Re: [CODE4LIB] What do you want to learn about linked data?
All, I had a few off-list requests for basics - what are the basic things that librarians need to know about linked data? I have a site where I am putting up a somewhat crudely designed tutorial (with exercises): http://kcoyle.net/metadata/ As you can see, it is incomplete, but I work away on it when so inspired. It includes what I consider to be the basic knowledge: 1. What is metadata? 2. Data vs. text 3. Identifiers (esp. URIs) 4. Statements (not records) (read: triples) 5. Semantic Web basics 6. URIs (more in depth) 7. Ontologies 8. Vocabularies I intend to link various slide sets to this, and anyone is welcome to make use of the content there. It would be GREAT for it to become an actual tutorial, perhaps using better software, but I haven't found anything yet that I like working with. If you have basics to add, please let me know! kc On 9/1/13 5:37 PM, Karen Coyle wrote: I'm thinking about training needs around linked data -- yes, that includes basic concepts, but at the moment I'm wondering what specific technologies or tasks people would like to learn about? Some obvious examples are: how to do SPARQL queries; how to use triples in databases; maybe how to use Protege (free software) [1] to create an ontology. Those are just a quick shot across the bow, and from my basically non-techie point of view. Please add your own. If you can't say it in terms of technology, it would be as good (if not maybe better) to say it in terms of what you'd like to be able to do (do searches, create data... ) This is very unscientific, but I think it's a worthwhile conversation to have, and maybe can help get some ideas for training. kc [1] http://protege.stanford.edu/ -- Karen Coyle kco...@kcoyle.net http://kcoyle.net ph: 1-510-540-7596 m: 1-510-435-8234 skype: kcoylenet
[CODE4LIB] Job: DSpace Developer- Open Repository at BioMed Central
**DSpace Developer- Open Repository, BioMed Central Ltd** **Job Description** Open Repository are looking for a full-time Developer to join an agile team of developers, testers and analysts. The successful candidate will play a pivotal role in transforming our platform. The successful candidate will: • Work with stakeholders to understand and solve their needs • Participate in decisions governing the future of the platform • Help to maintenance current platform • Learn about DSpace **Desired Skills Experience** Essential • A numerate degree or equivalent experience • Extensive knowledge of Java, Servlets, JSP and Spring in web-based applications - including an awareness of their strengths and weaknesses for given circumstances • Knowledge about HTML, CSS3, JavaScript, JQuery • To be highly analytical • Good SQL, preferably PL/SQL - including an understanding of good SQL practices, schema design, normalisation and query performance analysis • Keen interest in technology and development practices - not only those that have been part of previous or current projects but also those that are new and/or emerging, combined with an awareness of the future of the software development profession. • Excellent communication skills **Desirable** • Agile development experience including, Test Driven Development, Pair Programming and at least one of XP, Kanban, Lean or Scrum • Knowledge about DSpace software, OAI-PMH, SWORD, Tomcat, Apache HTTP, Oracle, git Please send your CV and covering letter, stating salary expectations and quoting the job reference BMC/DE2 by email: j...@biomedcentral.com BioMed Central offers a competitive salary and benefits package including 25 days holiday plus bank holidays , contributory pension scheme , life assurance , discounted gym membership , cycle to work scheme, childcare vouchers and an employee support programme. BioMed Central Ltd is an Equal Opportunities Employer. We welcome all applications irrespective of race, gender, age, religion or belief, relationship status, pregnancy/maternity, sexual orientation or disability. **Company Description** BioMed Central is the leading open access publisher of STM (Science, Technology and Medicine) research. Since it was founded in 2000, BioMed Central has successfully pioneered the open access publishing model and brought open access to the mainstream. With offices in London, North America and Asia, the company employs over 270 people across a range of operations including editorial, production, IT and business. BioMed Central is a vibrant and innovative company. It operates in a fast-paced and high-energy environment, hiring talented people who are passionate about science, technology, medicine and open access. Open Repository is a hosted solution from BioMed Central that builds and maintains customized DSpace repositories on behalf of institutions and organizations. This allows an institution to preserve and showcase its intellectual output to a larger and unrestricted audience. BioMed Central offers a competitive salary and benefits package including 25 days holiday plus bank holidays , contributory pension scheme , life assurance , discounted gym membership , cycle to work scheme, childcare vouchers and an employee support programme. BioMed Central Ltd is an Equal Opportunities Employer. We welcome all applications irrespective of race, gender, age, religion or belief, relationship status, pregnancy/maternity, sexual orientation or disability. Brought to you by code4lib jobs: http://jobs.code4lib.org/job/9883/
Re: [CODE4LIB] What do you want to learn about linked data?
I get the basic concepts of linked data. But what I don't understand is why the idea has been around so long, yet there seems to be a dearth of useful applications that live up to the hype. So, what I want to learn about linked data is: who's using it effectively? Maybe there's lots of stuff out there that I just don't know about? -Shaun On 9/4/13 4:58 AM, Karen Coyle wrote: All, I had a few off-list requests for basics - what are the basic things that librarians need to know about linked data? I have a site where I am putting up a somewhat crudely designed tutorial (with exercises): http://kcoyle.net/metadata/ As you can see, it is incomplete, but I work away on it when so inspired. It includes what I consider to be the basic knowledge: 1. What is metadata? 2. Data vs. text 3. Identifiers (esp. URIs) 4. Statements (not records) (read: triples) 5. Semantic Web basics 6. URIs (more in depth) 7. Ontologies 8. Vocabularies I intend to link various slide sets to this, and anyone is welcome to make use of the content there. It would be GREAT for it to become an actual tutorial, perhaps using better software, but I haven't found anything yet that I like working with. If you have basics to add, please let me know! kc On 9/1/13 5:37 PM, Karen Coyle wrote: I'm thinking about training needs around linked data -- yes, that includes basic concepts, but at the moment I'm wondering what specific technologies or tasks people would like to learn about? Some obvious examples are: how to do SPARQL queries; how to use triples in databases; maybe how to use Protege (free software) [1] to create an ontology. Those are just a quick shot across the bow, and from my basically non-techie point of view. Please add your own. If you can't say it in terms of technology, it would be as good (if not maybe better) to say it in terms of what you'd like to be able to do (do searches, create data... ) This is very unscientific, but I think it's a worthwhile conversation to have, and maybe can help get some ideas for training. kc [1] http://protege.stanford.edu/
Re: [CODE4LIB] What do you want to learn about linked data?
