Linked data for the perplexed librarian

Abstract

"A plain-language introduction to the often intimidating field of linked data and the semantic web"--

Contents

Enquire within upon everything: The origins of linked data -- Unfunky and obsolete: From MARC to RDF -- Mothership connections: URIs and serializations -- What is a thing?: Ontologies and linked data -- Once upon a time called now: Real-world examples of linked data -- Tear the roof off the sucker: Linked library data -- Freaky and habit-forming: Linked data projects that even librarians can mess around with -- Epilogue: The unprovable pudding: Where is linked data in everyday library life?