All,

I had a few off-list requests for basics - what are the basic things 
that librarians need to know about linked data? I have a site where I am 
putting up a somewhat crudely designed tutorial (with exercises):

http://kcoyle.net/metadata/

As you can see, it is incomplete, but I work away on it when so 
inspired. It includes what I consider to be the basic knowledge:

1. What is metadata?
2. Data vs. text
3. Identifiers (esp. URIs)
4. Statements (not records) (read: triples)
5. Semantic Web basics
6. URIs (more in depth)
7. Ontologies
8. Vocabularies

I intend to link various slide sets to this, and anyone is welcome to 
make use of the content there. It would be GREAT for it to become an 
actual tutorial, perhaps using better software, but I haven't found 
anything yet that I like working with.

If you have basics to add, please let me know!

kc



On 9/1/13 5:37 PM, Karen Coyle wrote:
> I'm thinking about training needs around linked data -- yes, that 
> includes basic concepts, but at the moment I'm wondering what specific 
> technologies or tasks people would like to learn about? Some obvious 
> examples are: how to do SPARQL queries; how to use triples in 
> databases; maybe how to use Protege (free software) [1] to create an 
> ontology. Those are just a quick shot across the bow, and from my 
> basically non-techie point of view. Please add your own.
>
> If you can't say it in terms of technology, it would be as good (if 
> not maybe better) to say it in terms of what you'd like to be able to 
> do (do searches, create data... )
>
> This is very unscientific, but I think it's a worthwhile conversation 
> to have, and maybe can help get some ideas for training.
>
> kc
> [1] http://protege.stanford.edu/
>

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