linking books: rda-frbr-lod
DESCRIPTION
At Dutch RDA seminar November 2, 2011, Rotterdam - Ingressus - OCLCTRANSCRIPT
University library
Linking booksRDA – FRBR - LODLukas Koster
Library Systems CoordinatorLibrary of the University of Amsterdamhttp://www.uba.uva.nl@lukask
RDA Seminar, Ingressus/OCLC, Rotterdam, November 2, 2011
RDA Seminar, Rotterdam, November 2, 2011 2
University library
http://xkcd.com/971/
RDA Seminar, Rotterdam, November 2, 2011 3
University library
Agenda
RDA/FRBR – User Tasks Functions of library/catalogue Changing user needs Examples/use cases Linked Open Data and user needs RDA/FRBR/LOD? Options for libraries ‘Recommendations’
RDA Seminar, Rotterdam, November 2, 2011 4
University library
RDA
Resource Description and Access
RDA Seminar, Rotterdam, November 2, 2011 5
University library
FRBR
Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records
Defined in relation to tasks performed by users when searching and making use of national bibliographies and library catalogues
http://archive.ifla.org/VII/s13/frbr/frbr_current2.htm#2.2
RDA Seminar, Rotterdam, November 2, 2011 6
University library
FRBR User Tasks Find Identify Select Obtain Navigate
RDA Seminar, Rotterdam, November 2, 2011 7
University library
Original objective of libraries
Gateways to information
Printed material
Physical objects
On location
Bibliotheken en leeszalen in beeld, 1990
RDA Seminar, Rotterdam, November 2, 2011 8
University library
Focus on physical copies at hand
Books
Journal issues
RDA Seminar, Rotterdam, November 2, 2011 9
University library
FRBRGroup 1: What? Work Expression Manifestation ItemGroup 2: By who? Person Corporate Body
FRAD Functional Requirements for Authority Data Group 3: About what? Concept Object Event Place
FRSAD Functional Requirements for Subject Authority Data
Title – Author - Subject
RDA Seminar, Rotterdam, November 2, 2011 10
University library
http://www.loc.gov/cds/downloads/FRBR.PDF
© Library of Congress/Barbara Tillett
RDA Seminar, Rotterdam, November 2, 2011 11
University library
FRBR for books
Editions
Copies
Original
AdaptationTranslation
RDA Seminar, Rotterdam, November 2, 2011 12
University library
FRBR Group 1 Entities - WEMI
Manifestation
Item
Work
Expression
Catalogue
RDA Seminar, Rotterdam, November 2, 2011 13
University library
FRBR for journals
Issues
Articles
Journal
RDA Seminar, Rotterdam, November 2, 2011 14
University library
FRBR Group 1 Entities - WEMI
Issues
Copies
CatalogueManifestation
Item
Work
Expression Articles
Journal
?
RDA Seminar, Rotterdam, November 2, 2011 15
University library
Changing information world
WWW
RDA Seminar, Rotterdam, November 2, 2011 16
University library
People Objects Newspapers Museums Publishers Books Files Archives Libraries Digital Physical Images Text Memories Movies Music Sound Statistics Research Journals Data Maps Metadata Collections Buildings History Art Science Government Societies Stories Photos Reports Private Public Games Shows Education Nature Speech War Schools Love Theatre Poetry Location Fiction Facts Fantasy Animals
RDA Seminar, Rotterdam, November 2, 2011 17
University library
Changing user needs
Let’s explore….
RDA Seminar, Rotterdam, November 2, 2011 18
University library
RDA Seminar, Rotterdam, November 2, 2011 19
University library
Fiction Literature
Painting
Music
Theatre
Philosophy
Archives
History
Images
RDA Seminar, Rotterdam, November 2, 2011 20
University library
Fiction
RDA Seminar, Rotterdam, November 2, 2011 21
University library
FictionISBN search
RDA Seminar, Rotterdam, November 2, 2011 22
University library
Fiction
With fiction, customer mostly not interested in specific editionJust a copy in their language
Movie?
Da Vinci’s painting?
FRBR?
Samarcande – French/Belgian Union Catalogue project
RDA Seminar, Rotterdam, November 2, 2011 23
University library
FictionEditions….
Movie? Only 1 dvd!
