That's a great question.  I think there are applications for linked data in
the archives realm, especially around the agents responsible for creating
archival collections.  The big project in this area is Social Networks and
Archival Context <http://socialarchive.iath.virginia.edu/>, and the
American Numismatic Society has been working on expressing their authorities
information as linked data <http://numismatics.org/authorities/>, which
provides some pretty cool functionality.  Those are the two projects that
come to mind immediately, but I'd be interested to hear if anyone knows of
others.

Matt

Matt Carruthers
Metadata Projects Librarian
University of Michigan
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On Tue, May 24, 2016 at 9:57 AM, Matt Sherman <[log in to unmask]>
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> Hi all,
>
> I was recently talking with some folks about some archives related
> things and realized that while I've heard a lot recently about
> different projects, advancements, and issues within library specific
> metadata, and its associated concerns, I have not heard as much
> recently about metadata in the archives realm.  Is there much going on
> there?  Is linked data even useful in a setting with extremely unique
> materials?  Is this a stupid question?  I don't know, but I am curious
> to hear if there are any interesting things people are doing in
> archival metadata or any challenges folks are working to overcome.
>
> Matt Sherman
>