Re: Call for Use Cases: Social uses and other new uses of Library Linked Data - from W3C Library Linked Data Incubator Group

Hi Jodi,

here is a use case (below) which may come close to your expectations.

Best regards,
Thomas


Call for Use Cases: Social uses and other new uses of Library Linked
Data - from W3C Library Linked Data Incubator Group

=== Name ===

Crosslinking Environment Data and the Library


=== Owner ===

Thomas Bandholtz
thomas.bandholtz@innoq.com

=== Background and Current Practice ===


The Federal Environment Agency, Germany, (UBA) [1] has a long tradition
in knowledge organization using a library along with many Web-based
information systems presenting observation data and results of analysis.
The backbone of this information space is a classification system
enhanced by a reference vocabulary which consists of a thesaurus, a
gazetteer and a chronicle. Until today, the library and the data
representations are kept separately.

=== Goal ===


We want to cross-link bibliographical information with related
environmental observation data, and both with the reference vocabulary.
Linked data technology provides means to (URI-) reference specific data
records, not only Web pages.

=== Target Audience ===


(1) General information for the public, but they may not be so
interested in the data behind the reports.
(2) Professionals who are working on environmental topics, such as
eco-audits.
(3) Academic people, both students and researchers.

=== Use Case Scenario ===


User A is searching the OPAC for some environmental topic and finds an
article which is based on observation data. Along with the bibliographic
record he sees a link to a Web representation of this observation data
itself. So he can make his own analysis on the same data.
User B is exploring some environmental information system which gives
access to observation data. He makes his selection and retrieves a
specific timeline or spatial distribution. Along with the data
representation he finds links pointing to bibliographic records of
publications which discuss this data.
User C is exploring the reference vocabulary (SNS) and finds back-links
pointing both to bibliographic records and data representations which
are tagged with a concept.

=== Application of linked data for the given use case ===


For human users, the use case scenario works even with HTML Web pages if
they are well structured and linked.
Linked data technology provides a more fine-grained linkage. It
simplifies the process of cross-linking, as both the OPAC and the data
are referencing concept URIs instead of terms. It provides access for
machine agents.

=== Existing Work (optional) ===


Since 2003, Semantic Network Service (SNS) [2] makes three reference
vocabularies accessible: the thesaurus of the library, a gazetteer, and
a chronicle. There is a Web representation of each concept, and there
are web services (including automatic classification of Web pages) which
return XML Topic Maps representations of concepts.
In 2010 we started a Linked Environment Data initiative [3]. So far we
migrated the thesaurus to a linked data RDF representation based on
iQvoc [4], including linkage to GEMET [5]. At the same time we developed
a linked data representation of the Environmental Specimen Bank (ESB)
[6] and a species catalog to be linked to EUNIS [7]. In 2011 we will
bring this into production, migrate the gazetteer and the chronicle to
linked data technology as well and establish detailed linking between
ESB and SNS. The ESB Website includes many specific publications which
are linked to data representations, but there is no integration of the
OPAC catalogue [8] so far. There are plans for RDFying the OPAC catalog
of the library as well, but no schedule so far.

=== Related Vocabularies (optional) ===


* SKOS [9] for the classification and the reference vocabularies
* elements of the Geonames Ontology [10] for the gazetteer
* elements of the Event Ontology [11] for the chronicle
* Dublin Core terms [12] for bibliographic records
* elements of Darwin Core [13] for the species
* Statistical Core Vocabulary (SCOVO) [14] for observation data of the
ESB. SCOVO will be replaced by the Data Cube vocabulary [15].

=== Problems and Limitations (optional) ===


The most prominent obstacle is the lack of a dedicated funding for this
initiative. There are some projects of the participating systems that
draw up some of their budget for pieces of the puzzle, but there is no
overall plan of the agency so far.
Technological obstacles: (1) the lack of stable RDF vocabularies. SKOS
and Dublin Core may be called mature, but the others are moving targets.
There is no established property such as “relatedDataRecord” and
“relatedPublication”. (2) open source editions of triple stores are very
difficult to handle, missing support for content negotiation based on
user designed URI patterns, and they may not scale well. (3) As we are
developing Web applications with Ruby-on-rails, there is no usable RDF
support in Ruby (compared to active record).

=== Related Use Cases and Unanticipated Uses (optional) ===


As the use case is not yet implemented, we cannot anticipate
unanticipated uses ;-)
There may be some overlap with Authority Data Enrichment.
There is also some overlap with the FAO use cases, as the FAO and the
UBA both participate in the Ecoterm initiative [16].

=== References (optional) ===

[1] http://www.umweltbundesamt.de
[2] http://www.semantic-network.de/home.html?lang=en
[3] Linked Environment Data,
see http://www.w3.org/egov/wiki/Linked_Environment_Data
[4] Bandholtz, T.; Schulte-Coerne, T.; Glaser, R.; Fock, J.; Keller, T.
(2010) iQvoc – Open Source SKOS(XL) Maintenance and Publishing Tool. 6th
Workshop on Scripting and Development for the Semantic Web. Heraklion
2010 http://www.semanticscripting.org/SFSW2010/
[5] http://www.eionet.europa.eu/gemet,
see also: http://ckan.net/package/gemet
[6] http://www.umweltprobenbank.de/
[7] http://eunis.eea.europa.eu . EUNIS is in the LOD-cloud:
http://ckan.net/package/eunis
[8] http://doku.uba.de
[9] http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/
[10] http://www.geonames.org/ontology
[11] http://motools.sourceforge.net/event/event.html
[12] http://dublincore.org/documents/dcmi-terms/
[13] http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/
[14] http://sw.joanneum.at/scovo/schema.html
[15]
http://publishing-statistical-data.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/specs/src/main/html/cube.html
[16] http://ecoterm.infointl.com/