RDA Seminar, Rotterdam, November 2, 2011 24
University library
FRBR – Movie
Work
Expression
An Expression of the Work A new Work
RDA Seminar, Rotterdam, November 2, 2011 25
University library
RDA Seminar, Rotterdam, November 2, 2011 26
University library
RDA – Movie (as Work)…Form of work: motion picture…Content type: two-dimensional moving image …Type of recording: digitalMedia type: videoCarrier type: videodiscEncoding format: DVD video…
Work
Expression
Manifestation
Physical copy
RDA Seminar, Rotterdam, November 2, 2011 27
University library
RDA – Movie (relations)
Related work: Remake based on the screenplay written by
‘Based on novel written by Dan Brown’
Uniform resource locator: <web address, streaming video>
Related manifestation: Originally broadcast <date, media, ….>
Source consulted: IMDB <Title, Date, Description>
Source consulted: Wikipedia <Titel, Date, Description> + URL
RDA Seminar, Rotterdam, November 2, 2011 28
University library
And then there’s the painting
RDA Seminar, Rotterdam, November 2, 2011 29
University library
Fiction
RDA Seminar, Rotterdam, November 2, 2011 30
University library
Fiction
?
No FRBR here
?
RDA Seminar, Rotterdam, November 2, 2011 31
University library
Literature
Short descriptions of other WorksMany authorsKoninklijke Bibliotheek – National Library
RDA Seminar, Rotterdam, November 2, 2011 32
University library
Literature
Content?
RDA Seminar, Rotterdam, November 2, 2011 33
University library
Literature
Online exhibition
Not linked from Catalogue
http://www.kb.nl/galerie/literatuur/index.html
RDA Seminar, Rotterdam, November 2, 2011 34
University library
Literature
Link back to catalogue record for compilation
Link to original Work in catalogue
RDA Seminar, Rotterdam, November 2, 2011 35
University library
Philosophy
Reprints of original texts by Spinoza
Biographic notes (original work by editor)
Edition information
RDA Seminar, Rotterdam, November 2, 2011 36
University library
Philosophy
Content?No information about Spinoza, historical, cultural background, influences
RDA Seminar, Rotterdam, November 2, 2011 37
University library
Painting
Music
Archives
History
Images
People are interested in information, subject areasNot necessarily in traditional library items (publications, documents)
RDA Seminar, Rotterdam, November 2, 2011 38
University library
FRBR – so far so good?
Improvement: relations between editions, authors, subjects.
But: still focused on traditional library material Publications (physical and digital) Only library’s own holdings Journals/articles? Hierarchical, no horizontal relations Document centric, not information centric
RDA Seminar, Rotterdam, November 2, 2011 39
University library
Linked (Open) Data – Why?
Make introverted systems extroverted
Combine information from different sources
Add value for users
RDA Seminar, Rotterdam, November 2, 2011 40
University library
Linked (Open) Data – How?
Make implicit links explicit Add links to/from other sources Use URIs Use RDF/Triples Use Open License
RDA Seminar, Rotterdam, November 2, 2011 41
University library
URIs
Unique identifiers on the web
Instead of internal database primary keyhttp://viaf.org/viaf/102403515 (Dan Brown)
http://openlibrary.org/works/OL76837W (The Da Vinci Code)
RDA Seminar, Rotterdam, November 2, 2011 42
University library
Triples •Subject - Predicate – Object
•Thing – Relation - Thing
written by
painted byis about
author ofpainter of
is subject of
uri
uri
uri
uri
uri
uri
RDA Seminar, Rotterdam, November 2, 2011 43
University library
Two sides
PublishConsume
RDA Seminar, Rotterdam, November 2, 2011 44
University library
Theatre First edition
More editions
Authority info
Theatre performance information!
