Arabic Library Standards

OCLC builds on its linked data strategy by creating uniform resource identifiers for Dewey Decimal Classification numbers

Online Computer Library Center (OCLC)

OCLC, the worldwide leader in library cataloging and metadata services, is unlocking the power of the Dewey Decimal Classification system to build an increasingly robust linked data infrastructure by creating uniform resource identifiers (URIs) for Dewey numbers.

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LIDATEC is now METATEC

International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA)

With a new remit and a new focus on building out the IFLA Namespaces to even greater capacity, LIDATEC has been renamed the Metadata Technical Standards Review Group or METATEC.

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OCLC Meridian makes it possible for libraries to create linked data that connect resources to the wider web

Online Computer Library Center (OCLC)

Introducing OCLC Meridian, a web application and set of APIs that libraries and other organizations that manage metadata for knowledge collections can use to create, curate, and connect linked data entities. Published in WorldCat Entities, this linked data is then available for use across a wide variety of services, systems, and data sets to connect to other knowledge streams where people search for information.

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OCLC linked data services transform metadata management and connect library resources to wider knowledge streams

Online Computer Library Center (OCLC)

OCLC adds WorldCat Entities identifiers to WorldCat records and integrates linked data functionality into cataloging services already used by libraries.

OCLC, the worldwide leader in library cataloging and metadata services, is developing linked data services, products, and datasets that provide the descriptive resources needed to curate data at scale and across workflows.

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New WorldCat Metadata API 2.0 is now available

Online Computer Library Center (OCLC)

OCLC has announced the availability of WorldCat Metadata API 2.0. This upgraded version offers new functionality, like the ability to read and write Local Holdings Records (LHRs), including registering shared print commitments; search WorldCat and receive single best-match WorldCat bibliographic record from multiple matches; and search Local Bibliographic Data (LBD) records on a variety of indexes, as well as by OCLC Number or control number. In addition to new functionality, users of WorldCat Metadata API 2.0 benefit from the new API infrastructure, greater interoperability, and enhanced security features.

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BiblioGraph from EBSCO Information Services Enhances Library Resource Visibility in the United Kingdom

EBSCO

Libraries in the United Kingdom now have the power to reach their users online by using BiblioGraph, linked data technology from EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO). Participating customers can leverage linked data to enhance their catalogue’s visibility including the borrow option found in Google’s knowledge panels and Google Books.

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OCLC releases more than 150 million WorldCat Entities as the foundation of a linked data infrastructure

Online Computer Library Center (OCLC)

OCLC has completed a project, funded in part by a grant from the Mellon Foundation, to develop a shared entity management infrastructure that supports linked data initiatives in the library community. As a result of this effort, OCLC has released millions of authoritative WorldCat Entities through a publicly searchable website and will continue to partner with libraries to develop the tools needed to fully incorporate linked data into library workflows and improve resource discovery through connections.

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New OCLC Research Report on Transforming Metadata into Linked Data

Online Computer Library Center (OCLC)

Transforming Metadata into Linked Data to Improve Digital Collection Discoverability, an OCLC Research Report, shares the findings from the CONTENTdm Linked Data Pilot project. In this pilot project, OCLC partnered with institutions that manage their digital collections with OCLC’s CONTENTdm service to investigate methods for—and the feasibility of—transforming metadata into linked data to improve the discoverability and management of digitized cultural materials and their descriptions.

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New translation of Library Reference Model

International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA)

A  translation of the IFLA Library Reference Model into Italian is now available on the IFLA LRM webpage. It has been done at the ’Istituto centrale per il catalogo unico delle biblioteche italiane e per le informazioni bibliografiche (ICCU), coordinated by Flavia Bruni, with the participation of Valentina Atturo, Agnese Galeffi, Giuliano Genetasio, Massimo Gentili-Tedeschi, Mauro Guerrini, Federico Meschini, Lucia Sardo, Antonella Trombone and Simona Turbanti.

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The new IFLA Namespaces now includes the LRM

International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA)

The LRM (Library Reference Model) is the latest standard to be included on the new IFLA Namespaces site. Visit the site at: https://www.iflastandards.info/lrm.html...

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IFLA Namespaces launched

International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA)

IFLA’s Committee on Standards and Linked Data Technical Subcommittee (LIDATEC) are pleased to announce the launch of IFLA Namespaces.

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Gale Digital Scholar Lab Adds Instructional Support and Gains Customer Momentum

Cengage

Gale, a Cengage company, is providing digital humanities students and researchers with a streamlined learning experience for building text analysis projects...

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Launching the Land Governance Thesaurus LandVoc 2.0: Keeping Data Out of Lockdown

AIMS, FAO

The Land Portal Foundation is glad to bring your attention to a new and improved version of a powerful information tool called LandVoc, which is referred to as LandVoc 2.0!...

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New release of the COAR Controlled Vocabulary, “Resource Type”

Confederation of Open Access Repositories (COAR)

COAR is pleased to announce the release of the Resource Type Vocabulary, Version 2. This vocabulary, which is now available in 15 languages, provides standardized terms for different types of content contained in a repository.

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Creative Commons Launches an Improved Search Function

Information Today

Creative Commons has launched a powerful new search engine, CC Search, which currently provides access to more than 300 million images from 19 providers…

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DCMI to Maintain the Bibliographic Ontology (BIBO)

Dublin Core Metadata Initiative (DCMI)

The Dublin Core Metadata Initiative is pleased to announce that it has accepted responsibility for maintaining the Bibliographic Ontology (BIBO).

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PREMIS 3 OWL Ontology Release

Library of Congress

The PREMIS OWL Ontology Revision Working Group is pleased to announce the release of the revised PREMIS 3.0 OWL ontology. 

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A Successful DCMI 2018 Conference

Dublin Core Metadata Initiative (DCMI)

…The full conference proceedings are now available, with copies of presentation slides where appropriate.

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Use of the AGROVOC thesaurus as a common vocabulary in CGIAR Core Metadata Schema and Application Profile

AIMS, FAO

…In order to facilitate CGIAR Research Programs (CRPs) cross-repository searching and enhance discovery of CGIAR information products through Open Access (OA), the CG Core Metadata Schema and Application Profile (AP) was designed.

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W3C WORKSHOP REPORT: DATA PRIVACY CONTROLS AND VOCABULARIES

World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)

W3C published today the final report of the W3C Workshop on Data Privacy Controls and Vocabularies, which was held on 17-18 April 2018, in Vienna (Austria).

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TTML Profiles for Internet Media Subtitles and Captions 1.0.1 (Imsc1) Is Now a W3C Recommendation

World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)

The Timed Text Working Group has published the Timed Text Markup Language (TTML) Profiles for Internet Media Subtitles and Captions 1.0.1 (IMSC1) as a W3C Recommendation. This document specifies two profiles of [TTML1]: a text-only profile and an image-only profile.

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ASG Technologies Unveils Mobius 8.0 to Empower Enterprises with More Intelligent Information Management Capabilities

ASG Technologies

ASG Technologies, the trusted provider of proven solutions for information access, management and control for the world’s top enterprises, today unveiled Mobius 8.0.

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