Linked Open Data at SAAM Past, Present, and Future

October 3, 2016

Sara Snyder, ChiefRichard Brassell, Digital EngineerMedia and Technology Office, Smithsonian American Art Museum

SAAM LOD: Past2012-13 – Partnered with ISI to map

SAAM’s object & artist data to RDF and create linked data

2014 –Finalized LOD URIs made public on Smithsonian-hosted triple store

2015-16 – Mellon Foundation & IMLS Leadership grants fund the AAC

SAAM LOD: PresentAre we really getting the maximum

use out of LOD that we could?

How can LOD publishing be integrated into larger organizational goals:• Platform modernization• Open access for researchers• Findability and SEO• Reusable, flexible solutions• Efficient workflows

SAAM LOD: Future

What might an LOD-enhanced object record page or artist biography look like?

SAAM LOD: Future

More open data types and formats• Beyond accessioned objects, publishing curatorial &

educational information• Raw data exports hosted on GitHub

Better use of existing open data• Leveraging LOD for in-house applications and websites• Integrating semantic data/relationships into an API layer• Stronger effort into semantic webpage metadata

(Schema.org)• Bot-powered updates into Wikidata