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"In The Early Days Of A Better Nation": Enhancing The Power Of Metadata Today With Linked Data Principles#11;, John Mark Ockerbloom
"In The Early Days Of A Better Nation": Enhancing The Power Of Metadata Today With Linked Data Principles#11;, John Mark Ockerbloom
John Mark Ockerbloom
We need not wait for the wholesale redesign of metadata and workflows to semantic web and linked data technologies in order to begin taking advantage of their design principles. This talk will show how metadata organized and presented in ways that encourage sharing, widespread reuse, and broad collaboration organized around community "hubs" can significantly improve resource discovery as well as other library services and information needs. Examples will be shown from systems designed around linked data standards and technologies and systems not so designed. While standard linked data formats and interfaces can aid in metadata reuse and maintenance, more general …