to the causes, battles, schema:exampleOfWork <http://worldcat.org/entity/work/id/1363251773> schema:genre "Pictorial works"@en , "Pictorial works."@schema:inLanguage "en" ; schema:name "World War 1"@en , "World War I"@en , "schema:numberOfPages "319" ; schema:publisher <http://experiment.worldcat.org/entity/schema:url <http://www.worldcat.org/title/-/oclc/52541937> schema:workExample <http://worldcat.org/isbn/9780789496270> owl:sameAs <info:oclcnum/52541937> . <http://viaf.org/viaf/41848014> a schema:Person ; schema:familyName "Willmott" ;
  • 30. $ curl -L -H "Accept: text/turtle" http://worldcat.org/oclc/52541937 <http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/52541937> a schema:Book ; library:oclcnum 52541937 ; library:placeOfPublication j.3:New_York_City , <http://id.loc.gov/schema:about <http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/class/940.400222/e21/> , <http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1180746> ; schema:bookEdition "1st American ed." ; schema:creator <http://viaf.org/viaf/41848014> ; schema:datePublished "2003" ; schema:description "A visual guide to the causes, battles, schema:exampleOfWork <http://worldcat.org/entity/work/id/1363251773> schema:genre "Pictorial works"@en , "Pictorial works."@schema:inLanguage "en" ; schema:name "World War 1"@en , "World War I"@en , "schema:numberOfPages "319" ; schema:publisher <http://experiment.worldcat.org/entity/schema:url <http://www.worldcat.org/title/-/oclc/52541937> schema:workExample <http://worldcat.org/isbn/9780789496270> owl:sameAs <info:oclcnum/52541937> . <http://viaf.org/viaf/41848014> a schema:Person ; schema:familyName "Willmott" ;
  • 32. curl -L -H "Accept: text/turtle" http://worldcat.org/entity/work/id/1363251773
  • 33. curl -L -H "Accept: text/turtle" http://worldcat.org/entity/work/id/1363251773 @prefix schema: <http://schema.org/> . @prefix j.0: <http://www.productontology.org/id/> . @prefix rdf: <http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#> . @prefix void: <http://rdfs.org/ns/void#> . <http://worldcat.org/entity/work/id/1363251773> a schema:CreativeWork , schema:Book ; schema:about <http://experiment.worldcat.org/entity/work/data/1363251773#wojna_swiatowa_1914_1918_wydawnictwa_ilustrowane> , <http://experiment.worldcat.1363251773#Meeting/world_war_1914_1918> , <http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1180746> experiment.worldcat.org/entity/work/data/1363251773#Topic/den_1_verdenskrig> , <authorities/subjects/sh85148236> , <http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1710190> , <http:// experiment.worldcat.org/entity/work/data/1363251773#Topic/svetovna_vojna_1914_1919_<http://experiment.worldcat.org/entity/work/data/1363251773#Event/1910_1919> , <experiment.worldcat.org/entity/work/data/1363251773#Event/1914_1918> , <http:// experiment.worldcat.org/entity/work/data/1363251773#Topic/historie> , <http://id.subjects/sh2008113839> , <http://experiment.worldcat.org/entity/work/data/1363251773#world_war_1914_1918> , <http://experiment.worldcat.org/entity/work/data/1363251773#weltkrieg_1914_1918> , <http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85148240> , <http:// experiment.worldcat.org/entity/work/data/1363251773#Topic/world_war_1914_1918_pictorial_schema:author <http://viaf.org/viaf/41848014> , <http://id.loc.gov/n80153162> ; schema:contributor <http://viaf.org/viaf/41848014> , <http://id.loc.gov/n80153162> ;
  • 43. STOP PRESS Latest release v1.9 (18 Aug 2014) Includes significant extensions from SchemaBibEx Group
  • 44. STOP PRESS Latest release v1.9 (18 Aug 2014) Includes significant extensions from SchemaBibEx Group • Periodicals – Periodical, PublicationIssue, PublicationVolume, startPage, endPage, pagination
  • 45. STOP PRESS Latest release v1.9 (18 Aug 2014) Includes significant extensions from SchemaBibEx Group • Periodicals – Periodical, PublicationIssue, PublicationVolume, startPage, endPage, pagination • Multi-­‐part creative works – isPartOf, hasPart
  • 46. STOP PRESS Latest release v1.9 (18 Aug 2014) Includes significant extensions from SchemaBibEx Group • Periodicals – Periodical, PublicationIssue, PublicationVolume, startPage, endPage, pagination • Multi-­‐part creative works – isPartOf, hasPart • Creative work relationships – exampleOfWork, workExample
  • 49. Linked Data Why? Why do libraries catalogue?
