Re: [CODE4LIB] Bibframe and FRBRization

[Harper, Cynthia]

Thanks!

-Original Message-
From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Richard 
Wallis
Sent: Thursday, June 04, 2015 9:49 AM
To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Bibframe and FRBRization

Bibframe is a vocabulary which will enable the description of Works and their 
Instances - for the purpose of this conversation a Bibframe Instance 
approximates to a FRBR Manifestation.

The kind of service you describe would be one built upon such data.  It could 
be a specific ISBN to Work id lookup tool or it could be a general query tool 
such as a SPARQL server.  So the capability is there once the data [encoded 
using the Bibframe vocabulary] is available in sufficient quantity to make such 
a service viable.

If you are looking for unique Work identifiers (URIs) for related 
manifestations - there are approximately 200 million of them available from 
WorldCat.org.  Currently the best way to get one is by using the OCLC Number 
associated with your manifestation.

As Peter points out you can get more information here:
https://www.oclc.org/developer/develop/linked-data/worldcat-entities/worldcat-work-entity.en.html

If you want to capture the exampleOfWork through code, the Linked Data 
description of a manifestation is available in several serialisation forms,
not just html.   So for example http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/889647468 gets
you html  http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/889647468.ttl gives you Turtle, 
http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/889647468.jsonld gives you JSON, 
http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/889647468.rdf gives you RDF/XML and 
http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/889647468.nt gives you triples any of which you 
can parse to extract the exampleOfWork value from.

~Richard.

On 4 June 2015 at 14:35, Harper, Cynthia  wrote:

> Thanks - I didn't know about it.
> Cindy
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf 
> Of Boheemen, Peter van
> Sent: Thursday, June 04, 2015 9:33 AM
> To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
> Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Bibframe and FRBRization
>
> Maybe not 'the Bibframe way', but i guess the only existing service 
> for that now would be the Worldcat Work description
>
> see:
>
>
>
> https://www.oclc.org/developer/develop/linked-data/worldcat-entities/w
> orldcat-work-entity.en.html
>
> Peter
>
>
> 
> Van: Code for Libraries  namens Harper, 
> Cynthia 
> Verzonden: donderdag 4 juni 2015 15:12
> Aan: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
> Onderwerp: [CODE4LIB] Bibframe and FRBRization
>
> I am fairly uninformed, but my understanding is that Bibframe is 
> designed to allow distinguishing between work and manifestation as in 
> FRBR.  Will there be some resource that we can send an ISBN for the 
> manifestation, and get back a permanent unique identifier for the work? (I 
> hope I've got my
> FRBR concepts straight)?   And if not now, when?  I'm in the
> thougt-experiment phase of planning a dataset that would be based on 
> works, and looking for a good identifier for it.
>
> Cindy Harper
> E-services and periodicals librarian
> Virginia Theological Seminary
> Bishop Payne Library
> 3737 Seminary Road
> Alexandria VA 22304
> char...@vts.edu<mailto:char...@vts.edu>
> 703-461-1794
>



--
Richard Wallis
Founder, Data Liberate
http://dataliberate.com
Tel: +44 (0)7767 886 005

Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/in/richardwallis
Skype: richard.wallis1
Twitter: @rjw

Re: [CODE4LIB] Bibframe and FRBRization

[Richard Wallis]

Bibframe is a vocabulary which will enable the description of Works and
their Instances - for the purpose of this conversation a Bibframe Instance
approximates to a FRBR Manifestation.

The kind of service you describe would be one built upon such data.  It
could be a specific ISBN to Work id lookup tool or it could be a general
query tool such as a SPARQL server.  So the capability is there once the
data [encoded using the Bibframe vocabulary] is available in sufficient
quantity to make such a service viable.

If you are looking for unique Work identifiers (URIs) for related
manifestations - there are approximately 200 million of them available from
WorldCat.org.  Currently the best way to get one is by using the OCLC
Number associated with your manifestation.

As Peter points out you can get more information here:
https://www.oclc.org/developer/develop/linked-data/worldcat-entities/worldcat-work-entity.en.html

If you want to capture the exampleOfWork through code, the Linked Data
description of a manifestation is available in several serialisation forms,
not just html.   So for example http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/889647468 gets
you html  http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/889647468.ttl gives you Turtle,
http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/889647468.jsonld gives you JSON,
http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/889647468.rdf gives you RDF/XML and
http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/889647468.nt gives you triples any of which
you can parse to extract the exampleOfWork value from.

~Richard.

