Bibliographic Framework Initiative: OCLC and Library of Congress Publish White Paper on Linked Data
From OCLC:
Jointly released by OCLC and the Library of Congress, this white paper compares and contrasts the compatible linked data initiatives at both institutions. It is an executive summary of a more detailed technical analysis that will be released later this year.
Highlights From the Report
- Work on the Library of Congress’ BIBFRAME vocabulary has advanced nearly to the point of testing its use for original cataloging, which they will be doing later this year
- OCLC has published linked data on WorldCat.org using both the Schema.org vocabulary as well as extensions to that vocabulary defined at BiblioGraph.net
- LC and OCLC continue to work collaboratively to identify the different use cases of these efforts and how they complement each other in a rich bibliographic universe.
Direct to Full Text White Paper: Common Ground: Exploring Compatibilities Between the Linked Data Models of the Library of Congress and OCLC (12 pages; PDF, US Letter Version)
Direct to Full Text White Paper: White Paper (A4 Version; PDF)
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