Versions Compared

Old Version 1

changes.mady.by.user Simeon Warner

Saved on

compared with

New Version Current

changes.mady.by.user Simeon Warner

Saved on

Key

  • This line was added.
  • This line was removed.
  • Formatting was changed.

Excerpt

Example story: As a scholar I don’t want my discovery process to be constrained by the collection boundaries of my university yet I want to retain the detailed coverage of special collections that are important in my field (can we give a good example field). I want results ranked by the scholarly value, not simply popularity in the public eye.

This use case demonstrates the power of sharing library data as linked open data. It demonstrates what could be done by a third party as a result of data exposed from this work, and what any of the partners could do by integrating data from the other partners.

Out of scope: n/a

Potential Demonstrations

A. Either as a separate instance of using one of the partner discovery interfaces support search across the aggregated set of data from all partners. Demonstrate that items identified as duplicates (or near duplicates?) are appropriately aggregated in the results display and that unique items from all institutions are found. Demonstrate value of linked data over MARC-based union catalog such as WorldCat.

...