Chapter 2: Semantic Web and Linked Data

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  • Karen Coyle

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5860/ltr.48n4

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 use of Uniform Resource Identifiers (URIs).

References

() “Library Linked Data Incubator Group Wiki,” main page, W3C website, last modified February 22, 2012, n () Tim Berners-Lee, “Linked Data,” W3C website, July 27, 2006, last modified June 18, 2009, n () Karen Coyle and Thomas Baker, “Guidelines for Dublin Core Application Profiles,” W3C website, May 18, 2009, n () Richard Cyganiak and Anja Jentzsch, “The Linking Open Data Cloud Diagram,” last modified September 19, 2011, n () Anja Jentzsch,”DBpedia - Querying Wikipedia like a Database,” Anja Jentzsch homepage on Freie Universität Berlin website, last modified February 10, 2012, n

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2012-05-22

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