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LCSH, SKOS and Linked Data

  • Ed Summers 1
  • Antoine Isaac 2
  • Clay Redding 1
  • Dan Krech 1
  • 1 Library of Congress
  • 2 Koninklijke Bibliotheek
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Abstract

A technique for converting Library of Congress Subject Headings MARCXML to Simple Knowledge Organization System (SKOS) RDF is described. Strengths of the SKOS vocabulary are highlighted, as well as possible points for extension, and the integration of other semantic web vocabularies such as Dublin Core. An application for making the vocabulary available as linked-data on the Web is also described.

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LCSH, SKOS and Linked Data
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Summers, Ed
Isaac, Antoine
Redding, Clay
Krech, Dan
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2008-09-10
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doi:10.23106/dcmi.952109153
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metadata
semantic web
controlled vocabularies
SKOS
MARC
RDF
Dublin Core
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Dublin Core Metadata Initiative
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CC BY 4.0