Benefits of RDA Linked Data and Examples
RDA Linked Data provides users with structured and interconnected information, enhancing data accessibility and integration. This promotes seamless navigation between related resources, aiding in comprehensive research and resource utilization. The examples illustrated in the content showcase different tools and clusters that embody the essence and advantages of RDA Linked Data implementation.
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What does RDA linked data look like and how does it benefit users? Gordon Dunsire Presented to RDA Forum, ALA Annual, Orlando, USA, June 25, 2016
Work linked data cluster rdaw:P10002 "Brouwer, Margaret, 1940- . Concertos, violin, orchestra" rdaw:P10086 "Concerto for violin and chamber music" Work:1 "Concertos"@en rdae:P20231 rdaw:P10223 "violin, orchestra"@en rdaw:P10220 Agent:1 Expression:1 rdaw:P10053
Expression linked data cluster Work:1 rdae:P20219 rdae:P20231 "25 min." Expression:1 rdaco:1010 rdam:P30139 rdae:P20001 "notated music"@en skos:prefLabel rdafmn:1007 rdae:P20064 "staff notation"@en Manifestation:1 skos:prefLabel
Manifestation linked data cluster "Concerto for violin and chamber music" Expression:1 "Margaret Brouwer" rdam:P30139 "Brouwer New Music Publishing" Manifestation:1 "[United States?]" "2004" "42 cm" rdam:P30135 Work:1 rdact:1049 "volume"@en "unmediated"@en rdamt:1007 "single unit"@en rdami:1001
Agent linked data cluster rdaa:P50094 "Brouwer, Margaret, 1940-" rdaa:P50103 "Margaret Brouwer" Agent:1 "Brouwer, Margaret" rdaa:P50117 "1940" rdaa:P50121
Multilingual labels, etc. skos:prefLabel "notated music"@en "Noten"@de Expression:1 rdaco:1010 "m sica notada"@es rdae:P20001 "musique not e"@fr " "@zh
Manifestation linked data cluster in RDA/RDF rdam:P30156 "Concerto for violin and chamber music" rdam:P30105 Expression:1 "Margaret Brouwer" rdam:P30139 rdam:P30176 "Brouwer New Music Publishing" Manifestation:1 "[United States?]" rdam:P30088 "2004" rdam:P30011 "42 cm" rdam:P30169 rdam:P30135 skos:prefLabel Work:1 "volume"@en rdact:1049 rdam:P30001 skos:prefLabel "unmediated"@en rdamt:1007 rdam:P30002 skos:prefLabel "single unit"@en rdami:1001 rdam:P30003
Manifestation linked data cluster in Dublin Core dct:title "Concerto for violin and chamber music" dc:creator Resource:1 "Margaret Brouwer" dc:publisher "Brouwer New Music Publishing" Resource:1 "[United States?]" "2004" dct:issued "42 cm" dct:extent rdfs:label Resource:1 rdact:1049 "volume"@en dct:medium rdfs:label "unmediated"@en rdamt:1007 dct:medium rdfs:label "single unit"@en rdami:1001 dct:medium
Transformation from RDA to DC loses information DC Terms agents (creator, publisher) expect things, not strings Original DC agents (creator, publisher) do not expect things or strings can be used for strings No place for place! RDA Content type RDA Media type DC Medium RDA Mode of issuance
A record? LabelW1 LabelP1 DescriptionP1 W1 E1 M1 I1 P1 DescriptionW1 LabelP2 Description P2 DescriptionE1 LabelC1 Description C1 LabelM1 LabelF1 Description F1 DescriptionM1 I2 E2 W2 M2 LabelI1 P3 E3 I3 W3 M3 LabelW3 DescriptionW3
RDA benefits for users User's choice of language of labels and controlled terminologies User's ability to expand or contract the detail displayed Choice of flat-file, related description and authority data, and graphical display of data Fine granularity supporting interoperability with all coarser-grained schema
Thank you! rscchair@rdatoolkit.org RSC website http://www.rda-rsc.org/ RDA Toolkit http://www.rdatoolkit.org/ RDA Registry http://www.rdaregistry.info/ RDA data, Jane-athons, etc. http://www.rballs.info/
Example data sources RDA Toolkit http://www.rdatoolkit.org/sites/default/files/rsc_ rda_complete_examples_bibliographic_april2016. pdf RDA Registry http://www.rdaregistry.info/Examples/exRSCFullS core.html R-Balls http://rballs.info/topics/m/rdaex/rdaexScore.html