On Sep 4, 2013, at 9:27 AM, Shaun Ellis sha...@princeton.edu wrote: I get the basic concepts of linked data. But what I don't understand is why the idea has been around so long, yet there seems to be a dearth of useful applications that live up to the hype. So, what I want to learn about linked data is: who's using it effectively? Maybe there's lots of stuff out there that I just don't know about? I've been doing some reading and evaluating in the regard to Linked Data [0], and I think the problem is multi-diminentional: * when people create Linked Data they all too often do not necessarily use URIs from other linked data sets or the URIs are not persistent * there is not a critical mass Linked Data available for the killer app to be demonstrated; the chicken egg problem * encoding data/information/knowledge in the form of triples (whether it be RDF/XML, Turtle, or N3) is not trivial, let alone easy to understand despite the fact that there are only three parts * vocabularies get in the way; there does not seem to be a clear cut way of deciding what semantic(s) to use for describing things. FOAF? Dublin Core? Etc. I call this the Tower Of Babel problem * our (everybody's) data is dirty, inconsistent, or manifests a wide variety of integrity issues. People can tolerate this sort of ambiguity. Computers can't. [0] beginnings of a Linked Data guidebook - http://sites.tufts.edu/liam/2013/08/08/liam-guidebook/ -- Eric Lease Morgan
[CODE4LIB] Job: Digital Projects Specialist at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
UWM Libraries seeks an energetic, knowledgeable, and technologically capable individual to serve as a Digital Projects Specialist. This position supports resource and digital collection development in the Library's Digitization Department. The department has been building digital collections drawn from the Library's unique collections in Archives, Special Collections and the American Geographical Society Library since 2001. Going forward, the department will be developing tools and exploring new modes of discovery and interactivity, such as geographic discovery, contextual materials, and social tools, and working closely with campus initiatives in digital scholarship, including the digital humanities. The successful candidate will have experience working with digital collections and digital tool development in an academic library setting, and have a familiarity with common programming, web development and/or database languages such as PHP, MySQL, XSLT, JSON, and Javascript. Duties include development using open source tools, such as Omeka and Neatline, and integrating those tools with existing digital collections in CONTENTdm, interacting with faculty and staff to gather requirements for tool and digital collection development, working with Library Systems staff and campus IT to resolve technical issues, and supervising student workers in the Digitization Department. This position reports to the head of the Digitization Department. Job Summary/Basic Function: • Customize existing tools, including open source tools, for use on the UWM Digital Collections site • Work with faculty and staff to gather requirements for tool and web development projects • Work with CONTENTdm API to integrate custom tools into existing collections • Evaluate existing tools and technologies, and investigate emerging technologies to identify potential uses. Prototype demonstration projects • Help identify technical requirements and keep abreast of new research and development in digital humanities and other areas related to digital collections • Document workflows and procedures, and help form policy for digital tool development • Other duties as assigned Minimum Qualifications • Bachelor's degree • Evidence of relevant experience working with digital collection development • Evidence of experience developing tools and applications using one or more of the following languages or standards, or related languages or standards: Javascript, JSON, MySQL, PHP, XSLT • Demonstrated understanding of developments and trends in digital collections and digital humanities Preferred Qualifications: • Master's degree in Library Science, Information Science, Computer Science or related field with an emphasis on digital libraries, archives, humanities, or equivalent. • Demonstrated understanding of metadata standards • Demonstrated proficiency with programming and web development • Experience working in a LINUX environment, specifically with LAMP services Special Instructions to Applicants: Applicants must submit a letter of application, a current resume, transcripts (Other Document 1), and names/addresses of three current professional references. Apply at - http://jobs.umm.edu/postings/15697 Applications must be received on or before 10-5-13. Questions may be addressed to Craig Wesley, 414-229-6201 or email to wesl...@uwm.edu. If you need assistance, or accommodation in applying because of a disability, please contact uwm-j...@uwm.edu or 414-229-4463. Employment opportunities will not be denied because of the need to make reasonable accommodations for a qualified individual's disability. UWM is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. Employment will require a criminal background check. For the UWM Campus Security Report see http://www.cleryact.uwm.edu Brought to you by code4lib jobs: http://jobs.code4lib.org/job/9884/
Re: [CODE4LIB] What do you want to learn about linked data?
