Incorporation of external identifier lookup and local id=
entifier creation into the cloud-based editing environment of WP1
Building on the authorities work done in LD4L-Labs, the cloud-based edit=
ing environment (WP1) will include lookups to external authorities and crea=
tion of local authorities. These services will provide reliable and perform=
ant lookups for a number of authority sources. In addition to being integra=
ted into the cloud-based editing environment, these services will be made a=
vailable to the community for other integrations.
The linkage to external authorities will be supported by the developers =
and UX designers at Cornell, the Iowa team, and the Wikipedian in residence=
.
Adaptations in cataloging policy and practice
Harvard technical services staff will provide leadership and engagement =
in working with PCC to:
- Develop identifier creation and management workflows that provide clari=
ty for the library metadata community regarding data input standards that r=
esult in effective look-up and matching.
- Contribute to tool development roadmaps by identifying and prioritizing=
technical features that would enable efficient and effective metadata prod=
uction workflows. Workflows would include but not be limited to the creatio=
n of Wikidata and ISNI entities.
- Promote and guide adoption of expanded and diverse vocabularies and ide=
ntifier registries that have been (or can be) released as effective linked =
data, such as FAST, the Getty vocabularies, the Library of Congress's facet=
ed vocabularies, ISNI, VIAF, and GeoNames. Work will include developing met=
adata interoperability guidelines for tool development and data input guide=
lines for metadata practitioners.
Harvard will also develop metadata partnerships with non-library organiz=
ations who have a role in the information production ecosystem to identify =
and pursue creation of high-value metadata pipelines for automating linked =
data production through creator-contributed metadata. Examples could includ=
e a North American university thesis/dissertation metadata pipeline and a u=
niversity press author-metadata pipeline.
Exploration of how Wikidata could serve as a platform for publishi=
ng, linking and enriching library linked data.
Cornell and Iowa developers and technical services staff at Cornell and =
Harvard will collaborate with the project=E2=80=99s Wikipedian-in-Residence=
in to understand how best library data can be added to Wikidata and how Wi=
kidata authority information can be leveraged in the library environment. C=
ornell and Iowa will develop reconciliation services that can be integrated=
with cataloging workflows or run as separate semi-automated batch processe=
s to improve existing descriptions through the addition of links to related=
entities. (Stanford may leverage this reconciliation work in WP 2: Reuse o=
f Existing Metadata as part of its conversion pipeline.) It is this reconci=
liation and linking that will provide the ability to leverage external cont=
ext for improved discovery. UX design and refinement of the authority looku=
p interface will be a significant component of this work.