I haven't seen a friendly use of SPARQL (or search in general), and
would love to see one -- especially one that combined library data and
any other data set (geographic, whatever). It does seem to me that the
search aspect of SemWeb is still a bit weak. In my imagination, it
allows me to do the kinds of things I can do with Yahoo Pipes, which
is to mash-up data from various sources and then do something
interesting with it. My usual example (heck, my only example) is to
answer the question: What's the earliest edition of [book title]? A
simpler one would be: Who wrote [book title]? What I want is to get an
answer, not a gazillion bibliographic records.
kc
Quoting Roy Tennant <[email protected]>:
David,
Could you elaborate a bit? In my mind, the only "semantic web technology" of
any note is "linked data". How that fits into "library search" is anyone's
guess, and I'm wondering what, specifically, you're referring to when you
say that Talis is active in this area.
If you are asking about library linked data, then there are several
examples, most notably the Library of Congress[1], the Swedish Union
Catalogue [2], and OCLC[3][4]. I believe that a minimum both the Library of
Congress and OCLC plan on releasing more linked data sets.
So can you elaborate a bit more on what, exactly, you're seeking? Thanks,
Roy
[1] http://id.loc.gov/authorities/
[2] http://article.gmane.org/gmane.culture.libraries.ngc4lib/4617
[3] http://dewey.info/
[4] http://outgoing.typepad.com/outgoing/2009/09/viaf-as-linked-data.html
On 10/28/09 10/28/09 7:31 PM, "David Kane" <[email protected]> wrote:
Hi Folks,
I was wondering if anyone was aware of semantic web technologies being
used in the context of libraries and library search?
I know that Talis are active in this area. Does anyone have links to
any specific resources or projects that they know of in this area?
Thanks,
David.
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