Karen, It's hard to say what basics are. We had a learning group at Emory that covered a lot of the what is it, including mostly what you've listed but also the environment (library and cultural heritage, and larger environment), but we had a harder time getting to the what do you do with it which is what would really motivate and empower people to go ahead and get beyond basics. Maybe add: How do you embed linked data in web pages using RDFa (Difference between RDFa and schema.org/other microdata) How do you harvest linked data from web pages, endpoints, or other modes of delivery? Different serializations and how to convert How do you establish relations between different vocabularies (classes and properties) using RDFS and OWL? (Demo) New answers to your questions enabled by combining and querying linked data! Maybe a step toward what can you do with it would be to show (or have an exercise): How can a web application interface with linked data? I suspect there are a lot of people who've read about it and/or have had tutorials here and there, and who really want to get their hands in it. That's where there's a real dearth of training. An intermediate level workshop addressing (but not necessarily answering!) questions like: Do you need a triplestore or will a relational database do? Do you need to store your data as RDF or can you do everything you need with XML or some other format, converting on the way out or in? Should you query external endpoints in real time in your application, or cache the data? Other than SPARQL, how do you search linked data? Indexing strategies... tools... If asserting OWL sameAs is too dangerous in your context, what other strategies for expressing close to it relationships between resources (concepts) might work for you? Advanced SPARQL using regular expressions, CREATE, etc. Care and feeding of triplestores (persistence, memory, ) Costing out linked data applications: How much additional server space and bandwidth will I (my institution) need to provision in order to work with this stuff? Open source, free, vs. commercial management systems? Backward conversion -transformations from linked data to other data serializations (e.g. metadata standards in XML). What else? Unfortunately (or maybe just, how it is) no one has built an interface that hides all the programming and technical details from people but lets them experience/experiment with this stuff (have they?). So some knowledge is necessary. What are prerequisites and how could we make the burden of knowing them not so onerous to people who don't have much experience in web programming or system administration, so they could get value from a tutorial,? Laura Laura Akerman Technology and Metadata Librarian Room 208, Robert W. Woodruff Library Emory University, Atlanta, Ga. 30322 (404) 727-6888 lib...@emory.edu -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Karen Coyle Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2013 4:59 AM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] What do you want to learn about linked data? All, I had a few off-list requests for basics - what are the basic things that librarians need to know about linked data? I have a site where I am putting up a somewhat crudely designed tutorial (with exercises): http://kcoyle.net/metadata/ As you can see, it is incomplete, but I work away on it when so inspired. It includes what I consider to be the basic knowledge: 1. What is metadata? 2. Data vs. text 3. Identifiers (esp. URIs) 4. Statements (not records) (read: triples) 5. Semantic Web basics 6. URIs (more in depth) 7. Ontologies 8. Vocabularies I intend to link various slide sets to this, and anyone is welcome to make use of the content there. It would be GREAT for it to become an actual tutorial, perhaps using better software, but I haven't found anything yet that I like working with. If you have basics to add, please let me know! kc On 9/1/13 5:37 PM, Karen Coyle wrote: I'm thinking about training needs around linked data -- yes, that includes basic concepts, but at the moment I'm wondering what specific technologies or tasks people would like to learn about? Some obvious examples are: how to do SPARQL queries; how to use triples in databases; maybe how to use Protege (free software) [1] to create an ontology. Those are just a quick shot across the bow, and from my basically non-techie point of view. Please add your own. If you can't say it in terms of technology, it would be as good (if not maybe better) to say it in terms of what you'd like to be able to do (do searches, create data... ) This is very unscientific, but I think it's a worthwhile conversation to have, and maybe can help get some ideas for training. kc [1] http://protege.stanford.edu/ -- Karen Coyle kco...@kcoyle.net http://kcoyle.net ph: 1-510-540-7596 m: 1-510-435-8234 skype: kcoylenet
Re: [CODE4LIB] What do you want to learn about linked data?
On Sep 4, 2013, at 9:42 AM, Eric Lease Morgan emor...@nd.edu wrote: I get the basic concepts of linked data. But what I don't understand is why the idea has been around so long, yet there seems to be a dearth of useful applications that live up to the hype. So, what I want to learn about linked data is: who's using it effectively? Maybe there's lots of stuff out there that I just don't know about? I've been doing some reading and evaluating in the regard to Linked Data [0], and I think the problem is multi-diminentional: And here is yet another perspective. Maybe Linked Data is really too hard to implement. Think OAI-PMH. It was suppose to be a low barrier method for making metadata available to the world -- an idea not dissimilar to the ideas behind Linked Data and the Semantic Web. Heck, all you needed was Dublin Core and the creation of various XML streams distributed by servers who knew only a handful of commands. Unfortunately, few people went beyond Dublin Core and the weaknesses of the vocabulary became extremely apparent. Just look at the OAI available from things like ContentDM -- thin to say the least. In the end OAI was not seen as low barrier as once thought. Low barrier for computer types, but not necessarily so for others. From the concluding remarks in a 2006 paper by Carl Lagoze given at JCDL: Metadata Aggregation and “Automated Digital Libraries”: A Retrospective on the NSDL Experience Over the last three years the NSDL CI team has learned that a seemingly modest architecture based on metadata harvesting is surprisingly difficult to manage in a large-scale implementation. The administrative difficulties result from a combination of provider difficulties with OAI-PMH and Dublin Core, the complexities in consistent handling of multiple metadata feeds over a large number of iterations, and the limitations of metadata quality remediation. http://arxiv.org/pdf/cs/0601125.pdf The issues with Linked Data and the Semantic Web may be similar, but does that mean we should give it a try? -- Eric Lease Morgan
Re: [CODE4LIB] What do you want to learn about linked data?
There's a lot of really great linked data stuff going on in classical studies. The Pelagios project (http://pelagios-project.blogspot.com/) is one of the best examples because the bar for participation is set very low. The RDF model is very simple, linking objects (works of literature, sculpture, papyri, coins, whatever) represented at URIs to URIs for places defined in the Pleiades Gazetteer of Ancient Places ( http://pleiades.stoa.org/), enabling aggregation of content based on geography. Ethan On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 10:01 AM, Eric Lease Morgan emor...@nd.edu wrote: On Sep 4, 2013, at 9:42 AM, Eric Lease Morgan emor...@nd.edu wrote: I get the basic concepts of linked data. But what I don't understand is why the idea has been around so long, yet there seems to be a dearth of useful applications that live up to the hype. So, what I want to learn about linked data is: who's using it effectively? Maybe there's lots of stuff out there that I just don't know about? I've been doing some reading and evaluating in the regard to Linked Data [0], and I think the problem is multi-diminentional: And here is yet another perspective. Maybe Linked Data is really too hard to implement. Think OAI-PMH. It was suppose to be a low barrier method for making metadata available to the world -- an idea not dissimilar to the ideas behind Linked Data and the Semantic Web. Heck, all you needed was Dublin Core and the creation of various XML streams distributed by servers who knew only a handful of commands. Unfortunately, few people went beyond Dublin Core and the weaknesses of the vocabulary became extremely apparent. Just look at the OAI available from things like ContentDM -- thin to say the least. In the end OAI was not seen as low barrier as once thought. Low barrier for computer types, but not necessarily so for others. From the concluding remarks in a 2006 paper by Carl Lagoze given at JCDL: Metadata Aggregation and “Automated Digital Libraries”: A Retrospective on the NSDL Experience Over the last three years the NSDL CI team has learned that a seemingly modest architecture based on metadata harvesting is surprisingly difficult to manage in a large-scale implementation. The administrative difficulties result from a combination of provider difficulties with OAI-PMH and Dublin Core, the complexities in consistent handling of multiple metadata feeds over a large number of iterations, and the limitations of metadata quality remediation. http://arxiv.org/pdf/cs/0601125.pdf The issues with Linked Data and the Semantic Web may be similar, but does that mean we should give it a try? -- Eric Lease Morgan
Re: [CODE4LIB] What do you want to learn about linked data?
