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The main objective of reconciliation and semantic enrichment strategies for subject matter is described: in line with the philosophy of the semantic web, offering the user different ways to search for similar subjects in other information systems located in different parts of the web. These reconciliation and enrichment techniques must form a hybrid procedure of manual, semiautomatic, and automatic operations involving different programs and applications that enable the processing of large datasets at an affordable final cost for cultural institutions. Its application must follow good practices, guidelines, and recommendations, including the W3C, Europeana, and the FAIR principles. Some of the key vocabulary from Spanish material available on Linked Open Data are analyzed for their multilingual capacities. The importance of having standardized reconciliation services available to select Linked Open Data sources for reconciliation and semantic enrichment is noted. It is concluded that the information systems of cultural institutions must offer functionalities that involve the use of enriched subject authority records for searching, navigating, visualizing, and exporting. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The biodiversity is essential for life and it motivates many efforts for its conservation. One of those efforts is the dissemination of data on plant specimens, which institutions such as the Institute for Research and Preservation of the Cultural and Natural Heritage of the Valle del Cauca (INCIVA) use. The institute develops, stimulates, and supports processes of appropriation, generation, and dissemination of knowledge for the conservation as well as the use of the natural and cultural heritage of Valle del Cauca. However, it does not support these processes with technological tools that integrate specialized techniques that allow the dissemination of knowledge such as the Linked Open Data (LOD). This one allows the publication and linking of information on the Data Web. Therefore, the article presents DATABIO. It is a web application that manages, publishes, and disseminates information from the biological collection of the botanical garden. It is done using a Dataset linked and published on the data web that as the main feature facilitates the updating of its triples every time there are new records in the transactional system. DATABIO was developed thanks to the use of extreme programming as a software development methodology, but it previously required the application of phases for modeling, storage, linking, and data publishing. As a main result, it stands out that the information published complies with the open data scheme of Tim Berners -Lee, obtaining five stars, which facilitates decision-making for institutions that promote environmental conservation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A review of software applications for managing digital repositories is presented. Information managers have at their disposal several alternatives beyond those that have achieved greater popularity in the area of academic repositories: DSpace and EPrints. Existing alternatives have evolved and implemented mayor improvements in their more recent versions, with the aim of adopting the latest standards for the semantic web and linked data. This paper provides a description of the new features incorporated into the latest versions of the most popular open-source products. The selection has been made using as a reference the information offered by the Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC), Digital Curation Center (DCC), National Digital Stewardship Alliance (NDSA), and Open Preservation Foundation. The conclusions of the study indicate that the combined use of different tools is needed to support a complete archive and digital preservation program, as no single application seems to be able to provide the features required for an effective strategy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper exposes the advantages for library’s, archives’ and museums’ catalogs of being present in Wikipedia, one of the websites with the greatest number of visits, by providing users with data that allow them to navigate from Wikipedia articles to the aforementioned catalogs. For this, catalogs must have at least permanent URLs, being highly recommended http URIs as required by Linked Open Data. For that, it is necessary to link the descriptions contained in these catalogs with the Wikidata items, Wikipedia knowledge base and source for the control of Wikipedia authorities. The use of the Mix’n’match tool to facilitate links from Wikidata to LAM catalogs is described, exemplifying it in the Virtual Polygraph Library. In this way, LAM catalogs can overcome obsolete closed OPACs and become open catalogs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Cross-Forest aims at developing Digital Service Infrastructures (DSIs) focused on : (i) obtaining predictions that allow to estimate the evolution and wood quality of forests at a national scale, and (ii) assessing and controlling forest fires using information related to forest fuels and propagation models. These objectives will be based on the forest datasets (geographic and alfanumeric) from Portugal and Spain. High-Performance Computing (HPC) resources will be used, due to the complexity of the models to be employed and to the need of performing multiple simulations under different configurations. With that goal, Cross-Forest is developing a cross-border ontology for forest data in collaboration with the Portuguese and Spanish Public Administrations, and will provide a public repository (Endpoint) based on the recommendations from INSPIRE and Linked Open Data (LOD), where forest data will be published, in accordance with the ontology. The data model and publication of LOD a basis for forest proofessionals and general citezenship, who will have easy and free access to the forest datasets produced by Portugal and Spain. Likewise, the assessment of forst fires evolution and propagation will be very useful for forest managers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Review of the concepts and technologies associated with the transition from a web of documents to a web of data. The role that public and academic libraries are playing or may play about big data, open data, and linked open data is described. The strategic importance of open data and linked open data (LOD) for the future of libraries is emphasized. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The most significant advances of the Bibliographic framework initiative (Bibframe) during 2015 are described, along with the proposal for a new version of the Bibframe vocabulary (Bibframe 2.0 draft specifications), and its impact on the core classes: Item, Title and Authority. Along with this, a synopsis of presentations given about Bibframe in 2015 and early 2016 is provided in order to give an overview of the status and evolution of the projects being generated around this initiative. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Application of Linked Open Data to create a conceptual model to design a map of academic and scientific research in Argentina. Project UBACyT 773BA aims to contribute to a conceptual model for the creation of a map of academic and scientific research in Argentina based on the new technological trends of Linked Open Data (LOD). The proposed hypothesis considers that this technology facilitates the design of a map of these investigations that can be shared and reused at a national and international level. The methodology proposed by Heath and Bizer (2011) will be implemented to achieve the stated objective. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The web of data is becoming one of the largest global information repositories, thanks to initiatives like LOD (linked open data) that facilitate the standardized publication of open data. The use of this paradigm offers great opportunities for libraries, applying semantic technologies to expedite data management and publication and promoting their connection to other repositories, increasing their presence and impact. In order to ensure the future of libraries in the Web of data, it is necessary to raise awareness among librarians about LOD opportunities and challenges. With this aim, we present the major initiatives in this area, along with the pioneering organizations in the use of linked data in the library domain. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The most important developments that have taken place in virtual libraries during 2014 are described. We focus on projects with a great impact, technological advancement and normative influence, especially Europeana, the Digital Public Library of America, and Hispana. We note how these large projects, based on the use of common standards and linked open data, have made it possible for archives, libraries and museums to form consolidated virtual libraries with an enormous volume of data and information of all kinds. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The authors have questioned how the semantic web search engines work and if the graphical display of the search results improves the retrieval. The types of queries that can be performed, as well as the main features of a semantic search engine, have been analyzed. A query was selected and executed in semantic search engines with online access to DBpedia. The basic and desirable functionality in a semantic web search engine, and reviewed studies about the evaluation of semantic search engines have been studied. Finally, there have been analyzed the graphic solutions for displaying the results of some search engines. The main findings underlines the idea that graphical solutions to display query results do not meet the expectations proposed in the bibliography. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Based on the approach of the role that documentary languages develop in the linked open data environment, two ontologies for publishing authority control files are briefly analysed: Mads/RDF and the GND ontology. We consider the need to contemplate the linked open data reality in a more inclusive and global perspective, in which not only datasets are interconnected, but also controlled vocabularies and description models. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This paper aims to determine the scope of application of SKOS in the Semantic Web. Controlled vocabularies registered in the The Data Hub catalog of RDF datasets that use SKOS were studied. In addition to establishing a typology of vocabularies, authors analyzed the issues related to open access to data through its direct download, its query through a Sparql endpoint and the existence of appropriate licenses. The existing level of interoperability through the definition of mapping relationships between vocabularies are examined. The study concludes that thesauri and classifications are more integrated into the open data environment while subject headings lists have greater interoperability. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The importance for libraries, archives and cultural heritage institutions of open innovation on the basis of linked open data basis is discussed. As the web evolves into a global data space, libraries should provide their datasets using RDF technologies and open licenses to strengthen innovative services developed by third parties reusing their metadata and digital contents. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper shows some trends that are currently occurring in the environment of the semantic web. More specifically it presents schema.org, a project developed by Google, Yahoo and Bing for semantic markup using microdata, Freebase, a knowledge bank for structured information and Kasabi, a platform that operates into the modality of "Software as a Service" for the publication and commercial distribution of semantic data. It is possible see some technological divergence in the application of semantic Web standards with the development of new proposals as microdata, and the emergence of a market for linked data through publishing platforms that facilitate commercialization. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Europeana project progress is presented, emphasizing its importance among other strategies of the European Commission. In 2011 important recommendations and standards were published that clarify the future development of Europeana. Documents produced by the W3C are highlighted and Spanish contributions, particularly from Hispana, are listed. The collaboration between Europeana and the Digital Public Library of America is mentioned. Finally, the differences between various concepts like open access, open data and open source are explained. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The semantic web has enough critical mass to expand its technological scope to content management systems (cms). Currently, an increase in the application of interoperable standards to publish large datasets is detected. Rdf, owl and sparql are replacing traditional developments based on relational database management systems for management and storage of information. Cms are beginning to use these technologies to publish content with semantic web formats, and to define mappings with elements of rdf vocabularies. In this regard, Cms also incorporate features to add semantic information into the xhtml code using rdfa and applying sparql to query data or incorporate external data. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

We show the first steps of the initiatives Open data and Linked open data as sources of innovation in the field of information management. As the Open Access movement (OA) and the Open Archives Initiative (OAI) implied some years ago, these two initiatives constitute a shock that reverberated in technological innovation and the structure of the Web. We present a global overview of open data and national projects related to government data. Four Spanish local or regional administrations have already begun to release their data: in chronological order, Asturias, Euskadi, Zaragoza and Catalonia. In the case of Linked open data we also provide a global picture, with 203 registered projects. We describe in more detail the work that the W3C is currently carrying out in the field of libraries. Finally we present the consecuences these new developments can have for librarianship and information science. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]