I'll implement your linked data specifications into EADitor as soon as
they're ready. In fact, I began implementing Aaron Rubinstein's hybrid
arch/dc ontology (http://gslis.simmons.edu/archival/arch/index.html) a few
days ago.
Ethan
On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 9:23 AM, Stephen Marks <[log in to unmask]>wrote:
> Hi Eric--
>
> Good luck! I'll be very interested to see how this shapes up.
>
> Best,
>
> Steve
>
>
>
> On Aug-12-2013 9:10 AM, Eric Lease Morgan wrote:
>
>> This is the tiniest of introductions as a person who will be writing a
>> text called Linked Archival Metadata: A Guidebook. The Guidebook will be
>> the product of LiAM [0], and from the prospectus [1], the purpose of the
>> Guidebook is to:
>>
>> provide archivists with an overview of the current linked data
>> landscape, define basic concepts, identify practical strategies
>> for adoption, and emphasize the tangible payoffs for archives
>> implementing linked data. It will focus on clarifying why
>> archives and archival users can benefit from linked data and will
>> identify a graduated approach to applying linked data methods to
>> archival description.
>>
>> To these ends I plan to write towards three audiences: 1) the layman who
>> knows nothing about linked data, 2) the archivist who wants to make their
>> content available as linked data but does not know how, and 3) the computer
>> technologist who knows how to make linked data accessible but does not know
>> about archival practices.
>>
>> Personally, I have been dabbling on and off with linked data and the
>> Semantic Web for a number of years. I have also been deeply involved with a
>> project called the Catholic Research Resources Alliance [2] whose content
>> mostly comes from archives. I hope to marry these two sets of experiences
>> into something that will be useful to cultural heritage institutions,
>> especially archives.
>>
>> The Guidebook is intended to be manifested in both book (PDF) and wiki
>> forms. The work begins now and is expected to be completed by March 2014.
>> On my mark. Get set. Go. Wish me luck, and let’s see if we can build some
>> community.
>>
>> [0] LiAM - http://sites.tufts.edu/liam/
>> [1] prospectus - http://bit.ly/15TX0rs
>> [2] Catholic Research Resources Alliance - http://www.catholicresearch.**
>> net/ <http://www.catholicresearch.net/>
>>
>> --
>> Eric Lease Morgan
>>
>>
>>
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