Linked swissbib

The linked Swiss metacatalog

The project linked.swissbib.ch aims to integrate the metacatalog swissbib into the semantic web, with the creation of a Linked Data service. This implies the transformation of the metadata of swissbib into a semantic format based on the RDF model (Resource Description Framework). The data will be linked with other datasets on the web. An application exploiting the added value of the new semantic structure will be developed and integrated to the basic services of swissbib.

Through this web-compatible format, the data will have a better interoperability and present more flexible possibilities for reuse.

Context

The project linked.swissbib.ch is realized within the CUS programme 2013-2016 P-2 "Scientific Information : access, processing and preservation". It is jointly carried out by the Haute école de gestion de Genève, the Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft Chur and the Basel University Library. The project started on 1 November 2014 and ended on 30st of April 2017.

Since the end of the project the swissbib Team integrated the results into the productive swissbib platform and user interface. More about the integration: Integration linked

Publications and presentations

• Data Model
• swissbib data goes linked Teil 1: Metadatentransformation, Modellierung, Indexierung
• swissbib data goes linked Teil 2: Verlinkung und Anreicherung
• swissbib data goes linked Teil 3: Präsentation der angereicherten Daten
• swissbib data goes linked Teil 4: Hydra Web API for smarter clients
• Bensmann F, Zapilko B and Mayr P (2017) Interlinking Large-scale Library Data with Authority Records. Front. Digit. Humanit. 4:5
• Data Streams in linked.swissbib.ch
• swissbib goes linked data - Talk by Felix Bensmann (GESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences), Nicolas Prongué (University of Applied Sciences HEG Geneva), Mara Hellstern and Philipp Kuntschik (University of Applied Sciences HTW Chur) at SWIB 2016