subject: Global Digital Libraries Collaborative CLIR international partners participants
Linked Data Workshop Programme, 27-28 May 2010
British Library, Foyle Room, Centre for Conservation
The aim of the workshop was to learn more about Linked Data, RDF and the semantic web and their possible application in a library context. For a more detailed account of the event, see the summary report.
The workshop was structured into two days:
| -Day 1, 27 May 2010- an overview presentation on Linked Data; 3 case-study presentations, plus time for discussion; 3 group discussion sessions about possible applications in a library context. |
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| Time | Title | Speaker(s) / Convener(s) | Resources |
| 09:45 | Welcome | Lynne Brindley, British Library | |
| 09:50 | Introduction to the Semantic Web and RDF | Nigel Shadbolt, University of Southampton | ePrint |
| 11:30 | A Linked Data Journey with the BBC | Richard Wallis, Talis | slideshare presentation see also Case Study Q&A [doc] |
| Lunch | |||
| 13:15 | Swedish Media Database and Linked Data | Markus Sköld, National Library of Sweden | Slides [ppt] see also Case Study Q&A [doc] |
| 14:15 | Ontology-based approaches to providing a semantic infrastructure for Linked Data | Godfrey Rust and Mark Bide, Rightscom | Slides [ppt] see also Case Study Q&A [doc] |
| 15:30-17:30 | Discussions:
Freebase & Linked Library Metadata Interoperable Digitised Content Scholarly Communications |
Michael Keller and Brian Karlak (Adam Farquhar, scribe)
Les Carr (Sean Martin, scribe) Mark Bide (Richard Masters, scribe) |
Notes [doc] |
| -Day 2, 28 May 2010- Synthesis of ideas generated on Day 1; discussion about next steps. |
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| Time | Title | Speaker(s) / Convener(s) | Resources |
| 09:45 | Large Group Discussion | Nigel Shadbolt | |
| 11:30-13:00 | Small Group Discussions: | ||
| URI Normalisation | Les Carr and Sean Martin (Sean Martin, scribe) | Notes [ppt] | |
| Publishing EAD | Dave Price and Michael Keller (Richard Masters and Adam Farquhar, scribes) | Notes [doc] | |
| Freebase | Brian Karlak (Adam Farquhar and Jerry Parsons, scribes) | Notes [doc] | |
| Rights Issues | Caroline Brazier (Neil Wilson and Mimi Calter, scribes) | Notes [doc] | |
| Lunch | |||
| 14:00-15:30 | Project Updates | Michael Keller | |
