Metadata: UN’s Dag Hammarskjöld Library Launches New Linked Data Services Platform
From the Dag Hammarskjöld Library:
The Dag Hammarskjöld Library is pleased to announce the launch of their new linked data services platform: metadata.un.org.
The site currently hosts the Library’s UNBIS Thesaurus and the Department of Economic and Social Affairs’ taxonomy of Sustainable Development Goals identifiers.
The UNBIS Thesaurus is a database of controlled vocabulary used by UN programmes, funds and regional commissions to describe the UN’s published output (parliamentary documents, publications, reports etc.).
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DESA’s SDG Taxonomy was produced in collaboration with technical experts from across the UN system. They developed a system of Internationalized Resource Identifiers (IRIs) for the SDGs, the related targets and indicators, related entities linking to UNBIS Thesaurus terms, as well as the SDG Interface Ontology, maintained by UN Environment.
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About Gary Price
Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com.
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