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Library Technology Reports archives from May 2012
Preface
May 1, 2012... [TEXT NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII.] (Everything flows, nothing stands still.) --Heraclitus It doesn't take a great philosopher to know that writing about an emerging technology is like trying to record a river that is flowing past faster...
Introduction
May 1, 2012... Abstract Chapter 1 is the Introduction to this issue of Library Technology Reports. Library activities in recent years, particularly those that have contemplated the future of bibliographic control, have given libraries a theoretical basis...
Semantic Web and Linked Data
May 1, 2012... Abstract Chapter 2 introduces Semantic Web concepts in the context of library data and defines common Semantic Web terminology and acronyms, as well as the primary components of linked data: open data, machine-readable data formats, and the...
Metadata Elements
May 1, 2012... Abstract Chapter 3 discusses metadata elements, the building blocks of any metadata scheme. Metadata elements have been defined using Semantic Web standards, which form a universal pool from which anyone creating metadata can make choices....
Vocabularies: Term Lists and Thesauri
May 1, 2012... Abstract Chapter 4 covers controlled vocabularies, which in linked data are made public on the Web. This allows for machine-checking on validity and also allows communities to describe the meaning of their terms and harmonize them with those...
Development and Creation Software
May 1, 2012... Abstract Chapter 5 describes software tools for use in the development of linked data. The majority of tools are aimed at software developers and often require programming and server management skills. Tools described facilitate data element...
Resources
May 1, 2012... Chapter 6 lists some basic resources on linked data standards and usage, tutorials, and readings for beginners and more advanced linked data users. The chapter also describes discussion groups and activities where readers can interact with the...
