Facilitating Access to the Web of Data: A Guide for Librarians

ISBN-13: 9781856047456 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 208 str.

David Stuart

Opis

Offers an introduction to the web of data and the semantic web, exploring technologies including APIs, microformats and linked data. This title includes topical commentary and practical examples that explore how information professionals can harness the power of this phenomenon to inform strategy and become facilitators of access to data.

Spis treści

1. Open data

• Introduction
• Open science
• Commercial sector
• Government data
• Library data
• Conclusion

2. A semantic web: one that’s meaningful to computers

• Introduction
• Web 1.0
• Web 2.0
• Web 3.0 – a semantic web
• Conclusion

3. Data silos

• Introduction
• What is a data silo?
• Data documents
• Application programming interfaces (APIs)
• Programming librarians?
• The advantages and disadvantages of data silos
• Conclusion

4. The semantic web: the RDF vision

• Introduction
• Linked RDF
• Linked Data: old wine in new bottles?
• The semantic web stack
• Making use of Linked Data
• Conclusion

5. Embedded semantics

• Introduction
• Why embed semantic data?
• Microformats
• COinS
• Embedding RDF in attributes
• Microdata
• Selecting the right format
• Interacting with embedded semantics
• Conclusion

6. The library and the web of data

• Introduction
• Books are for use
• Every reader their book
• Every book its reader
• Save the time of the reader
• The library is a growing organism
• Conclusion

7. The future of the librarian and the web of data

• Introduction
• Embracing the web of data
• Ignoring the web of data
• Lessons from the newspaper industry
• Becoming a data librarian
• Conclusion
• Bibliography