On 4 June 2015 at 14:35, Harper, Cynthia  wrote:

> Thanks - I didn't know about it.
> Cindy
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of
> Boheemen, Peter van
> Sent: Thursday, June 04, 2015 9:33 AM
> To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
> Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Bibframe and FRBRization
>
> Maybe not 'the Bibframe way', but i guess the only existing service for
> that now would be the Worldcat Work description
>
> see:
>
>
>
> https://www.oclc.org/developer/develop/linked-data/worldcat-entities/worldcat-work-entity.en.html
>
> Peter
>
>
> 
> Van: Code for Libraries  namens Harper, Cynthia
> 
> Verzonden: donderdag 4 juni 2015 15:12
> Aan: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
> Onderwerp: [CODE4LIB] Bibframe and FRBRization
>
> I am fairly uninformed, but my understanding is that Bibframe is designed
> to allow distinguishing between work and manifestation as in FRBR.  Will
> there be some resource that we can send an ISBN for the manifestation, and
> get back a permanent unique identifier for the work? (I hope I've got my
> FRBR concepts straight)?   And if not now, when?  I'm in the
> thougt-experiment phase of planning a dataset that would be based on works,
> and looking for a good identifier for it.
>
> Cindy Harper
> E-services and periodicals librarian
> Virginia Theological Seminary
> Bishop Payne Library
> 3737 Seminary Road
> Alexandria VA 22304
> char...@vts.edu<mailto:char...@vts.edu>
> 703-461-1794
>



-- 
Richard Wallis
Founder, Data Liberate
http://dataliberate.com
Tel: +44 (0)7767 886 005

Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/in/richardwallis
Skype: richard.wallis1
Twitter: @rjw

Re: [CODE4LIB] Bibframe and FRBRization

[Harper, Cynthia]

Thanks - I didn't know about it. 
Cindy

-Original Message-
From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of 
Boheemen, Peter van
Sent: Thursday, June 04, 2015 9:33 AM
To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Bibframe and FRBRization

Maybe not 'the Bibframe way', but i guess the only existing service for that 
now would be the Worldcat Work description

see:


https://www.oclc.org/developer/develop/linked-data/worldcat-entities/worldcat-work-entity.en.html

Peter



Van: Code for Libraries  namens Harper, Cynthia 

Verzonden: donderdag 4 juni 2015 15:12
Aan: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Onderwerp: [CODE4LIB] Bibframe and FRBRization

I am fairly uninformed, but my understanding is that Bibframe is designed to 
allow distinguishing between work and manifestation as in FRBR.  Will there be 
some resource that we can send an ISBN for the manifestation, and get back a 
permanent unique identifier for the work? (I hope I've got my FRBR concepts 
straight)?   And if not now, when?  I'm in the thougt-experiment phase of 
planning a dataset that would be based on works, and looking for a good 
identifier for it.

Cindy Harper
E-services and periodicals librarian
Virginia Theological Seminary
Bishop Payne Library
3737 Seminary Road
Alexandria VA 22304
char...@vts.edu<mailto:char...@vts.edu>
703-461-1794

Re: [CODE4LIB] Bibframe and FRBRization

[Boheemen, Peter van]

Maybe not 'the Bibframe way', but i guess the only existing service for that 
now would be the Worldcat Work description

see:


https://www.oclc.org/developer/develop/linked-data/worldcat-entities/worldcat-work-entity.en.html

Peter



Van: Code for Libraries  namens Harper, Cynthia 

Verzonden: donderdag 4 juni 2015 15:12
Aan: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Onderwerp: [CODE4LIB] Bibframe and FRBRization

I am fairly uninformed, but my understanding is that Bibframe is designed to 
allow distinguishing between work and manifestation as in FRBR.  Will there be 
some resource that we can send an ISBN for the manifestation, and get back a 
permanent unique identifier for the work? (I hope I've got my FRBR concepts 
straight)?   And if not now, when?  I'm in the thougt-experiment phase of 
planning a dataset that would be based on works, and looking for a good 
identifier for it.

Cindy Harper
E-services and periodicals librarian
Virginia Theological Seminary
Bishop Payne Library
3737 Seminary Road
Alexandria VA 22304
char...@vts.edu<mailto:char...@vts.edu>
703-461-1794

[CODE4LIB] Bibframe and FRBRization

[Harper, Cynthia]

I am fairly uninformed, but my understanding is that Bibframe is designed to 
allow distinguishing between work and manifestation as in FRBR.  Will there be 
some resource that we can send an ISBN for the manifestation, and get back a 
permanent unique identifier for the work? (I hope I've got my FRBR concepts 
straight)?   And if not now, when?  I'm in the thougt-experiment phase of 
planning a dataset that would be based on works, and looking for a good 
identifier for it.

Cindy Harper
E-services and periodicals librarian
Virginia Theological Seminary
Bishop Payne Library
3737 Seminary Road
Alexandria VA 22304
char...@vts.edu
703-461-1794