Tag: RDF
Asking Complex Questions: "New Search Tool to Unlock Wikipedia"
A new plug-in for use with Wikipedia data named “Swipe” will be demonstrated at the WWW conference next month. Until then, here’s some reading and viewing material about the technology. You have to wonder if Wolfram|Alpha is working on something similar utilizing their database? From New Scientist: Called Swipe – loosely short for “searching Wikipedia […]
Semantic Web: ISBD Namespaces Published
From IFLA: Namespaces for the consolidated edition of the International Standard Bibliographic Description (ISBD) have been published in Resource Description Framework (RDF), the basis of the Semantic Web. The namespaces can be accessed at http://iflastandards.info/ns/isbd/. The ISBD element set vocabulary includes RDF classes and properties corresponding to ISBD elements. Six concept vocabularies give the controlled […]
New Article by Stanford's Michael Keller: "Linked Data: A Way Out of the Information Chaos and toward the Semantic Web"
A superb “not to technical intro” that is absolutely worthy or your time and also worth sharing. Direct to Full Text Column: “Linked Data: A Way Out of the Information Chaos and Toward the Semantic Web” by: Michael A. Keller Source: EDUCAUSE Review (42.4; July/August 2011) A new approach to reducing the chaos of the […]
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Conference Paper: "Linking to LCSH and LCC: Controlled Subject Headings and Classification Systems through the Web"
This paper will be presented at on August 16, 2011, at the World Library and Information Congress : 77th IFLA General Conference and Assembly in San Juan. Title: “Linking to LCSH and LCC: Controlled Subject Headings and Classification Systems through the Web” (28 pages; PDF) Authors: Barbara Tillett, Libby Dechman, and Loche McLean (Library of […]
