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Disambiguating descriptions: Mapping digital special collections metadata into linked open data formats
Author(s) -
Jacob Jett,
Timothy W. Cole,
Myung-Ja K. Han
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
proceedings of the association for information science and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.193
H-Index - 14
ISSN - 2373-9231
DOI - 10.1002/pra2.2016.14505301096
Subject(s) - metadata , computer science , world wide web , identifier , digital library , linked data , citation , information retrieval , special collections , metadata repository , library science , semantic web , art , literature , poetry , programming language
In this poster we describe the Linked Open Data (LOD) for Digital Special Collections project at the University of Illinois at Urbana‐Champaign and describe some of the particular challenges that legacy metadata poses for representation in LOD formats. LOD formats are primarily based on the World Wide Web Consortium's Resource Description Framework standard which demands both that entities be named by opaque universal identifiers whenever possible but also that metadata descriptions for entities be as unambiguous as possible. The challenges for disambiguating those descriptions are illustrated through examples drawn from digital special collections based at four different digital libraries.