There's one thing at least I'd argue Linked Data gets right compared to OAI PMH: It does not go against the grain of the web (no funny mini-protocol tunneled over HTTP, no resumption token stuff that assumes stateful servers). And this point really is the most important one for the way I use Linked Data: I think of it as a uniform data access protocol. One that comes with client libraries like curl, and one that is already understood by most crawlers. So in my job - publishing linguistic databases on the web - I came to think of Linked Data as the API and the lowest level of service (no HTML, no visualization, just the raw data) which can even be supported with just plain files on a webserver. So while it may still be hard to serve Linked Data, it typically is a lot easier than serving a full blown web application as front end to your database. On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 4:01 PM, Eric Lease Morgan emor...@nd.edu wrote: On Sep 4, 2013, at 9:42 AM, Eric Lease Morgan emor...@nd.edu wrote: I get the basic concepts of linked data. But what I don't understand is why the idea has been around so long, yet there seems to be a dearth of useful applications that live up to the hype. So, what I want to learn about linked data is: who's using it effectively? Maybe there's lots of stuff out there that I just don't know about? I've been doing some reading and evaluating in the regard to Linked Data [0], and I think the problem is multi-diminentional: And here is yet another perspective. Maybe Linked Data is really too hard to implement. Think OAI-PMH. It was suppose to be a low barrier method for making metadata available to the world -- an idea not dissimilar to the ideas behind Linked Data and the Semantic Web. Heck, all you needed was Dublin Core and the creation of various XML streams distributed by servers who knew only a handful of commands. Unfortunately, few people went beyond Dublin Core and the weaknesses of the vocabulary became extremely apparent. Just look at the OAI available from things like ContentDM -- thin to say the least. In the end OAI was not seen as low barrier as once thought. Low barrier for computer types, but not necessarily so for others. From the concluding remarks in a 2006 paper by Carl Lagoze given at JCDL: Metadata Aggregation and “Automated Digital Libraries”: A Retrospective on the NSDL Experience Over the last three years the NSDL CI team has learned that a seemingly modest architecture based on metadata harvesting is surprisingly difficult to manage in a large-scale implementation. The administrative difficulties result from a combination of provider difficulties with OAI-PMH and Dublin Core, the complexities in consistent handling of multiple metadata feeds over a large number of iterations, and the limitations of metadata quality remediation. http://arxiv.org/pdf/cs/0601125.pdf The issues with Linked Data and the Semantic Web may be similar, but does that mean we should give it a try? -- Eric Lease Morgan
Re: [CODE4LIB] What do you want to learn about linked data?
Just a recommendation for a source of information - I've found http://linkeddatabook.com/editions/1.0/ very useful especially in thinking about the practicalities of linked data publication and consumption in applications Owen Owen Stephens Owen Stephens Consulting Web: http://www.ostephens.com Email: o...@ostephens.com Telephone: 0121 288 6936 On 4 Sep 2013, at 15:13, Akerman, Laura lib...@emory.edu wrote: Karen, It's hard to say what basics are. We had a learning group at Emory that covered a lot of the what is it, including mostly what you've listed but also the environment (library and cultural heritage, and larger environment), but we had a harder time getting to the what do you do with it which is what would really motivate and empower people to go ahead and get beyond basics. Maybe add: How do you embed linked data in web pages using RDFa (Difference between RDFa and schema.org/other microdata) How do you harvest linked data from web pages, endpoints, or other modes of delivery? Different serializations and how to convert How do you establish relations between different vocabularies (classes and properties) using RDFS and OWL? (Demo) New answers to your questions enabled by combining and querying linked data! Maybe a step toward what can you do with it would be to show (or have an exercise): How can a web application interface with linked data? I suspect there are a lot of people who've read about it and/or have had tutorials here and there, and who really want to get their hands in it. That's where there's a real dearth of training. An intermediate level workshop addressing (but not necessarily answering!) questions like: Do you need a triplestore or will a relational database do? Do you need to store your data as RDF or can you do everything you need with XML or some other format, converting on the way out or in? Should you query external endpoints in real time in your application, or cache the data? Other than SPARQL, how do you search linked data? Indexing strategies... tools... If asserting OWL sameAs is too dangerous in your context, what other strategies for expressing close to it relationships between resources (concepts) might work for you? Advanced SPARQL using regular expressions, CREATE, etc. Care and feeding of triplestores (persistence, memory, ) Costing out linked data applications: How much additional server space and bandwidth will I (my institution) need to provision in order to work with this stuff? Open source, free, vs. commercial management systems? Backward conversion -transformations from linked data to other data serializations (e.g. metadata standards in XML). What else? Unfortunately (or maybe just, how it is) no one has built an interface that hides all the programming and technical details from people but lets them experience/experiment with this stuff (have they?). So some knowledge is necessary. What are prerequisites and how could we make the burden of knowing them not so onerous to people who don't have much experience in web programming or system administration, so they could get value from a tutorial,? Laura Laura Akerman Technology and Metadata Librarian Room 208, Robert W. Woodruff Library Emory University, Atlanta, Ga. 30322 (404) 727-6888 lib...@emory.edu -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Karen Coyle Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2013 4:59 AM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] What do you want to learn about linked data? All, I had a few off-list requests for basics - what are the basic things that librarians need to know about linked data? I have a site where I am putting up a somewhat crudely designed tutorial (with exercises): http://kcoyle.net/metadata/ As you can see, it is incomplete, but I work away on it when so inspired. It includes what I consider to be the basic knowledge: 1. What is metadata? 2. Data vs. text 3. Identifiers (esp. URIs) 4. Statements (not records) (read: triples) 5. Semantic Web basics 6. URIs (more in depth) 7. Ontologies 8. Vocabularies I intend to link various slide sets to this, and anyone is welcome to make use of the content there. It would be GREAT for it to become an actual tutorial, perhaps using better software, but I haven't found anything yet that I like working with. If you have basics to add, please let me know! kc On 9/1/13 5:37 PM, Karen Coyle wrote: I'm thinking about training needs around linked data -- yes, that includes basic concepts, but at the moment I'm wondering what specific technologies or tasks people would like to learn about? Some obvious examples are: how to do SPARQL queries; how to use triples in databases; maybe how to use Protege (free software) [1] to create an ontology. Those are just a quick shot across the bow, and
Re: [CODE4LIB] What do you want to learn about linked data?
