linking libraries to the real world
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Linking library catalogue metadata to theatre production/performance metadata and objectsELAG 2011 Prague, May 25 2011TRANSCRIPT
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Linking libraries to the real worlda tragicomedy in two acts
Ad AertssArte.nl Foundationhttp://sarte.nl/@adaerts
Lukas KosterLibrary Systems CoordinatorLibrary of the University of Amsterdamhttp://www.uba.uva.nl@lukask
ELAG2011 - Prague – May 25, 2011
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Act one: Libraries
Lukas Koster as The Librarian
Ad Aerts as The Theatre Lover
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Curtain
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Example – Waiting for GodotSamuel Beckett
En attendant Godot (1949)
Waiting for Godot – a tragicomedy in two acts (1952)
A country road
A tree
Evening
Men in bowler hats
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Personal context
The Theatre Lover
Person
Interests
Background
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Library context
The Librarian
Copies
Publications
Shelves
Cards
Dewey
LCC
MARC
OPAC
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Estragon: ‘One knows what to expect’
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Estragon: ‘People are bloody ignorant apes’
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Library context – The catalogueSearch Subject area
Theatre
Godot
Personal context
Library context
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Catalogue results
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Vladimir: ‘Perhaps it’s not the right word’
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Catalogue results
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Estragon: ‘There’s nothing to show’
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Theatre contextPARADOX
Key concept: The PerformanceNothing remains, except ‘residuals’/’waste products’:
MemoriesSouvenir brochures
RecordingsObjectsTexts
ReviewsMetadata
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Theatre context
http://theaterinstituut.adlibsoft.com/
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Theatre context
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Out of context
Theatre
Personal context
Library context
Theatre context
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In context
Theatre
Personal context
Library context
Theatre context
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Estragon: ‘Nothing happens, nobody comes, nobody goes, it's awful’
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In context
Personal context Library context
Theatre context
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In context
Personal context Library context
Theatre context
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In context
Personal contextLibrary context
Theatre context
Set context before search:•Harvesting and Indexing•Merging•Search scopes•Personalisation
Set context after search:•Extending•Linking
= Metadata index + discovery tool = Linked data
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Act two: The Real World
Lukas Koster as The Linker
Ad Aerts as The Nerd
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Next day
Same time
Same place
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Pilot project
Linking library catalogue data to theatre performance data
Dutch Digital Cultural Heritage Foundation DEN as instigator
http://den.nl/
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Vladimir: “We could start all over again perhaps”Estragon: “That should be easy”Vladimir: “It’s the start that’s difficult”Estragon: “You can start from anything”Vladimir: “Yes, but you have to decide”Estragon: “True”
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Why?
We are convinced
that Linked Data is
valuable and feasible
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Lucky: ‘For reasons unknown’
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Pilot Objectives Proof of concept Gather experience Added value for customers Set an example Convince cultural heritage institutions Convince TIN, UBA management
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Two sides
PublishUse
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Publishing linked data
URIs for all things
Preferably persistent
Return data in ‘machine readable format’
Triples/RDF/etc.
