Knows the "five stars" of Open Data: put data on the Web, preferably in a structured and preferably non-proprietary format, using URIs to name things, and link to other data.
The Semantic Web and Linked Data Concepts: The RDF Data Model and Linked Open Data (LOD)
This PowerPoint presentation was used during the "Introduction to the Semantic Web and Linked Data" module of the pilot training project developed by the Library [...]
BIBFRAME Training at the Library of Congress: Introduction to the Semantic Web and Linked Data
This resource was developed by the Library of Congress as one part of a pilot training project which tested the use of BIBFRAME for bibliographic [...]
Linked Data: Evolving the Web into a Global Data Space
This e-book gives an overview of the principles of Linked Data as well as the "Web of Data" that has emerged through the application of [...]
Linked Data: The World is Your Database
This PDF contains slides used at a talk given at KMWorld 2016. It begins by introducing the basic principles of Linked Data and the advantages [...]
Wikidata and Authority Control
This video discuss Wikidata's pivotal role in bolstering authority control in Wikipedia through automated interactions with VIAF and other international authority files. Also includes a [...]
An Introduction to Wikidata
Describes Wikidata, a "free and open knowledge base" which houses the data formerly located at Google's Freebase. Discusses how Wikidata is well-placed to solve data [...]
Vocabularies for Licenses
This blog post describes existing vocabularies used for expressing licenses when publishing Linked Data. Describes several ways for specifying a license within the data, or [...]
Pulling SKOS "prefLabel" and "altLabel" Values Out of DBpedia
In this blog post, the author proposes that DBpedia may be the best source of reusable URIs when one is seeking to describe entities in [...]
Linked Open Data Star Badges
This Web page contains snippets of code which can be copied and pasted into HTML to add an icon indicating the 5-Star rating of a [...]
Five Star Open Data
This webpage looks at Tim Berners-Lee's graduated deployment scheme for Open Data, giving examples for each step and explaining the costs and benefits that come [...]