Telling the World and Our Users What We Have

Discovery and DiscoverabilitySenate House, UCL, London

20th January 2016

Telling the World [and our users]

What We Have

Richard Wallis Evangelist and FounderData [email protected]@rjw

Richard Wallis [email protected] — @rjw

Independent Consultant, Evangelist & FounderData Liberate



Chair of:• Schema Bib Extend W3C Community Group

• Schema.org for bibliographic data• bib.schema.org





• BiblioGraph.net• Bibliographic Schema.org extension vocabulary






• Schema Architypes W3C Community Group• Schema.org for archives data• archives.schema.org ?



Have Been Working With:• Google – on the Schema.org site and vocabulary







Have Been Working With:• Google – on the Schema.org site and vocabulary• OCLC - Global library cooperative







Have Been Working With:• Google – on the Schema.org site and vocabulary• OCLC - Global library cooperative • FIBO – Financial Industry Business Ontology






2● 2011 ●

June

Introducing Schema.org

2● 2011 ●

June


2● 2011 ●

June




Schema.org


Schema.org

• A [Linked Data] vocabulary


Schema.org

• A [Linked Data] vocabulary• RDF (triples)


Schema.org

• A [Linked Data] vocabulary• RDF (triples)• URIs / string values


Schema.org

• A [Linked Data] vocabulary• RDF (triples)• URIs / string values• Types / Properties / Enumerations


Schema.org

• A [Linked Data] vocabulary• RDF (triples)• URIs / string values• Types / Properties / Enumerations• Not strongly typed


Schema.org

• A [Linked Data] vocabulary• RDF (triples)• URIs / string values• Types / Properties / Enumerations• Not strongly typed• RangeIncludes / DomainIncludes


Schema.org

• A [Linked Data] vocabulary• RDF (triples)• URIs / string values• Types / Properties / Enumerations• Not strongly typed• RangeIncludes / DomainIncludes• Three serialisations

- Microdata, RDFa, JSON-LD


Schema.org

• A [Linked Data] vocabulary• RDF (triples)• URIs / string values• Types / Properties / Enumerations• Not strongly typed• RangeIncludes / DomainIncludes• Three serialisations

- Microdata, RDFa, JSON-LD• A web vocabulary to describe stuff!

Knowledge Graph

Knowledge Graph

16● 2012 ●

May

Google Knowledge Graph

Knowledge Graph

16● 2012 ●

May


Knowledge Graph

16● 2012 ●

May


Knowledge Graph

16● 2012 ●

May






Knowledge Graph

Related Entities in a Graph

Knowledge Graph

Bart Simpson


Knowledge Graph

Bart Simpson

Nancy Cartwright

Played By


Knowledge Graph

Bart Simpson

Nancy Cartwright

Dayton Ohio

Played By

Born In


Knowledge Graph

Bart Simpson

Nancy Cartwright

Dayton Ohio

Dayton AviationHeritage National Park

Played By

Born In

Place of Interest


Knowledge Graph

Knowledge GraphSources for the Graph

Knowledge GraphSources for the Graph

Knowledge GraphPowered by the Graph


Knowledge Panel


Knowledge Panel

Info Box


Knowledge Panel

Info Box

Answer Box


Knowledge Panel

Info Box

Answer Box

Rich Snippets

Using Schema.org

Using Schema.org

•Data embedded in website html-Microdata / RDFa / JSON-LD

Using Schema.org

•Data embedded in website html-Microdata / RDFa / JSON-LD•Harvested during normal web crawls

Using Schema.org

•Data embedded in website html-Microdata / RDFa / JSON-LD•Harvested during normal web crawls•Under control of the [site] publisher

Schema.org today

• In use on over 12 million domains

Schema.org today

• In use on over 12 million domains•Broad vocabulary:-Types: 642 Properties: 992 Values: 219

Schema.org today

• In use on over 12 million domains•Broad vocabulary:-Types: 642 Properties: 992 Values: 219•Extensions published:-auto.schema.org-bib.schema.org

Schema.org today

Schema.org

A de facto vocabulary for structured data on the web

Schema.org

A de facto vocabulary for structured data on the web

… and for bibliographic data and libraries?

OCLC add Schema.org to WorldCat

20● 2012 ●

June

OCLC add Schema.org to WorldCat

Motivation

Why bother?

Motivation

Motivation for sharing data

Why Catalog?


Why Catalog?So we can find things



Why Share on the Web?



Why Share on the Web?

So today’s users can find our things


Where are our users?


Where are our users?


