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| 15 | Rich Data? Poor Data? | September 4, 20131

Rich Data? Poor Data? Depends on…Lars G. Svensson

Libraries and other cultural heritage institutions have high-quality data


Metadata specialists are convinced that this data could make (web) search better


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Linked data is about connecting silos (but those silos are not the problem…)


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… they are just a proxy for another set of silos (the model ones)

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And that puts the burden on the consumer (making them less prone to use our data)


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We need to talk about models, not only about formats


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The model underlying the GND (and thus the GNDO) is entity-based


• Corporate Body• Conference or Event• Subject Heading• Work• Place or Geographic Name• Family• Person

For bibliographic resources we currently have no model (but a common German AP!)


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We can have several models for different use cases or communities (and expressed in different formats/syntaxes)


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(It doesn‘t have to be like this…)

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OWL/RDF reasoning can take care of semantic granularity only if the models are compatible enough


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So is the solution to build another great model?

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We don‘t need one great model, but several small ones (those we can turn)


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After all connecting is about the connectors (and we can do it better)


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Don‘t let the cloud obstruct the sun!


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