| Topics | Activities | Slides |
| Subject Headings as Linked Data | Identified reading:”Archival description and linked data: a preliminary study of opportunities and implementation challenges” By Karen F. Gracy DOI:10.1007/s10502-014-9216-2 | |
| Case Study of Latin American Digital Initiatives Subject Headings or Thesaurus as Linked data | Core Reading: Proposal draft from LLILAS Benson Metadata Librarian Itza Carbajal; Participants will discuss and provide feedback Suggested readings (download using BOX folder above)Inside the Media Archive: Indexing Human Rights The Gravitational Pull Away from Pre-Coordinated Subject Headings User tags versus expert-assigned subject terms: A comparison of LibraryThing tags and Library of Congress Subject Headings | |
| Brainstorm future topics, reflect on topics covered between 2018-2019 | Participants will review Fall 2018 & Spring 2019 series topics. Plan for Summer/Fall 2020 |
| Topics | Activities | Slides | |
| Overview of Semantic web; Introduction to Linked Data principles; overview of triple statement; Hands on triple statement activity | Readings; participants will create RDF statements using designated “resource” to present at next discussion | ||
| Participants present triple statements and reflect on Linked Data readings; Overview of existing digital libraries/archives using linked data | Readings; participants will explore (1) linked data case study to present to group | ||
| Participants present selected case study; Review the use of graphs with RDF data; Discuss benefits/pitfalls of transitioning and using linked data technologies and approaches | Participants will explore readings on linked data formats and general how tos | ||
| Overview of existing ontologies and linked data; Introduction to 2 RDF serialization (RDF XML & Turtle) | Participants will brainstorm 1-3 potential future topics or project for future informal discussion groups | ||
| Introduction to SPARQL (the query language for RDF), deep reflection of overall discussion topics, plan for report backs, identify further discussions topics | Series planning for Spring 2019 |
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