Open Linked Data -‐ Silos

Library Linked Data

British Library German National Library

Spanish National Library

Swedish National Library


Library Linked Data





Library Linked Data





Library Linked Data





Library Linked Data





Library Linked Data





Library Linked Data

Behind a vocabulary barrier

BIBFRAME - Library of Congress

• Foundation for the future of bibliographic description



• Eventual replacement for Marc 21



• Eventual replacement for Marc 21• Identify information entities



• Eventual replacement for Marc 21• Identify information entities• Conversion from Marc



• Eventual replacement for Marc 21• Identify information entities• Conversion from Marc• Publish in RDF – Linked Data


Schema Bib ExtendW3C Community Group (SchemaBibEx)

13● 2012 ●

September

W3C Community Group

Schema Bib ExtendW3C Community Group (SchemaBibEx)

Schema Bib Extend - Two Years Work

SchemaBibEx in Schema.org


2● 2014 ●

September



• Less commercial wording2

● 2014 ●

September



• Less commercial wording• Citation

2● 2014 ●

September



• Less commercial wording• Citation• Work relationships

2● 2014 ●

September



• Less commercial wording• Citation• Work relationships• Periodical - PublicationIssue - PublicationVolume

2● 2014 ●

September



• Less commercial wording• Citation• Work relationships• Periodical - PublicationIssue - PublicationVolume• Multi-volume works

2● 2014 ●

September



• Less commercial wording• Citation• Work relationships• Periodical - PublicationIssue - PublicationVolume• Multi-volume works• Many bibliographic examples

2● 2014 ●

September

BiblioGraph.netExtending Schema.org


BiblioGraph.net

27● 2014 ●

August


BiblioGraph.net

27● 2014 ●

August

• Created by OCLC for the community


BiblioGraph.net

27● 2014 ●

August

• Created by OCLC for the community-Open - same license as Schema.org


BiblioGraph.net

27● 2014 ●

August

• Created by OCLC for the community-Open - same license as Schema.org-comment / suggestion encouraged


BiblioGraph.net

27● 2014 ●

August


• All Type subtypes of Schema


BiblioGraph.net

27● 2014 ●

August


• All Type subtypes of Schema• All Properties - Schema properties


BiblioGraph.net

27● 2014 ●

August


• All Type subtypes of Schema• All Properties - Schema properties•Domain specific types & properties


BiblioGraph.net

27● 2014 ●

August



-for web sharing


BiblioGraph.net

27● 2014 ●

August



-for web sharing-some candidates for Schema.org proposals

6● 2015 ●

August

• First two hosted extensions- bib.schema.org - auto.schema.org

bib.schema.org extension

6● 2015 ●

August


• Bib Contents:


6● 2015 ●

August


• Bib Contents:- SchemaBibex proposals


6● 2015 ●

August


• Bib Contents:- SchemaBibex proposals- some BiblioGraph.net types/properties


6● 2015 ●

August


• Bib Contents:- SchemaBibex proposals- some BiblioGraph.net types/properties- proposals from the Comics community


6● 2015 ●

August



• Review process:


6● 2015 ●

August



• Review process:- term name & description tweaks


6● 2015 ●

August



• Review process:- term name & description tweaks- drop proposed Agent Type


bib.schema.org


bib.schema.org


bib.schema.org


bib.schema.org


Bib Examples in the wild

Bibliographic Schema.org usage

Bib Examples in the wild

Bibliographic Schema.org usage

Fit for a Bibliographic Purpose





Schema.org fit for a bibliographic purpose

✔



✔The vocabulary tools to describe bibliographic resources

on the web for broad discovery









(Not a replacement for library metadata exchangeThat is a more specific task)

Motivation

Why bother?

Motivation

Make your resources discoverable - for all



… so machines

can understand it …


•Promote your content/services…

… so machines



•Promote your content/services…•Ahead of your site

… so machines



•Promote your content/services…•Ahead of your site•The - Schema.org - tools are there

… so machines



•Promote your content/services…•Ahead of your site•The - Schema.org - tools are there•We want our content discovered…

… so machines



•Promote your content/services…•Ahead of your site•The - Schema.org - tools are there•We want our content discovered…•They want to satisfy their/our users

… so machines



•Promote your content/services…•Ahead of your site•The - Schema.org - tools are there•We want our content discovered…•They want to satisfy their/our users•Let’s use them to tell the world

… so machines


Discovery and DiscoverabilitySenate House London

20th January 2016

Telling the World [and our users]

What We Have

Richard Wallis Evangelist and FounderData [email protected]@rjw

Technology

Telling the World and Our Users What We Have