authorities as things
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Authorities as Things. Karen Coyle June, 2011. Authority CONTROL. What does it control?. “To ensure consistency, an authority record is created for each authorized heading for a proper name or subject.”. Lois Mai Chan, Cataloging and Classification, Ed. 2 , p . 165. Focus. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Authorities as ThingsKaren Coyle
June, 2011
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Authority CONTROLWhat does it control?
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“To ensure consistency, an authority record is created for each authorized heading for a proper name or subject.”Lois Mai Chan, Cataloging and Classification, Ed. 2, p. 165
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Focus
Authority control “Shakespeare, William, 1564-
1616”
Data web
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You can say something about a thinghas name “William Shakespeare”
was born in Statford-upon-Avon
was married to Anne Hathaway
wrote As You Like It
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You can say something about a thinghas name “William Shakespeare”
was born in Statford-upon-Avon
was married to Anne Hathaway
wrote As You Like It
in shire Warwickshire
born in 1555
is genre comedy
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“Name” data – about the name
HEADING: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616100 1_ |a Shakespeare, William, |d 1564-1616400 1_ |a Shakspeare, William, |d 1564-1616400 1_ |a Šekʻspiri, Uiliam, |d 1564-1616400 1_ |a Saixpēr, Gouilliam, |d 1564-1616400 1_ |a Shakspere, William, |d 1564-1616400 1_ |a Shikisbīr, Wilyam, |d 1564-1616400 1_ |a Szekspir, Wiliam, |d 1564-1616400 1_ |a Šekspyras, |d 1564-1616400 1_ |a Shekspir, Vilʹi︠a︡ m, |d 1564-1616400 1_ |a Šekspir, Viljem, |d 1564-1616400 1_ |a Tsikinya-chaka, |d 1564-1616670 __ |a His The plays and poems of William Shakspeare, 1966: |b
t.p. (William Shakspeare)670 __ |a Syeiksŭpʻio, 1978: |b t.p. (Syeiksŭpʻio)
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“Thing” data – about the thing
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Thing or string?
100 1_ $a Shakespeare, William, $d 1564-1616
“Personal name” “Dates associated with a name”
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Things get identifiers
Consistent Persistent Unique in some context
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Rules for consistence
Same identifier always means same thing
do NOT reuse identifiers!
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2.
3.Persistence
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Unique… globally
001 2343928003 CaSfIA
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/sj96005301
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Identifiers v. names
dog =
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Words are ambiguous
dog =
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Identifiers must be precise
IDa87nn3
66.ah.773m
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Internationalization (i18n)
dog (lang=en) hund (lang=de)
perro (lang=sp)
chien (lang=fr)IDa87nn3
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Twain
http://viaf.org/viaf/50566653/=
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Things create connections
real name: “Samuel Clemens”
born in Florida, Missouri
married Olivia Langdon
wrote Innocents Abroad
located in Monroe CountyUSA
children: 3
genre: travel literature
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Strings are endpointsThings can connect to other things
http://example.org/123
http://example.org/1793 http://example.org/
AAbc
“William Shakespeare”
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FRBR = Entity/RelationshipEntity = THING
Work
Expression
Manifestation
Corp BodyPerson
Item
Family
Event Place
ObjectConcept
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FRBR = Entity/RelationshipRelationship = LINK
Work
Expression
Manifestation
Corp BodyPerson
Item
Family
Event Place
ObjectConcept
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FRAD/FRSAD
Work Thema Nomen
Subject Name
Work URI Thing URIhas subject Label
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authority control…
can control the names (strings) of things
by using identifiers for things and creating labels (strings)