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Confessions of a Graph Addict

Thursday, June 24, 2010

Today I’m going to be at the annual conference of the American Library Association today for a pre-conference about Libraries and Linked Data. I’m going to try talking about how Linked Data, and particularly how the graph data structure fits the way catalogers have typically thought about bibliiographic information. Along the way I’ll include some [...]

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bibliovirus

Monday, November 3, 2008

Terry’s analysis of the proposed changes to OCLC’s record policy is essential reading. I’m really concerned that these 996 fields will slip somewhat unnoticed into data that I use. 996 $aOCLCWCRUP $iUse and transfer of this record is governed by the OCLC® Policy for Use and Transfer of WorldCat® Records. $uhttp://purl.org/oclc/wcrup This appears to be [...]

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SKOS in the Context of Semantic Web Deployment

Wednesday, April 30, 2008

If you happen to be in the DC area on May 8th and are interested in linked data and the practical application of semantic web technologies like RDF and OWL please join us at the Library of Congress for a presentation by Alistair Miles, key developer of SKOS, and semantic web practitioner at the University [...]

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WoGroFuBiCo cloud

Friday, January 11, 2008

access accessible addition al american analysis application applications appropriate archives areas association authority available based benefit benefits bibliographic broad broader catalog catalogers cataloging catalogs cataloguing chain change changes classification code collaboration collections committee communities community congress consequences consider considered content continue control controlled cooperative cost costs create created creating creation current data databases dc description [...]

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WoGroFuBiCo wc

Thursday, January 10, 2008

word count library 263 bibliographic 236 data 170 libraries 144 lc 127 control 109 information 98 cataloging 91 records 88 subject 82 materials 81 standards 81 use 80 congress 79 work 76 record 73 community 67 users 61 working 59 group 58 access 57 recommendations 56 resources 53 authority 52 metadata 47 future 46 new [...]

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