Linked Data Tutorial: “A Practical Introduction by Dr. Michael Hausenblas..
A quick overview of “Linked Data” but not too quick to avoid pointing out some of its issues.
As slide 6 says of the principles: “Many things (deliberately?) kept blurry”
That blurriness carries over into the implementation and semantics of Linked Data.
Linking everything together in a higgly-piggly manner will lead to…, I assume everything being linked together in a higgly-piggly manner.
Once linked together perhaps that will drive refinement of the linking into something useful.
Questions:
- List examples of the use of Linked Data in libraries. (3-5 pages, citations/links)
- How would you use Linked Data in a library? (3-5 pages, no citations)
- What would you change about Linked Data practice or standards? (3-5 pages, citations)
- Finding aid on Linked Data for librarians. (3-5 pages, citations)