Am 19.01.2011 09:00, schrieb Jodi Schneider:
> ================================================================
> Call for Use Cases: Social uses and other new uses of Library Linked Data
> The W3C Library Linked Data Incubator Group
> -<http://www.w3.org/2005/Incubator/lld/>http://www.w3.org/2005/Incubator/lld/
> Requested by February 15th, 2010
> ================================================================
> Do you use library-related data -- like reading lists, library materials
> (articles, books, videos, cultural heritage or archival materials, etc),
> bookmarks, or annotations -- on the Web and mobile Web?
> 
> Are you currently using social features in library-related information
> systems or sites, or plan to do so in the near future? We are
> particularly interested in uses that are related to or could benefit
> from the use of linked data [1].
> 
> 
> The W3C Library Linked Data Incubator Group is soliciting SOCIAL and
> EMERGENT use cases for library-related linked data:
> 
>     * What new or innovative uses do you see (or envision) integrating
>       library and cultural heritage data into applications on the Web
>       and in social media?
>     * How are social features used in library-related information systems?
>     * What are the emergent uses of library-related data on the Web and
>       mobile Web?
>     * How could linked data technology [1]
>           o enhance the use of library-related data in a social context?
>           o contribute to systems for sharing, filtering, recommending,
>             or machine reading?
>           o support new uses we may not have envisioned or achieved yet?
>     * Some examples have been discussed in this thread [4]. 
> 
> 
> 
> Please tell us more by filling in the questionnaire below and sending it
> back to us or to public-lld@w3.org <mailto:public-lld@w3.org>,
> preferably before February 15th, 2010.
> 
> 
> 
> The information you provide will be influential in guiding the
> activities the
> Library Linked Data Incubator Group will undertake to help increase global
> interoperability of library data on the Web. The information you provide
> will
> be curated and published on the group wikispace at [3].
> 
> We understand that your time is precious, so please don't feel you have to
> answer every question. Some sections of the templates are clearly marked as
> optional. However, the more information you can provide, the easier it
> will be
> for the Incubator Group to understand your case. And, of course, please
> do not
> hesitate to contact us if you have any trouble answering our questions.
> Editorial guidance on specific points is provided at [2], and examples are
> available at [3].
> 
> At this time, we are particularly interested in use cases describing the
> social media and emergent uses for library linked data.The Incubator
> Group will carefully consider all submissions we receive.
> 
> On behalf of the Incubator Group, thanks in advance for your time,
> 
> Jodi Schneider (jodi.schneider_deri.org) and Uldis Bojārs
> (uldis.bojars_gmail.com)
> 
> [1]http://www.w3.org/DesignIssues/LinkedData.html
> [2]http://www.w3.org/2005/Incubator/lld/wiki/UCCuration
> [3]http://www.w3.org/2005/Incubator/lld/wiki/UseCases
> [4] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-xg-lld/2011Jan/0006.html
> 
> ================================================================
> 
> === Name ===
> 
> A short name by which we can refer to the use case in discussions.
> 
> === Owner ===
> 
> The contact person for this use case.
> 
> === Background and Current Practice ===
> 
> Where this use case takes place in a specific domain, and so requires
> some prior
> information to understand, this section is used to describe that domain.
> As far
> as possible, please put explanation of the domain in here, to keep the
> scenario
> as short as possible. If this scenario is best illustrated by showing
> how applying
> technology could replace current existing practice, then this section
> can be used
> to describe the current practice. Often, the key to why a use case is
> important
> also lies in what problem would occur if it was not achieved, or what
> problem
> means it is hard to achieve.
> 
> === Goal ===
> 
> Two short statements stating (1) what is achieved in the scenario without
> reference to linked data, and (2) how we use linked data technology to
> achieve
> this goal.
> 
> === Target Audience ===
> 
> The main audience of your case. For example scholars, the general
> public, service
> providers, archivists, computer programs...
> 
> === Use Case Scenario ===
> 
> The use case scenario itself, described as a story in which actors
> interact with
> systems. This section should focus on the user needs in this scenario.
> Do not
> mention technical aspects and/or the use of linked data.
> 
> === Application of linked data for the given use case ===
> 
> This section describes how linked data technology could be used to
> support the
> use case above. Try to focus on linked data on an abstract level, without
> mentioning concrete applications and/or vocabularies. Hint: Nothing library
> domain specific.
> 
> === Existing Work (optional) ===
> 
> This section is used to refer to existing technologies or approaches
> which achieve
> the use case (Hint: Specific approaches in the library domain). It may
> especially
> refer to running prototypes or applications.
> 
> === Related Vocabularies (optional) ===
> 
> Here you can list and clarify the use of vocabularies (element sets and
> value
> vocabularies) which can be helpful and applied within this context.
> 
> === Problems and Limitations (optional) ===
> 
> This section lists reasons why this scenario is or may be difficult to
> achieve,
> including pre-requisites which may not be met, technological obstacles
> etc. Please
> explicitly list here the technical challenges made apparent by this use
> case. This
> will aid in creating a roadmap to overcome those challenges.
> 
> === Related Use Cases and Unanticipated Uses (optional) ===
> 
> The scenario above describes a particular case of using linked data.
> However, by
> allowing this scenario to take place, the likely solution allows for
> other use
> cases. This section captures unanticipated uses of the same system
> apparent in the
> use case scenario.
> 
> === References (optional) ===
> 
> This section is used to refer to cited literature and quoted websites.

-- 
Thomas Bandholtz
Principal Consultant

innoQ Deutschland GmbH
Halskestr. 17
D-40880 Ratingen, Germany
http://www.innoq.com
thomas.bandholtz@innoq.com
+49 178 4049387

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