For a bit more in depth material, I often point folks at the EUCLID Project http://www.euclid-project.eu/ ~Richard. On 4 September 2013 15:30, Owen Stephens o...@ostephens.com wrote: Just a recommendation for a source of information - I've found http://linkeddatabook.com/editions/1.0/ very useful especially in thinking about the practicalities of linked data publication and consumption in applications Owen Owen Stephens Owen Stephens Consulting Web: http://www.ostephens.com Email: o...@ostephens.com Telephone: 0121 288 6936 On 4 Sep 2013, at 15:13, Akerman, Laura lib...@emory.edu wrote: Karen, It's hard to say what basics are. We had a learning group at Emory that covered a lot of the what is it, including mostly what you've listed but also the environment (library and cultural heritage, and larger environment), but we had a harder time getting to the what do you do with it which is what would really motivate and empower people to go ahead and get beyond basics. Maybe add: How do you embed linked data in web pages using RDFa (Difference between RDFa and schema.org/other microdata) How do you harvest linked data from web pages, endpoints, or other modes of delivery? Different serializations and how to convert How do you establish relations between different vocabularies (classes and properties) using RDFS and OWL? (Demo) New answers to your questions enabled by combining and querying linked data! Maybe a step toward what can you do with it would be to show (or have an exercise): How can a web application interface with linked data? I suspect there are a lot of people who've read about it and/or have had tutorials here and there, and who really want to get their hands in it. That's where there's a real dearth of training. An intermediate level workshop addressing (but not necessarily answering!) questions like: Do you need a triplestore or will a relational database do? Do you need to store your data as RDF or can you do everything you need with XML or some other format, converting on the way out or in? Should you query external endpoints in real time in your application, or cache the data? Other than SPARQL, how do you search linked data? Indexing strategies... tools... If asserting OWL sameAs is too dangerous in your context, what other strategies for expressing close to it relationships between resources (concepts) might work for you? Advanced SPARQL using regular expressions, CREATE, etc. Care and feeding of triplestores (persistence, memory, ) Costing out linked data applications: How much additional server space and bandwidth will I (my institution) need to provision in order to work with this stuff? Open source, free, vs. commercial management systems? Backward conversion -transformations from linked data to other data serializations (e.g. metadata standards in XML). What else? Unfortunately (or maybe just, how it is) no one has built an interface that hides all the programming and technical details from people but lets them experience/experiment with this stuff (have they?). So some knowledge is necessary. What are prerequisites and how could we make the burden of knowing them not so onerous to people who don't have much experience in web programming or system administration, so they could get value from a tutorial,? Laura Laura Akerman Technology and Metadata Librarian Room 208, Robert W. Woodruff Library Emory University, Atlanta, Ga. 30322 (404) 727-6888 lib...@emory.edu -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Karen Coyle Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2013 4:59 AM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] What do you want to learn about linked data? All, I had a few off-list requests for basics - what are the basic things that librarians need to know about linked data? I have a site where I am putting up a somewhat crudely designed tutorial (with exercises): http://kcoyle.net/metadata/ As you can see, it is incomplete, but I work away on it when so inspired. It includes what I consider to be the basic knowledge: 1. What is metadata? 2. Data vs. text 3. Identifiers (esp. URIs) 4. Statements (not records) (read: triples) 5. Semantic Web basics 6. URIs (more in depth) 7. Ontologies 8. Vocabularies I intend to link various slide sets to this, and anyone is welcome to make use of the content there. It would be GREAT for it to become an actual tutorial, perhaps using better software, but I haven't found anything yet that I like working with. If you have basics to add, please let me know! kc On 9/1/13 5:37 PM, Karen Coyle wrote: I'm thinking about training needs around linked data -- yes, that includes basic concepts, but at the moment I'm wondering what specific technologies or tasks people would like to learn
Re: [CODE4LIB] W. P. Scott Chair in E-Librarianship at York University
Following up to myself one last time about this because it's after Labour Day in North America and schools and universities are back in action, and I don't want people to miss applying for this opening at York University in Toronto, where I work. This two- (possibly three-) year chair is a great opportunity for someone to really dig into a complex project. What kind of project? It's up to you! You've got something you'd like to do---something big and important and interesting---something you haven't had the time to do---something that will lead to exciting research and a symposium and talks and maybe some code---and this is the chance to do it! Details: http://jobs.code4lib.org/job/8337/ The deadline is 15 November 2013, with the job ideally starting next April. If you can take two or three years of leave from your current job, or don't like your job and want to quit and start fresh, or don't have a job, or are a post-doc, think about it. Aside from the work you'd do holding this chair, the opportunities for your next position would be that much better. If you have any questions, feel free to ask me. I'm not on the search committee. Bill PS again: York pays well. I estimate that if you're five years post-MLIS you'd get close to $100,000 CDN. Our salaries are based on years-since-MLIS. On 17 June 2013, William Denton wrote: This is a great opportunity to have a couple of years (maybe three, if it gets extended) to really dig into an interesting project. I work at York (in Toronto, Canada) and am happy to answer any questions. The deadline is in November. Lots of time to think about it and write a proposal! If you work at a place where you can take a leave of absence, it's a good opportunity ... Bill PS York pays well. On 17 June 2013, j...