1. managing electronic resources
using linked data
a subproject of
the cooperation between
Leipzig University Library and SLUB Dresden
Leander Seige / Natanael Arndt - Leipzig University Library - SWIB13
3. … we need a
electronic resource management
that is flexible by design.
4. electronic resource management
● analyzing and verifying internal workflows/
old fashioned apps
○ following the conclusions of ERMI
● current requirements & tasks
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license- and contract management
terms of use & administrative information
variety of current and future licensing and purchasing models
usage statistics
title & package management
5. managing electronic resources using linked data
not about innocent metadata
linked open data
focused on linked enterprise data
7. technical solution
● convert all relevant data into Linked Data
○ through the data management platform @SLUB
● aggregate these data in a unified triplestore
● access/manipulate via a generic GUI
● application will be based on OntoWiki
8. OntoWiki
● A tool for collaborative and distributed
knowledge engineering
● Full LinkedData support (publish &
pull/query)
● Application framework for semantic web
apps
10. OntoWiki
● We are improving the user guidance for the
editor interface to give more support for
librarians
● OntoWiki is already in use for enterprise data
management
● Flexible extension system with a big choice of
existing ones
11. vocabulary: bibrm (work title)
site: http://vocab.ub.uni-leipzig.de/bibrm/
repo: https://github.com/ERM-HD
1. reuse existing vocabulary
○ e.g. foaf, vcard, …
2. define own properties
○ following the ERMI if possible
○ create new vocabulary
12. strictly open source
● based on OntoWiki (GPL)
● all software-development takes place in the
official OntoWiki source code repository
site: http://ontowiki.net/
repo: https://github.com/AKSW/OntoWiki
13. partners
OntoWiki Development and Linked Data Technology :
AKSW - Agile Knowledge management and Semantic Web
/ Institute for applied informatics InfAI e.V.
http://infai.org
Data integration and versatile data conversion:
SLUB - Saxon State and University Library Dresden
http://www.slub-dresden.de