About Thing 19
Purpose: Explore some of the barriers to linked data adoption.
Learning Outcomes: Better awareness of the challenges of linked data adoption in libraries and the broader cultural heritage community.
Intended Audience: Beginner
Author: Sara Ring, Minitex
Expected Duration: 45-60 minutes
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License.
Getting Started
If you completed the other Things in the 23 Linked Data Things series, you may have noticed that many led you to explore the opportunities of linked data implementation. Digging deeper into many of the projects mentioned, you would have also discovered some of the challenges associated with these projects. Thing 19. Pitfalls of Linked Data asks you to think more broadly about what barriers exist to the overall adoption of linked data in libraries. While focusing too heavily on pitfalls can feel counterproductive, learning about these issues can help us address them together.
Activities
- Read the article Empowering linked data in cultural heritage institutions: A knowledge management perspective by Lei Zhang.
- Read the Linked Data is in the Systems blog post by Ruth Kitchin Tillman.
- Read the "Pragmatic Principles for Creating Archival Linked Data" section introduction (pages 11-12 of the PDF version) from the article Pragmatic Principles for Archival Linked Data, by Elizabeth Russey Roke and Ruth Kitchin Tillman.
- After reading about some of the barriers to implementing linked data, there are 4 principles proposed to guide linked data exploration in the archival community.
- Select one of the principles to read and think more about.
- Read the Conclusion of the article.
Reflection
What do you see as the biggest challenge to linked data adoption? Did any of the activities help in thinking through how we might address some of them?
Consider sharing your thoughts in the Comments section at the bottom of the page.
Additional Resources
- Thing 15. Ethics of Linked Data
- Ullah, Irfan, et al. "An Overview of the Current State of Linked and Open Data in Cataloging." Information Technology and Libraries, 2018, pp. 48-80, https://doi.org/10.6017/ital.v37i4.10432. Accessed 14 Jul. 2023.
- Smith-Yoshimura, Karen. "Analysis of 2018 International Linked Data Survey for Implementers." Code4lib, no. 42, 2018, https://journal.code4lib.org/articles/13867. Accessed 14 Jul. 2023.
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What do you see as the biggest challenge to linked data adoption? Did any of the activities help in thinking through how we might address some of them?