@code4lib.org wrote: York University invites candidates to apply for a contractually limited appointment for a term of up to two (2) years to engage in groundbreaking, interdisciplinary research and development that will advance libraries and librarianship. The W. P. Scott Chair in E-Librarianship Research provides an exciting opportunity to accelerate the development of e-librarianship in support of research, teaching, learning or scholarly communications. The research may be interdisciplinary, with a context that is broader than academic librarianship, but should be clearly defined and articulated and of interest to the academic library community. A strong commitment to research in any relevant area of e-librarianship is required, including but not limited to e-learning, digital collections and archives, digital stewardship, linked data, liberation technology, social media, user experience, interface design, digital humanities and/or scholarly communications. We are interested in interdisciplinary approaches that engage with theoretical models from disciplines outside of information studies. The Chair must have demonstrated success in directing and conducting research or a large project. As a member of the YUL complement, the successful candidate will contribute in an area of the libraries suited to the candidate's area of expertise. Responsibilities * The holder of the Chair (the Chairholder) will be required to provide an annual report of research activities to the University Librarian. * The Chairholder is required to provide a W.P. Scott lecture or symposium relating to the theme of their research. This would be open to the professional library community. * The Chairholder is required to provide a presentation to members of York University Libraries and others on the results of their activities. For further information about the Research Chair please see: [http://www.library.yorku.ca/cms/e-librarianship/](http://www.library.yorku.ca/cms/e-librarianship/) Qualifications * Minimum of an ALA-accredited M.L.S., Master's of Archival Studies, or recognized equivalent. * Further post-graduate degrees or related work experience is preferred * Record of research achievement or demonstrated experience with research project management * Excellent oral and written communication skills * Ability to work independently and in collaboration with others * Excellent organizational, analytical and interpersonal skills The position is a contractually limited appointment with a term of up to two (2) years at the Adjunct Librarian level. The appointment start date is April 1, 2013 or as soon as possible thereafter. Librarians at York University have academic status and are members of the York University Faculty Association bargaining unit (http://www.yufa.org/). Salary is commensurate with qualifications. All York University positions are subject to budgetary approval. York University is an Affirmative Action Employer. The Affirmative Action Program can be found on York's website www.yorku.ca/acadjobs or a copy can be obtained by calling the affirmative action office at
Re: [CODE4LIB] What do you want to learn about linked data?
Thanks, Richard. I've added that to the tutorials area of my linked data a bit of everything page: http://kcoyle.net/presentations/links.html kc On 9/4/13 4:56 PM, Richard Wallis wrote: For a bit more in depth material, I often point folks at the EUCLID Project http://www.euclid-project.eu/ ~Richard. On 4 September 2013 15:30, Owen Stephens o...@ostephens.com wrote: Just a recommendation for a source of information - I've found http://linkeddatabook.com/editions/1.0/ very useful especially in thinking about the practicalities of linked data publication and consumption in applications Owen Owen Stephens Owen Stephens Consulting Web: http://www.ostephens.com Email: o...@ostephens.com Telephone: 0121 288 6936 On 4 Sep 2013, at 15:13, Akerman, Laura lib...@emory.edu wrote: Karen, It's hard to say what basics are. We had a learning group at Emory that covered a lot of the what is it, including mostly what you've listed but also the environment (library and cultural heritage, and larger environment), but we had a harder time getting to the what do you do with it which is what would really motivate and empower people to go ahead and get beyond basics. Maybe add: How do you embed linked data in web pages using RDFa (Difference between RDFa and schema.org/other microdata) How do you harvest linked data from web pages, endpoints, or other modes of delivery? Different serializations and how to convert How do you establish relations between different vocabularies (classes and properties) using RDFS and OWL? (Demo) New answers to your questions enabled by combining and querying linked data! Maybe a step toward what can you do with it would be to show (or have an exercise): How can a web application interface with linked data? I suspect there are a lot of people who've read about it and/or have had tutorials here and there, and who really want to get their hands in it. That's where there's a real dearth of training. An intermediate level workshop addressing (but not necessarily answering!) questions like: Do you need a triplestore or will a relational database do? Do you need to store your data as RDF or can you do everything you need with XML or some other format, converting on the way out or in? Should you query external endpoints in real time in your application, or cache the data? Other than SPARQL, how do you search linked data? Indexing strategies... tools... If asserting OWL sameAs is too dangerous in your context, what other strategies for expressing close to it relationships between resources (concepts) might work for you? Advanced SPARQL using regular expressions, CREATE, etc. Care and feeding of triplestores (persistence, memory, ) Costing out linked data applications: How much additional server space and bandwidth will I (my institution) need to provision in order to work with this stuff? Open source, free, vs. commercial management systems? Backward conversion -transformations from linked data to other data serializations (e.g. metadata standards in XML). What else? Unfortunately (or maybe just, how it is) no one has built an interface that hides all the programming and technical details from people but lets them experience/experiment with this stuff (have they?). So some knowledge is necessary. What are prerequisites and how could we make the burden of knowing them not so onerous to people who don't have much experience in web programming or system administration, so they could get value from a tutorial,? Laura Laura Akerman Technology and Metadata Librarian Room 208, Robert W. Woodruff Library Emory University, Atlanta, Ga. 30322 (404) 727-6888 lib...@emory.edu -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Karen Coyle Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2013 4:59 AM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] What do you want to learn about linked data? All, I had a few off-list requests for basics - what are the basic things that librarians need to know about linked data? I have a site where I am putting up a somewhat crudely designed tutorial (with exercises): http://kcoyle.net/metadata/ As you can see, it is incomplete, but I work away on it when so inspired. It includes what I consider to be the basic knowledge: 1. What is metadata? 2. Data vs. text 3. Identifiers (esp. URIs) 4. Statements (not records) (read: triples) 5. Semantic Web basics 6. URIs (more in depth) 7. Ontologies 8. Vocabularies I intend to link various slide sets to this, and anyone is welcome to make use of the content there. It would be GREAT for it to become an actual tutorial, perhaps using better software, but I haven't found anything yet that I like working with. If you have basics to add, please let me know! kc On 9/1/13 5:37 PM, Karen Coyle wrote: I'm thinking about training needs around linked data -- yes, that includes basic concepts, but at the moment I'm wondering what
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Re: [CODE4LIB] What do you want to learn about linked data?