RDA Seminar, Rotterdam, November 2, 2011 45
University library
Pilot project
Linking library catalogue data to theatre performance data
Dutch Digital Cultural Heritage Foundation DEN as instigator
http://den.nl/
Library of the University of Amsterdam Theatre Institute of The Netherlands
http://tin.nl/http://www.uba.uva.nl/
RDA Seminar, Rotterdam, November 2, 2011 46
University library
Catalogue results
No FRBR here (yet)
RDA Seminar, Rotterdam, November 2, 2011 47
University library
Catalogue results
RDA Seminar, Rotterdam, November 2, 2011 48
University library
Theatre play
Samuel Beckett
En attendant Godot (1949)
Waiting for Godot – a tragicomedy in two acts (1952)
A country road
A tree
Evening
Men in bowler hats
RDA Seminar, Rotterdam, November 2, 2011 49
University library
Theatre context
PARADOXKey concept: The Performance
Nothing remains, except ‘residuals’/’waste products’:
Memories
Souvenir brochures
Recordings
Objects
Texts
Reviews
Metadata
RDA Seminar, Rotterdam, November 2, 2011 50
University library
Theatre context
RDA Seminar, Rotterdam, November 2, 2011 51
University library
Theatre context
RDA Seminar, Rotterdam, November 2, 2011 52
University library
A theatre play data model
‘Play’
RDA Seminar, Rotterdam, November 2, 2011 53
University library
Theatre Things (Entities)
Authors, actors, producers, etc. (persons) Plays (shows)
Productions
Performances Digital objects
Photos, posters, sound, video Physical objects
Costumes, scenery, models, posters, photos, sound, video …
RDA Seminar, Rotterdam, November 2, 2011 54
University library
Library Things (Entities)
Authors (persons) Books/holdings/items (plays)
RDA Seminar, Rotterdam, November 2, 2011 55
University library
MatchingLibrary catalogue results – Theatre production database results
RDA Seminar, Rotterdam, November 2, 2011 56
University library
What we made
RDA Seminar, Rotterdam, November 2, 2011 57
University library
How we did it - URIs
<base-url>/person/Beckett, Samuel
<base-url>/title/Beckett, Samuel/Waiting for Godot
JavaScript/JQuery
HTML
RDA Seminar, Rotterdam, November 2, 2011 58
University library
How we did it – JavaScript/JQuery<base-url>/person/Beckett, Samuel
<base-url>/title/Beckett, Samuel/Waiting for Godot
<base-url>/production/Beckett, Samuel/Waiting for Godot/1988-11-22/6750
JavaScript/JQuery
RDA Seminar, Rotterdam, November 2, 2011 59
University library
Problems No common identifiers
Aleph key ≠ key No internal links to common entity
No central “Work” String matching
Author: ‘Samuel Beckett’- ‘Beckett, Samuel’
Title: ‘Waiting for Godot’ –’En attendant Godot’ Copyright
Photos, videos, audio, artwork
RDA Seminar, Rotterdam, November 2, 2011 60
University library
Identifiers/URIs/String matching
/title/Beckett, Samuel/Waiting for Godot
/title/Beckett, Samuel/Waiting for Godot : a tragicomedy in two acts
/title/Beckett, Samuel/En attendant Godot : pièce en deux actes
/title/Beckett, Samuel/Wachten op Godot
/title/Beckett, Samuel/Waiting for Godot
/title/Beckett, Samuel/Waiting For Godot
/title/Beckett, Samuel/Wachten op Godot
/title/Beckett, Samuel/Wachtend op Godot
/title/Beckett, Samuel/Wachten op Godot (De favorieten)
/title/Beckett, Samuel/Wachten op Godot (eerste bedrijf)
/title/Beckett, Samuel/En attendant Godot
/title/Beckett, Samuel/Warten auf Godot
RDA Seminar, Rotterdam, November 2, 2011 61
University library
Ideally….
FRBR
RDA Seminar, Rotterdam, November 2, 2011 62
University library
Current situation
Implicit relations
RDA Seminar, Rotterdam, November 2, 2011 63
University library
Can RDA help Library Linked Data?
In theory: yes
But with links/URIs instead of text strings
Internally: FRBR
Externally: Authority files
RDA Seminar, Rotterdam, November 2, 2011 64
University library
Can Linked Data help Libraries?
Linked Data in terms of FRBR:
Entry point, mainly: Group 2: Who? FRAD - People Group 3: About? FRSAD- Subject
Things associated with People/Subject: Group 1: Publications …and there is more…
RDA Seminar, Rotterdam, November 2, 2011 65
University library
Linked data options for libraries
Consume
Traditional cataloguing
Enrichment of existing catalogue data
Create new information aggregates (new!) Publish (unique stuff)
Holdings/usage data
Special collections
RDA Seminar, Rotterdam, November 2, 2011 66
University library
Linked data options for libraries
Traditional cataloguing
RDA Seminar, Rotterdam, November 2, 2011 67
University library
‘1st edition 1956, 1st print of this edition 1965’
‘Original title: En attendant Godot’
Links as text strings
RDA Seminar, Rotterdam, November 2, 2011 68
University library
MARCIn MARC record:Identifiers to Dutch union catalogue record • Author•Title
RDA Seminar, Rotterdam, November 2, 2011 69
University library
Triples
written by
painted byis about
author ofpainter of
is subject of
uri
uri
uri
uri
uri
uri
RDA Seminar, Rotterdam, November 2, 2011 70
University library
LOD and cataloguingwritten by
painted by
author of
