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Aligning BIBFRAME with The Schema/Bib Extend model

Carol Jean Godby, Senior Research Scientist, OCLC

BIBFRAME Update session, ALA 2013

Chicago, Illinois, USA

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Bibliographic Descriptions inSchema.org: Rationale

• Increase the visibility of library resources in the major search engines.

• Engage at the W3C level for representation of library data.

• Address defects in the Schema model for representing bibliographic data.

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• OCLC’s alpha release of linked data for WorldCat.org.

• The BIBFRAME Early Experimenters group.

• The Schema Bib Extend W3C Community group.

• OCLC’s experiments with SchemaBibEx and BIBFRAME.

The context

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Modeling detail

Data coverage

Schema.org and BibFrame: big alignments

Schema.org

BibFrame

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• Representation of FRBR Works and Expressions in Schema.org

• Alignment of BIBFRAME Authorities and Annotations

• Moving beyond the Dublin Core-like description

Issues

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• Evaluate Schema.org for library descriptions.

• Negotiate with Schema.org to adopt changes.

• Map BIBFRAME concepts to Schema.org.

• Develop BIBFRAME and harmonize with other post-MARC standards.

• Work with specialized libraries to expand BIBFRAME’s descriptive capacity.

• Map MARC concepts to BIBFRAME.

A recommended division of labor

SchemaBibEx advocates lead BIBFRAME leads

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• Ted Fons, Jeff Penka, and Richard Wallis. “OCLC’s Linked Data Initiative: Using Schema.org to Make Library Data Relevant on the Web.” Information Standards Quarterly. Spring/Summer 2012. 24:3.

• http://www.essepuntato.it/lode/http://purl.org/library/

• Carol Jean Godby. 2013. The Relationship between BIBFRAME and the Schema.org ‘Bib Extensions’ Model: A Working Paper.

• http://www.oclc.org/content/dam/research/publications/library/2013/2013-05.pdf.

• Schema Bib Extend Community Group – W3C.

• http://www.w3.org/community/schemabibex/

For more information

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