SKOS and digital libraries

• SKOS plays an important role in “bridging” to digital libraries

• A huge community out there with its own traditions, style…

• … but huge amount of data to be “linked” to the Semantic Web!

• Major library metadata standards are being re-defined in terms of RDF (and SKOS),

• • eg, “Resource Description and Access” (RDA)
  • • a major cataloging rule set for librarians
    • potentially, all major library catalogs around the globe could be translated into RDF and, eg, linked as an Open Linked Data…