Thanks Dan! I will definitely check out LD4P. Joshua Welker Information Technology Librarian James C. Kirkpatrick Library University of Central Missouri Warrensburg, MO 64093 JCKL 2260 660.543.8022 On Mon, Jan 22, 2018 at 1:37 PM, Dan Scott <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > On Mon, Jan 22, 2018 at 1:54 PM, Josh Welker <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > > > After some reading and discussion, it seems like BIBFRAME has two very > > separate use cases that appeal to different people: > > > > 1. A way to store MARC data in a more machine-readable format to be > used > > within library systems like an ILS or discovery system. > > 2. A way to classify linked data that is exposed to the open web. > > > > There are a good number of examples for use case #1 but virtually nothing > > for #2. Unfortunately, #2 is what I am trying to accomplish. I am looking > > for best practices in a domain where no one is even practicing, let alone > > "best." Since my guess seems to be as valid as anyone else's, once I > throw > > something together I will ask for feedback. It's just surprising to me > > because I essentially just want to publish institutional repository > > metadata using BF, and I assumed before starting the project that surely > > there was some established model for doing so. > > > > Although there has been a major focus on "How do we transform MARC to > BIBFRAME" and sometimes "Can we round-trip MARC to BIBFRAME" as people > understandably try to learn based on what they already know, there are > groups working towards using BIBFRAME and linked data in practice. Not > everyone who is working on BIBFRAME may be part of the code4lib community > (or paying attention to the mailing list fragment of it). Your plan to get > hands-on and try to do something real with BIBFRAME would likely help those > efforts. > > So you might, for example, want to connect with the LD4L grant-funded > groups (see https://www.ld4l.org/) that are trying to solve real Linked > Data for Production issues (and have largely been working with BIBFRAME). > As one recent example of the progress of those projects, see "The > bibliotek-o Framework: Principles, Patterns, and a Process for Community > Engagement" from SWIB17 (slides and video available from > http://swib.org/swib17/programme.html), which suggests that BIBFRAME 2.0 > still needs extensions and modifications, and requests further community > input. You could be part of that community! >