  • 50. Linked Data Why? Why do libraries catalogue? So people can find their stuff!
  • 51. Linked Data Why? Why do libraries catalogue? So people can find their stuff! Open Why should we adopt Linked Data? y
  • 52. Linked Data Why? Why do libraries catalogue? So people can find their stuff! Open Why should we adopt Linked Data? So people can find our stuff!
  • 54. • A Linked Data Technology • Standard on the Web – RDF, URIs, Vocabularies • Identifying and Linking resources on the Web • Important powerful enabling technology
  • 55. • 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…
  • 56. • 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
  • 57. • 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
  • 58. • 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
  • 60. Entity Based Data on the Web
  • 61. Entity Based Data on the Web
  • 62. Entity Based Data on the Web
  • 63. Entity Based Data on the Web
  • 64. Entity Based Data on the Web Knowledge Graphs
  • 65. Entity Based Data on the Web Knowledge Graphs
  • 66. Entity Based Data on the Web Knowledge Graphs
  • 67. Entity Based Data on the Web Knowledge Graphs
  • 68. Entity Based Data on the Web Knowledge Graphs Semantic Search
  • 69. … beneficial effects for libraries
  • 70. … beneficial effects for libraries http://www.theeuropeanlibrary.org/tel4/newsitem/5350
  • 71. … beneficial effects for libraries http://www.theeuropeanlibrary.org/tel4/newsitem/5350
  • 72. … beneficial effects for libraries “… more than 80 per cent of these visitors coming from search engines …” http://www.theeuropeanlibrary.org/tel4/newsitem/5350
  • 74. The OCLC Approach Identify the entities in your data
  • 75. The OCLC Approach Identify the entities in your data First, model what is if interest to the Web
  • 76. The OCLC Approach Identify the entities in your data First, model what is if interest to the Web Share the way the Web does
  • 77. OCLC Entity Based Data Strategy
  • 78. OCLC Entity Based Data Strategy ✓ VIAF, ISNI, FAST Publish Linked Data ✓ WorldCat.org Linked Data Release 2012 – using Schema.org
  • 79. OCLC Entity Based Data Strategy ✓ VIAF, ISNI, FAST Publish Linked Data ✓ WorldCat.org Linked Data Release – using Schema.org ✓ Internal agreement on data strategy 2012 2013
  • 80. OCLC Entity Based Data Strategy ✓ VIAF, ISNI, FAST Publish Linked Data ✓ WorldCat.org Linked Data Release – using Schema.org ✓ Internal agreement on data strategy ✓ Evangelism 2012 2013
  • 81. OCLC Entity Based Data Strategy ✓ VIAF, ISNI, FAST Publish Linked Data ✓ WorldCat.org Linked Data Release – using Schema.org ✓ Internal agreement on data strategy ✓ Evangelism ✓ Research & Design with Data Architecture Group 2012 2013
  • 82. OCLC Entity Based Data Strategy ✓ VIAF, ISNI, FAST Publish Linked Data ✓ WorldCat.org Linked Data Release – using Schema.org ✓ Internal agreement on data strategy ✓ Evangelism ✓ Research & Design with Data Architecture Group ✓ Data mining of WorldCat resources 2012 2013
  • 83. OCLC Entity Based Data Strategy ✓ VIAF, ISNI, FAST Publish Linked Data ✓ WorldCat.org Linked Data Release – using Schema.org ✓ Internal agreement on data strategy ✓ Evangelism ✓ Research & Design with Data Architecture Group ✓ Data mining of WorldCat resources ✓ WorldCat Works Released 2012 2013 2014
  • 84. OCLC Entity Based Data Strategy ✓ VIAF, ISNI, FAST Publish Linked Data ✓ WorldCat.org Linked Data Release – using Schema.org ✓ Internal agreement on data strategy ✓ Evangelism ✓ Research & Design with Data Architecture Group ✓ Data mining of WorldCat resources ✓ WorldCat Works Released 2012 2013 2014 ➢Application Integration ➢WorldCat Discovery ➢Analytics ➢Discovery API ➢Cataloging 2015
