Abstract
The First Semantic Web/Linked Data Conference of German libraries took place in Cologne on 24 and 25 November 2009 and revealed much interest in advancing from a web of documents to a web of data. The contributions covered advanced applications at the Library of Congress and the Swedish National library as well as advocacy for linked data approaches and the use of semantic web tools in the library and cultural heritage domain. The German National Library announced the publication of their authority files as linked open data, with first prototypes to become available in mid-2010, and this constituted a highlight of the conference. Discussions about ontologies to be used, application examples and a summary of practical experiences completed the event.
Highlights
The event ‘Semantic Web in Libraries — SWIB09’ was conceived as a ‘conference for innovative librarians’ and took place for the first time on 24 and 25 November 2009 in Cologne
The German National Library announced the publication of their authority files as linked open data, with first prototypes to become available in mid2010, and this constituted a highlight of the conference
Aiming to familiarise libraries with the semantic web, the first day offered an introduction and several practical examples illustrating the potential of semantic web applications
Summary
Jakob Voss, software developer at the Head Office of the Common Library Network (VZG/GBV), opened the conference with a brief presentation on the semantic web. It will be possible for libraries to link bibliographic data of a publication provided by its publisher to other data, such as the name authority file (PND) or the exact location in the library. In this way data published by other persons or libraries about a particular publication can be re-used. The library is able to present selected information to its users on a website customised for their needs. The benefits of such scenarios of use for linked data are obvious. The library will publish only those data itself that are not yet available elsewhere
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