====== Linked Data, Linked Open Data (LOD) ======

Linked Open Data (LOD) is one component of the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_data|Open Data]] Movement (which aims at making data freely available to everyone). It has been described as a "recommended best practice for exposing, sharing, and connecting pieces of data, information, and knowledge on the Semantic Web using URIs and RDF" ([[https://web.archive.org/web/20191130093839/http://linkeddata.org/|source]]).

This page presents some selected LOD resources (information, presentations, etc.). Please feel free to add or correct the entries as needed -- many of these links were selected in 2012, and there is likely significant room to expand and update the list.

===== Related information / projects =====

[[https://kula.uvic.ca/index.php/kula/article/view/229|Using Linked Data Sources to Enhance Catalog Discovery]]

[[http://www.semantic-web.at/LOD-TheEssentials.pdf|Linked Open Data: The Essentials - Semantic Web Company]] (PDF);

[[http://www.w3.org/wiki/SweoIG/TaskForces/CommunityProjects/LinkingOpenData|LinkingOpenData - W3C SWEO (Semantic Web Education and Outreach) Community Project]];

[[https://web.archive.org/web/20191130093839/http://linkeddata.org/|Linked Data - Connect Distributed Data across the Web]] [archived];

[[http://lodlam.net/|LODLAM]] - Linked Open Data in Libraries, Archives & Museums;

[[https://pro.europeana.eu/page/linked-open-data|Europeana Linked Open Data (LOD)]] | promotional [[http://vimeo.com/36752317|video]];

[[http://www.digitalmeetsculture.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/LODE-BD-2.pdf|Linked Open Data publication guide]] (PDF), "report on how to select appropriate encoding strategies for producing Linked Open Data (LOD) enabled bibliographical data" ([[http://aims.fao.org/lode/bd|LODE-BD Recommendations 2.0]]). 

===== Presentations in Conferences and Seminars =====

=== 7th IGeLU (The International Group of Ex Libris Users) conference - Zurich, Switzerland, 11 – 13 September 2012 ===

[[http://igelu.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/IGeLU-sally-McCallum.pptx|Bibliographic Framework Initiative Approach for MARC Data as Linked Data]], Sally H. McCallum, Library of Congress;

[[http://igelu.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/BNB-LOD-IGeLU_Young.ppt|Forging links while breaking shackles: Open & Linked Data and the British Library]], Brenda Young, British Library.