The Internet

Fire Hose of Data

1 Second on the Internet

Map of the Internet

Linked Data

A web of "relationships"

Four Rules of Linked Data

"Linked Data Principles"

1. Use URIs as names for things
    

2. Use HTTP URIs so that people can look up those names
    

3. When someone looks up a URI, provide useful information, using the standards (RDF*, SPARQL)
    

4. Include links to other URIs so that they can discover more things
    

Use Uniform Resource Identifier (URI)s as names for things

Use HTTP URIs so that people can look up those names

When someone looks up a URI, provide useful information, using the standards (RDF*, SPARQL)

Include links to other URIs, so that they can discover more things

Linked Open Data

Linked data with open license

Linked Data Standards

RDF*, SPARQL, and Others

Resource Description Framework (RDF)

General framework for describing web metadata

RDF "Triples"

• Subject

• Predicate

• Object

SPARQL

Query language for RDF

Schema and Microdata

The Semantic Web

Navigating the relationships of data

Examples

BIBFRAME

Bibliographic Framework

ORCID

Persistent Digital Identifier for Researchers

Virtual International Authority File (VIAF)

Unified Authority File for Libraries