Bernhard Eversberg wrote:
> Till Kinstler wrote:
>>
>> Linked data ist not about exposing library catalogues to google on
>> some stupid way. Its about making this data "identifiable" (and
>> "addressable") for any kind of use (typically OPACs totally fail on
>> that, there is no simple way to address a record ...
>
> or a set of records! That's to say, to extract a result set from a
> catalog for software and then do something with.
A key aspect of linked data is that it is about DATA not RECORDS. For
example, linking will take place between names appearing in different
contexts on the Web, like a name in a library catalog and the same name
appearing in Wikipedia. So not only do we have to get our data out of
catalog databases, but we have to make the data usable outside of the
particular bibliographic record. That's what linked data can help us do.
kc
> At least, catalogs could provide standardized links by which a user
> can jump in and see the
> results. WorldCat does that, Pica too, LC not. WorldCat's results can
> of course not be processed by software for any meaningful results.
> OTOH, Z39.50 was done with the intention to develop just that kind of
> capability! But in pre-Web times. OAI is simpler but too limited.
>
>>
>> But you don't want to say, library data has only poor content?
> Poor in terms of the amount of text they carry. A mere title just
> doesn't contain many words, and each word occurs in just one form,
> much different from full text.
> GB has, BTW, the search options inauthor:"name", intitle:"phrase" and
> subject:"lc term" .
> These are made use of by the LCSH browser which links over into
> GB, Worldcat, Librarything and others, but not, ironically, LC:
>
> http://www.biblio.tu-bs.de/db/lcsh/
>
>
> B.Eversberg
>
>
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