Great, Laura, thanks. This is a great start on the what do you do with it? I do think that we need more how to rather than what or how we done it good. I'm getting enough replies now to start a list which I can put on my site, but is there a better place for it? (Note: the goal here is to feed a series of seminars/webinars that have a training component.) kc On 9/4/13 3:13 PM, Akerman, Laura wrote: Karen, It's hard to say what basics are. We had a learning group at Emory that covered a lot of the what is it, including mostly what you've listed but also the environment (library and cultural heritage, and larger environment), but we had a harder time getting to the what do you do with it which is what would really motivate and empower people to go ahead and get beyond basics. Maybe add: How do you embed linked data in web pages using RDFa (Difference between RDFa and schema.org/other microdata) How do you harvest linked data from web pages, endpoints, or other modes of delivery? Different serializations and how to convert How do you establish relations between different vocabularies (classes and properties) using RDFS and OWL? (Demo) New answers to your questions enabled by combining and querying linked data! Maybe a step toward what can you do with it would be to show (or have an exercise): How can a web application interface with linked data? I suspect there are a lot of people who've read about it and/or have had tutorials here and there, and who really want to get their hands in it. That's where there's a real dearth of training. An intermediate level workshop addressing (but not necessarily answering!) questions like: Do you need a triplestore or will a relational database do? Do you need to store your data as RDF or can you do everything you need with XML or some other format, converting on the way out or in? Should you query external endpoints in real time in your application, or cache the data? Other than SPARQL, how do you search linked data? Indexing strategies... tools... If asserting OWL sameAs is too dangerous in your context, what other strategies for expressing close to it relationships between resources (concepts) might work for you? Advanced SPARQL using regular expressions, CREATE, etc. Care and feeding of triplestores (persistence, memory, ) Costing out linked data applications: How much additional server space and bandwidth will I (my institution) need to provision in order to work with this stuff? Open source, free, vs. commercial management systems? Backward conversion -transformations from linked data to other data serializations (e.g. metadata standards in XML). What else? Unfortunately (or maybe just, how it is) no one has built an interface that hides all the programming and technical details from people but lets them experience/experiment with this stuff (have they?). So some knowledge is necessary. What are prerequisites and how could we make the burden of knowing them not so onerous to people who don't have much experience in web programming or system administration, so they could get value from a tutorial,? Laura Laura Akerman Technology and Metadata Librarian Room 208, Robert W. Woodruff Library Emory University, Atlanta, Ga. 30322 (404) 727-6888 lib...@emory.edu -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Karen Coyle Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2013 4:59 AM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] What do you want to learn about linked data? All, I had a few off-list requests for basics - what are the basic things that librarians need to know about linked data? I have a site where I am putting up a somewhat crudely designed tutorial (with exercises): http://kcoyle.net/metadata/ As you can see, it is incomplete, but I work away on it when so inspired. It includes what I consider to be the basic knowledge: 1. What is metadata? 2. Data vs. text 3. Identifiers (esp. URIs) 4. Statements (not records) (read: triples) 5. Semantic Web basics 6. URIs (more in depth) 7. Ontologies 8. Vocabularies I intend to link various slide sets to this, and anyone is welcome to make use of the content there. It would be GREAT for it to become an actual tutorial, perhaps using better software, but I haven't found anything yet that I like working with. If you have basics to add, please let me know! kc On 9/1/13 5:37 PM, Karen Coyle wrote: I'm thinking about training needs around linked data -- yes, that includes basic concepts, but at the moment I'm wondering what specific technologies or tasks people would like to learn about? Some obvious examples are: how to do SPARQL queries; how to use triples in databases; maybe how to use Protege (free software) [1] to create an ontology. Those are just a quick shot across the bow, and from my basically non-techie point of view. Please add your own. If you can't say it in terms of technology, it
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Re: [CODE4LIB] Online survey on Project Management Software Adoption - Question
I'm also curious about this survey. I was wondering why the actual techniques (waterfall, agile, etc.) aren't mentioned in the survey -- although maybe folks don't really know about them? Additionally, I would be interested in the results, unfortunately I won't be attending the conferences you mentioned. Is it possible to get a report back to the list once the survey ends (even just the graphs from survey monkey would be useful) On Tue, Sep 3, 2013 at 1:22 PM, Kari R Smith smit...@mit.edu wrote: Are you / can you account for different responses from Libraries? Is your survey about what tools archivists / librarians use or what Libraries (as a system) use? I can imagine rather different results depending on how you're planning to munge the data you receive. Kari Smith -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@listserv.nd.edu] On Behalf Of Andrew Tweet Sent: Tuesday, September 03, 2013 3:05 PM To: CODE4LIB@listserv.nd.edu Subject: [CODE4LIB] Online survey on Project Management Software Adoption Dear Colleagues, Please take the survey linked below to help us gather data on how libraries manage their many projects. We want to know how libraries manage, keep track of progress, and collaborate on projects. Survey results will show a snapshot of project management techniques used, project management software strengths and weaknesses, and what types of library projects are a good fit for which project management software. Please help us answer these questions by taking an online survey (estimated 10 minutes to complete). Findings will be reported at the Internet Librarian 2013 and CARL 2014 conferences, with the potential for future journal publications. Your responses will be anonymous, your participation is voluntary, and there are no foreseen risks in volunteering for this study. To take the survey please click on this link https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/WW86ZV3 In case you are still on the fence about taking our survey, let us define what we mean by project management software and techniques. Project Management is a set of techniques used heavily in business, construction, and software development to describe and monitor work on large projects that involve multiple people over a long period of time. The various techniques help keep track of goals, tasks, deadlines, responsible individuals, progress toward completion, budget, and many more factors that contribute to project success. Within the library, a project might be implementing a discovery service, marketing a program to freshmen, renovating the building, redesigning the website, or weeding the humanities section. We want to hear from individuals who have contributed to projects in libraries. Please take our survey so we can learn from your collective experience. Thank you for your participation! Margot Hanson, Instruction Outreach Librarian, California Maritime Academy Annis Lee Adams, E-Resources Librarian, Golden Gate University Andrew Tweet, Librarian, William Jessup University Kevin Pischke, Library Director, William Jessup University ** ** ** ** If you have any questions about the survey please contact: Margot Hanson: mhan...@csum.edu, 707-654-1091 or California Maritime Academy Institutional Review Board IRB # CMA-IRB2013-014 (Exempt status)
[CODE4LIB] Random question - what do you use to limit public access to your Win7 PCs?
