Swj118_1. Survey: Acccessing and Visualizing Linked Data. Introduction to Linked Open Data for Visualization Creators on Datavisualization. Introduction to Linked Open Data for Visualization Creators Last week ReadWriteWeb asked: “Is Linked Data Gaining Acceptance?” Our answer: definitely yes. Projects like DBPedia, a community effort to structure the information from Wikipedia and provide it as Linked Open Data, have come a long way and work really well. For example, you can search for all scientists born in Zürich, Switzerland. But you don’t have to stop there! Visualizing linked data. Chris Oliver, Diane Hillmann and I will be reprising (and updating) our three-part webinar on RDA and the future of library metadata starting on May 11.
As before, Chris will cover the principles behind RDA and why RDA is different from other cataloging codes; I will talk about the Semantic Web and why it is important for libraries to be part of the web of data (May 18); Diane will show how the Open Metadata Registry makes possible a Semantic Web-compatible version of RDA (May 25). One of the questions I always get when talking about the Semantic Web is "What does it look like? " This is kind of like asking what electricity looks like: it doesn't so much look like anything, as it makes certain things possible.