  • 85. OCLC Entity Based Data Strategy ✓ VIAF, ISNI, FAST Publish Linked Data ✓ WorldCat.org Linked Data Release – using Schema.org ✓ Internal agreement on data strategy ✓ Evangelism ✓ Research & Design with Data Architecture Group ✓ Data mining of WorldCat resources ✓ WorldCat Works Released 2012 2014 ➢Application Integration ➢WorldCat Discovery ➢Analytics ➢Discovery API ➢Cataloging 2015 ➢More Entities Released ➢Person ➢Organization ➢Event ➢Concept 2013
  • 86. OCLC Entity Based Data Strategy ✓ VIAF, ISNI, FAST Publish Linked Data ✓ WorldCat.org Linked Data Release – using Schema.org ✓ Internal agreement on data strategy ✓ Evangelism ✓ Research & Design with Data Architecture Group ✓ Data mining of WorldCat resources ✓ WorldCat Works Released 2012 2014 ➢Application Integration ➢WorldCat Discovery ➢Analytics ➢Discovery API ➢Cataloging 2015 ➢More Entities Released ➢Person ➢Organization ➢Event ➢Concept ➢New Products ➢New Services 2013 2016
  • 87. OCLC Entity Based Data Strategy ✓ VIAF, ISNI, FAST Publish Linked Data ✓ WorldCat.org Linked Data Release – using Schema.org ✓ Internal agreement on data strategy ✓ Evangelism ✓ Research & Design with Data Architecture Group ✓ Data mining of WorldCat resources ✓ WorldCat Works Released 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
  • 88. OCLC Entity Based Data Strategy ✓ VIAF, ISNI, FAST Publish Linked Data ✓ WorldCat.org Linked Data Release – using Schema.org ✓ Internal agreement on data strategy ✓ Evangelism ✓ Research & Design with Data Architecture Group ✓ Data mining of WorldCat resources ✓ WorldCat Works Released 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
  • 89. OCLC Entity Based Data Strategy ✓ VIAF, ISNI, FAST Publish Linked Data ✓ WorldCat.org Linked Data Release – using Schema.org ✓ Internal agreement on data strategy ✓ Evangelism ✓ Research & Design with Data Architecture Group ✓ Data mining of WorldCat resources ✓ WorldCat Works Released 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
  • 90. OCLC Entity Based Data Strategy ✓ VIAF, ISNI, FAST Publish Linked Data ✓ WorldCat.org Linked Data Release – using Schema.org ✓ Internal agreement on data strategy ✓ Evangelism ✓ Research & Design with Data Architecture Group ✓ Data mining of WorldCat resources ✓ WorldCat Works Released 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
  • 91. OCLC Entity Based Data Strategy ✓ VIAF, ISNI, FAST Publish Linked Data ✓ WorldCat.org Linked Data Release – using Schema.org ✓ Internal agreement on data strategy ✓ Evangelism ✓ Research & Design with Data Architecture Group ✓ Data mining of WorldCat resources ✓ WorldCat Works Released 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
  • 92. OCLC Entity Based Data Strategy ✓ VIAF, ISNI, FAST Publish Linked Data ✓ WorldCat.org Linked Data Release – using Schema.org ✓ Internal agreement on data strategy ✓ Evangelism ✓ Research & Design with Data Architecture Group ✓ Data mining of WorldCat resources ✓ WorldCat Works Released 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
  • 93. OCLC Entity Based Data Strategy ✓ VIAF, ISNI, FAST Publish Linked Data ✓ WorldCat.org Linked Data Release – using Schema.org ✓ Internal agreement on data strategy ✓ Evangelism ✓ Research & Design with Data Architecture Group ✓ Data mining of WorldCat resources ✓ WorldCat Works Released 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
  • 94. OCLC Entity Based Data Strategy ✓ VIAF, ISNI, FAST Publish Linked Data ✓ WorldCat.org Linked Data Release – using Schema.org ✓ Internal agreement on data strategy ✓ Evangelism ✓ Research & Design with Data Architecture Group ✓ Data mining of WorldCat resources ✓ WorldCat Works Released 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
  • 95. Richard Wallis Technology Evangelist richard.wallis@oclc.org @rjw WorldCat, Works, and Schema.org Explore. Share. Magnify.