painter of
is subject of
http://permalink.opc.uva.nl/item/001665446
is about
Manifestation
Item
Work
Expression
http://viaf.org/viaf/102403515
Dan Brown
http://openlibrary.org/works/OL76837W
The Da Vinci Code
http://viaf.org/viaf/24604287
Leonardo da Vinci
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Supper_(Leonardo_da_Vinci)
The Last Supper
Dutch translationDe Da Vinci Code
HoldingOBA
http://www.worldcat.org/libraries/57394
http://<expression-uri>
http://<manifestation-uri>
Library
RDA Seminar, Rotterdam, November 2, 2011 71
University library
URI http://openlibrary.org/works/OL76837W
Original Title The Da Vinci Code 245 $a
Author http://viaf.org/viaf/102403515 100 $a
Subject http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Supper_(Leonardo_da_Vinci)
650 $a
Work
URI http://<expression-uri>
Work http://openlibrary.org/works/OL76837W
Language dut (or: URI to language code) 546 $a
Title De Da Vinci Code 245 $a
Expression
URI http://<manifestation-uri>
Expression http://<expression-uri>
Publisher http://isbndb.com/d/publisher/anchor_books.html 260 $b
Date 2006 260 $c
Manifestation
RDA Seminar, Rotterdam, November 2, 2011 72
University library
URI http://openlibrary.org/works/OL76837WWork
URI http://<expression-uri>
Work http://openlibrary.org/works/OL76837W
Expression
URI http://<manifestation-uri>
Expression http://<expression-uri>Manifestation
URI http://<holding-uri>
Library http://www.worldcat.org/libraries/57394
Manifestation http://<manifestation-uri>
Holding
URI http://<item-uri>
Holding http://<holding-uri>
Availability
Item(s)
Global bibliographic data
Local holdings data
RDA Seminar, Rotterdam, November 2, 2011 73
University library
Unfortunately
Existing circumstances not suited for moving to Linked Cataloguing - RDA/FRBR/LOD:
Bibliographic formats (MARC) Local library systems
RDA Seminar, Rotterdam, November 2, 2011 74
University library
What’s needed Global Shared Bibliographic Metadata Store(s) Global Shared Authority Files Open Cataloguing systems Supporting for linking with URIs
RDA Seminar, Rotterdam, November 2, 2011 75
University library
PublishersManifestation
Item
Work
Expression
FRBR Group 1 FRBR Group 2FRAD
FRBR Group 3FRSAD
Holding
Libraries
RDA Seminar, Rotterdam, November 2, 2011 76
University library
Linked data options for libraries
Enrichment of existing data
RDA Seminar, Rotterdam, November 2, 2011 77
University library
FRBR
Links
RDA Seminar, Rotterdam, November 2, 2011 78
University library http://search.obvsg.at/OBV
FRBR
RDA Seminar, Rotterdam, November 2, 2011 79
University library http://search.obvsg.at/OBV
Text about authorEmbedded from DBPedia(Wikipedia Linked Data engine)Uses German National Library Author ID’s
RDA Seminar, Rotterdam, November 2, 2011 80
University library
Enrichment - Discovery front ends
Examples use Discovery front ends Extra layer on top of processed catalogue metadata Metadata are FRBRised, based on string matching Linked data embedded using scripts/programming,
manipulating HTML front end
RDA Seminar, Rotterdam, November 2, 2011 81
University library
Linked data options for libraries
Create new information aggregates
RDA Seminar, Rotterdam, November 2, 2011 82
University library
The girl
The war
The house
The diary
The book
The movie
The playAbout
Library catalogue
FRBR
Subject: Anne Frank
RDA Seminar, Rotterdam, November 2, 2011 83
University library
New aggregations
http://www.annefrank.org/en/Subsites/Timeline/#
RDA Seminar, Rotterdam, November 2, 2011 84
University library
LOCAH – Linking LivesLinked Open Copac Archives Hub
http://blogs.ukoln.ac.uk/locah/
http://data.archiveshub.ac.uk/
Publish linked dataArchives+libraries
Using Linked Data to create biographical resources
http://archiveshub.ac.uk/linkinglives
RDA Seminar, Rotterdam, November 2, 2011 85
University library
Library options
Develop your own systems/communities/open source
Use existing commercial systems
RDA Seminar, Rotterdam, November 2, 2011 86
University library
Requirements/recommendations
System development skills/staff Ask library systems vendors to adapt (next gen) systems to add:
FRBR/RDA/Linking architecture/infrastructure LOD/RDF/URI Publishing options LOD/RDF/URI Consuming options
W3C Library Linked Data Incubator Group,Report: http://www.w3.org/2005/Incubator/lld/XGR-lld-20111025/ IGeLU 2011 session Linked Data and Ex Libris products,Summary slides: http://igelu.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Linked-
data-and-Ex-Libris-products-Summary.pdf
RDA Seminar, Rotterdam, November 2, 2011 87
University library
Photo credits
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mihaibojin/3472311814/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/morville/84894874/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/yolaleah/2243898496/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/elenaromera/353826561/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/simona_/4068354970/