We are an academic library, and currently have two public access PCs that outside users can take for a spin for an hour a day. They're Win XP running Steady State, which is an obvious problem. So -- What do you use to manage limited public access to your Win7 PCs? Any thoughts are appreciated, -Bill Helman Integrated Digital Services Librarian. The University of Baltimore, Langsdale Library whel...@ubalt.edu | 410-837-4209 | http://whelman.com | @thinkpolhttp://twitter.com/thinkpol
Re: [CODE4LIB] Online survey on Project Management Software Adoption - Question
I hear you. This appears to be yet another in a long line of surveys that seem to have little potential for actual usefulness. I'll be at IL 2013, so maybe I will be amazed. Cary On Sep 4, 2013, at 1:41 PM, Rosalyn Metz rosalynm...@gmail.com wrote: I'm also curious about this survey. I was wondering why the actual techniques (waterfall, agile, etc.) aren't mentioned in the survey -- although maybe folks don't really know about them? Additionally, I would be interested in the results, unfortunately I won't be attending the conferences you mentioned. Is it possible to get a report back to the list once the survey ends (even just the graphs from survey monkey would be useful) On Tue, Sep 3, 2013 at 1:22 PM, Kari R Smith smit...@mit.edu wrote: Are you / can you account for different responses from Libraries? Is your survey about what tools archivists / librarians use or what Libraries (as a system) use? I can imagine rather different results depending on how you're planning to munge the data you receive. Kari Smith -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@listserv.nd.edu] On Behalf Of Andrew Tweet Sent: Tuesday, September 03, 2013 3:05 PM To: CODE4LIB@listserv.nd.edu Subject: [CODE4LIB] Online survey on Project Management Software Adoption Dear Colleagues, Please take the survey linked below to help us gather data on how libraries manage their many projects. We want to know how libraries manage, keep track of progress, and collaborate on projects. Survey results will show a snapshot of project management techniques used, project management software strengths and weaknesses, and what types of library projects are a good fit for which project management software. Please help us answer these questions by taking an online survey (estimated 10 minutes to complete). Findings will be reported at the Internet Librarian 2013 and CARL 2014 conferences, with the potential for future journal publications. Your responses will be anonymous, your participation is voluntary, and there are no foreseen risks in volunteering for this study. To take the survey please click on this link https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/WW86ZV3 In case you are still on the fence about taking our survey, let us define what we mean by project management software and techniques. Project Management is a set of techniques used heavily in business, construction, and software development to describe and monitor work on large projects that involve multiple people over a long period of time. The various techniques help keep track of goals, tasks, deadlines, responsible individuals, progress toward completion, budget, and many more factors that contribute to project success. Within the library, a project might be implementing a discovery service, marketing a program to freshmen, renovating the building, redesigning the website, or weeding the humanities section. We want to hear from individuals who have contributed to projects in libraries. Please take our survey so we can learn from your collective experience. Thank you for your participation! Margot Hanson, Instruction Outreach Librarian, California Maritime Academy Annis Lee Adams, E-Resources Librarian, Golden Gate University Andrew Tweet, Librarian, William Jessup University Kevin Pischke, Library Director, William Jessup University ** ** ** ** If you have any questions about the survey please contact: Margot Hanson: mhan...@csum.edu, 707-654-1091 or California Maritime Academy Institutional Review Board IRB # CMA-IRB2013-014 (Exempt status)
Re: [CODE4LIB] Random question - what do you use to limit public access to your Win7 PCs?
You might want to pose this on Web4lib as this is a popular topic there. You can subscribe at: http://web4lib.org/ Thanks, Cary On Sep 4, 2013, at 2:17 PM, William Helman whel...@ubalt.edu wrote: We are an academic library, and currently have two public access PCs that outside users can take for a spin for an hour a day. They're Win XP running Steady State, which is an obvious problem. So -- What do you use to manage limited public access to your Win7 PCs? Any thoughts are appreciated, -Bill Helman Integrated Digital Services Librarian. The University of Baltimore, Langsdale Library whel...@ubalt.edu | 410-837-4209 | http://whelman.com | @thinkpolhttp://twitter.com/thinkpol
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Kari Rosalyn, We are grateful for your interest in our research. I hope you don't mind, but I will be sharing my responses to your questions on the web4lib list. Several others have been asking similar questions off-list or on other lists so I think there is value in sharing these answers with everybody. You asked why we did not include specific project management techniques (waterfall, agile, etc). We wanted the survey to assume little formal knowledge of project management techniques so we used the most general terms we could. Respondents can get more specific by selecting other and filling in a short answer. You also asked if we are interested in individual's use of project management software or institutional use. We're focused on what tools institutions or groups use, not so much individual librarians. We will not be able to distinguish between libraries/institutions of the respondents. To balance that we will be including case studies from our own institutions in our conference presentation. We are still gathering data so I don't have any results to share yet. We will share our results with all the lists to which we sent the survey. It will have to be after the Internet Librarian Conference, so look for the results in November. We included a bunch of software programs in the survey, but it is by no means an exhaustive list. If your library tested another program (including the many open-source/GPL products) please select the other category and specify the name of the product. Best regards, Andrew
