A Very Brief Overview of Past Semantic Web Research at the University of Washington Libraries

2012:

2012-2014:

2014-2016:

  • UW Libraries’ Cataloging and Metadata Services (CAMS) staff provide feedback on BIBFRAME 1 and 2 through Library of Congress (LOC) listservs and GitHub code repositories
  • CAMS staff prepare BIBFRAME training materials and offer sessions
  • 100+ MARC records are converted to BIBFRAME 1 and reviewed by cataloging staff
  • CAMS staff create an RDA Input Form as a proof-of-concept, demonstrating output of both RDA-in-RDF and BIBFRAME from input data

2016:

  • LoC releases BIBFRAME 2
  • Test conversion of MARC records to BIBFRAME 2
  • Comparative testing of searches on BIBFRAME data converted from MARC and digital-collections XML
  • CAMS publishes a mapping of BIBCO Standard Record RDA elements to BIBFRAME 2.0
  • First directed fieldwork in semantic web standards and data by a University of Washington iSchool student
  • CAMS publishes draft best practices for language tags in bibliographic linked data

2017: