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It's a great start Eric. It helps me think that I can do it. Looking forward to more. Brian Zelip UIUC On Tue, Nov 19, 2013 at 7:04 AM, Eric Lease Morgan <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > I believe participating in the Semantic Web and providing content via the > principles of linked data is not "rocket surgery", especially for cultural > heritage institutions -- libraries, archives, and museums. Here is a simple > recipe for their participation: > > 1. use existing metadata standards (MARC, EAD, etc.) to describe > collections > > 2. use any number of existing tools to convert the metadata to > HTML, and save the HTML on a Web server > > 3. use any number of existing tools to convert the metadata to > RDF/XML (or some other "serialization" of RDF), and save the > RDF/XML on a Web server > > 4. rest, congratulate yourself, and share your experience with > others in your domain > > 5. after the first time though, go back to Step #1, but this time > work with other people inside your domain making sure you use as > many of the same URIs as possible > > 6. after the second time through, go back to Step #1, but this > time supplement access to your linked data with a triple store, > thus supporting search > > 7. after the third time through, go back to Step #1, but this > time use any number of existing tools to expose the content in > your other information systems (relational databases, OAI-PMH > data repositories, etc.) > > 8. for dessert, cogitate ways to exploit the linked data in your > domain to discover new and additional relationships between URIs, > and thus make the Semantic Web more of a reality > > What do you think? > > I am in the process of writing a guidebook on the topic of linked data and > archives. In the guidebook I will elaborate on this recipe and provide > instructions for its implementation. [1] > > [1] guidebook - http://sites.tufts.edu/liam/ > > -- > Eric Lease Morgan > University of Notre Dame >