<Please excuse cross-posting> VRA Core RDF Ontology Available for Review
October 7, 2015 VRA Core http://vraweb.org/vra-core-rdf-ontology-available-for-review/ http://vraweb.org/author/vra-core/ A taskforce setup through the VRA Core Oversight Committee (Core OC)<http://vraweb.org/about/committees/vra-core-oversight/> has released an initial draft of a VRA Core RDF Ontology. The RDF Ontology is based on the Core 4.0 XML Schema and is available along with an XLST stylesheet that will convert VRA Core 4.0 compliant XML in RDF. Representing a VRA Core description in RDF allows for exposing rich VRA Core metadata as Linked Data, so that the descriptions may be widely shared and interact with other Linked Data resources on the Web, such as the ongoing project to release the Getty Vocabularies as linked open data<http://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabularies/lod/>. Together, these tools will allow museums, libraries and archives to increase exposure of their content online, allowing people to more easily find relevant images of cultural heritage objects, sites, and subjects. The Ontology, XSLT conversion stylesheet as well as example records can be found on GitHub at the following link https://github.com/mixterj/VRA-RDF-Project). The Ontology can be viewed here http://purl.org/vra/. Comments and questions are welcomed. Please feel free to submit them over the VRA Core listserv, which you can join at this link http://listserv.loc.gov/listarch/vracore.html, on the GitHub repo page or email them directly to Jeff Mixter (mixt...@oclc.org<mailto:mixt...@oclc.org>). Taskforce members: Jeff Mixter, Software Engineer, OCLC Rebecca Guenther, Metadata Specialist at Rebecca Guenther Consulting Trish Rose-Sandler, Data Analyst, Center for Biodiversity Informatics, Missouri Botanical Garden Michael Dulock, Metadata Librarian, University of Colorado Boulder Libraries Esme Cowles, Software Engineer, UC San Diego Libraries :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: VRA Core on the Web VRA Core Schemas and Documentation<http://www.loc.gov/standards/vracore/> (Library of Congress Official Site) VRA Core Support Pages<http://core.vraweb.org/> Robb Detlefs | Director, West Coast Operations & Strategic Initiatives robb.detl...@gallerysystems.com<mailto:robb.detl...@gallerysystems.com> | 510.652.8950 x233 or 646.733.2239 x233 GallerySystems | www.gallerysystems.com<http://www.gallerysystems.com/> 3200 College Ave. Suite 6; Berkeley, CA 94705
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