Vocabulary/ontology
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Using linked data
1. Construct URIs based on native metadata
2. Process returned RDF/Triples/etc.
3. Present results
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A theatre play data model
‘Play’
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Theatre Things (Entities) Authors, actors, producers, etc. (persons) Plays (shows)
Productions Performances
Digital objects Photos, posters, sound, video
Physical objects Costumes, scenery, models, posters, photos, sound, video
…
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Library Things (Entities) Authors (persons) Books/holdings/items
(plays)
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MatchingLibrary catalogue results – Theatre production database results
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What we made
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How we did it URIs
<base-url>/person/<personname> <base-url>/title/<personname>/<title> <base-url>/production/<personname>/<title>/<opening date>
Requested by OPAC
Returned by TINTogether with data
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How we did it - URIs
<base-url>/person/Beckett, Samuel
<base-url>/title/Beckett, Samuel/Waiting for Godot
JavaScript/JQuery
HTML
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How we did it - JSON
jsonTIN({ "name":"Beckett, Samuel", "birth.country":"Ierland", "birth.date":" 1906*", "birth.place":"Foxrock", "death.date":"1989-12-22", "death.place":"Parijs", "titles":"/gettitles/Beckett, Samuel"})
<base-url>/person/Beckett, Samuel
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How we did it - JSON
<base-url>/title/Beckett, Samuel/Waiting for Godot
jsonTIN({ "production":[ "/production/Beckett, Samuel/Waiting for Godot/1988-07-28/5777", "/production/Beckett, Samuel/Waiting for Godot/1988-11-22/6750", "/production/Beckett, Samuel/Waiting for Godot/1992-04-16/10728", "/production/Beckett, Samuel/Waiting for Godot/1981-02-18/43032" ]})
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How we did it - JSON<base-url>/production/Beckett, Samuel/Waiting for Godot/1988-11-22/6750
jsonTIN({ "name":"Beckett, Samuel", "title":"Waiting for Godot", "opening":"1988-11-22", "people":[ { "description":"Beckett, Samuel (auteur)", "uri":"/person/Beckett, Samuel"}, { "description":"Theedom, Peter (uitvoerende)", "uri":"/person/Theedom, Peter" }, { "description":"Stewart, Reginald (uitvoerende)", "uri":"/person/Stewart, Reginald" } ]})
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How we did it – JavaScript/JQuery<base-url>/person/Beckett, Samuel
<base-url>/title/Beckett, Samuel/Waiting for Godot
<base-url>/production/Beckett, Samuel/Waiting for Godot/1988-11-22/6750
JavaScript/JQuery
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What we did not do (yet)Implement a vocabulary/ontology/RDF! http://ckan.net/package/theatricalia http://lukeblaney.co.uk/semweb/theatre
Content negotiation
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Theatre Ontologyhttp://lukeblaney.co.uk/semweb/theatre
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Problems No common identifiers
Aleph key ≠ key No internal links to common entity
No central “Work” String matching
Author: ‘Samuel Beckett’- ‘Beckett, Samuel’ Title: ‘Waiting for Godot’ –’En attendant Godot’
Copyright Photos, videos, audio, artwork
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Estragon: ‘We’ve lost our rights?’ …
Pozzo: ‘The road is free to all’
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Identifiers/URIs/String matching
/title/Beckett, Samuel/Waiting for Godot
/title/Beckett, Samuel/Waiting for Godot : a tragicomedy in two acts
/title/Beckett, Samuel/En attendant Godot : pièce en deux actes
/title/Beckett, Samuel/Wachten op Godot
/title/Beckett, Samuel/Waiting for Godot
/title/Beckett, Samuel/Waiting For Godot
/title/Beckett, Samuel/Wachten op Godot
/title/Beckett, Samuel/Wachtend op Godot
/title/Beckett, Samuel/Wachten op Godot (De favorieten)
/title/Beckett, Samuel/Wachten op Godot (eerste bedrijf)
/title/Beckett, Samuel/En attendant Godot
/title/Beckett, Samuel/Warten auf Godot
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Pozzo: “I am Pozzo!....Pozzo! … Does that name mean nothing to you?... I say does that name mean nothing to you?”Estragon: “Bozzo...Bozzo...”Vladimir: “Pozzo...Pozzo...”Pozzo: “PPPOZZZO!”Estragon: “Ah! Pozzo...let me see...Pozzo...”Vladimir: “Is it Pozzo or Bozzo?”Estragon: “Pozzo...no...I’m afraid I...no...I don’t seem to...”Vladimir: “I once knew a family called Gozzo. The mother had the clap”
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Solutions Add links:
Internally: FRBR! Externally: Authority files
(Smart string matching?) External broker mechanism
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Links: FRBR, and moreWaiting
for Godot
Wachtenop Godot (NL)
En attendantGodot (FR)
Production2009
Production2010
Performance 1
Performance 2
Performance 3
Manifestation
Item
Work
Expression
1st Edition2007
2nd Edition2010
Copy 1
Copy 2
Copy 3
Theatre Text/Publisher/Library
FRBR
Videoregistration
Article
Scene 1
Scene 2
Scene 3
Photo
LibraryCatalogue
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Ideally….
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Current situation
Implicit relations
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Legacy systems => Linked Data
Make implicit relations explicit
Use external authority files
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Estragon: ‘That’s the idea, let’s contradict each other’
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Curtain
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Thank you!
You’re too kind!
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Estragon: “Let’s go”Vladimir: “We can’t”Estragon: “Why not?”Vladimir: “We’re waiting for Godot”