Presented at the CILIP Linked Data Executive Briefing, London, 24 November 2015 #ciliplinkeddata

1. BIBFRAME
as a Library Linked Data
Standard
Thomas Meehan
Head of Current Cataloguing
UCL Library Services
t.meehan@ucl.ac.uk
CILIP Linked Data Executive Briefing
24 November 2015
#CILIPLinkedData

2. BIBFRAME: What is it?
BIBliographic FRAMEwork Initiative

3. BIBFRAME or Bibframe
BIBFRAME
or
Bibframe

4. BIBFRAME: Why?
“Most felt any benefits of RDA would be
largely unrealized in a MARC environment.
MARC may hinder the separation of
elements and ability to use URIs in a linked
data environment.”
Report and Recommendations of the U.S. RDA Test Coordinating
Committee. Executive Summary. 2011.

5. BIBFRAME: Scope
"Demonstrate credible progress towards a
replacement for MARC."
Report and Recommendations of the U.S. RDA Test Coordinating Committee.
Executive Summary. 2011.
“a foundation for the future of bibliographic
description, both on the web, and in the
broader networked world.”
BIBFRAME website.

6. BIBFRAME: Model

7. BIBFRAME: Comparison with FRBR

8. BIBFRAME: BIBFRAME 2.0
Work
Instance
Annotation Item
Event

9. BIBFRAME: Variations
BIBFRAME Profiles
Version 2.0
Zepheira’s Bibframe Lite, or, bibfra.me

10. BIBFRAME: Vocabulary
ex:work1 bf:creator [
a bf:Person, a bf:Authority ;
bf:authorizedAccessPoint “Holland, Tom” ;
bf:hasAuthority <http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nb2004033017>
]
ex:instance1 bf:instanceTitle [
a bf:Title ;
bf:titleValue “Rubicon” ;
bf:subtitle “the last years of the Roman Republic”
].

11. BIBFRAME: Vocabulary 2.0
ex:work1 rdau:P60434 <http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nb2004033017> .
<http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nb2004033017>
a bf:Person ;
rdfs:label “Holland, Tom” .
ex:instance1 bf:title [
a bf:Title;
bf:mainTitle “Rubicon” ;
bf:subtitle “the last years of the Roman Republic”
] .

12. BIBFRAME: Bibfra.me
ex:work1 bflite+relation:author [
a bfLite:Person ;
bfLite:authorityLink <http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nb2004033017> ;
bfLite:name “Holland, Tom”
]
Ex:instance1 bfLite:title “Rubicon” ;
bfLite+library “the last years of the Roman Republic” .

13. BIBFRAME: Experiments and Projects
- Library of Congress trial, including work on the Bibframe Editor (BFE)
and transformation service.
- National Library of Medicine
- Libhub and Bibflow
- OCLC and schema.org
- LD4L
- UCL DIS’s project to develop an educational linked open data
bibliographic dataset based on BIBFRAME

14. BIBFRAME: Editor

15. BIBFRAME: The Future
CC BY 2.0 https://www.flickr.com/photos/orangeaurochs/13038549073/

16. Cataloguing: The Future
1. Is our ambition simply to replace MARC?
2. Can a single standard provide the
answer?
3. Can we afford to focus solely on
cataloguing or even on the library?
4. Why is BIBFRAME, or any standard, a
better way of doing it?
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17. BIBFRAME as a Library Linked Data Standard
Thomas Meehan
Head of Current Cataloguing
UCL Library Services
t.meehan@ucl.ac.uk
CILIP Linked Data
Executive Briefing
24 November 2015
#CILIPLinkedData
CC BY 2.0 https://www.flickr.com/photos/orangeaurochs/16751601036/

18. BIBFRAME: Selected References
• Library of Congress. BIBFRAME [Technical site]. http://bibframe.org/
• Library of Congress. Bibliographic Framework Initiative [Project site]. http://www.loc.gov/bibframe/
• Zepheira. Bibframe Vocabulary Navigator [BIBFRAME lite]. http://www.bibfra.me/
• Godby, Carol Jean. The Relationship between BIBFRAME and OCLC’s Linked-Data Model ofBibliographic Description: A Working
Paper. 2013. http://www.oclc.org/content/dam/research/publications/library/2013/2013-05.pdf
• Greenall, Rurik. Is a common framework for library data a dead end? 2013. https://brinxmat.wordpress.com/2013/08/08/is-a-
common-framework-for-library-data-a-dead-end/
• Library of Congress. Bibliographic Framework as a Web of Data: Linked Data Model and Supporting Services. 2012.
http://www.loc.gov/bibframe/pdf/marcld-report-11-21-2012.pdf
• Library of Congress. A Bibliographic Framework for the Digital Age. 2011. http://www.loc.gov/bibframe/news/framework-
103111.html
• Malssen, Kara Van. BIBFRAME AV Modeling Study: Defining a Flexible Model for Description of Audiovisual Resources. 2014.
http://www.loc.gov/bibframe/pdf/bibframe-avmodelingstudy-may15-2014.pdf
• U.S. RDA Test Coordinating Committee. Report and Recommendationsof the U.S. RDA Test Coordinating Committee. Executive
Summary. 2011. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/tsd/cataloging/RDA_report_executive_summary.pdf
• Welsh, Anne, Bikakis, Antonis, Garea Garcia, Natalia, Mahony, Simon, Inskip, Charles, Vogel, Mira. Work in Progress: the Linked
Open Bibliographic Data Project. Catalogue and Index (178) p. 15-19. 2014. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/1466469/