Keywords

Linked Open Data, controlled vocabularies, Western Name Authority, Mountain West Digital Library

Abstract

For libraries taking the first step into Linked Open Data (LOD), using controlled vocabularies is an essential part of creating new data structures linking people, places, collections, and digital objects together. The Western Name Authority File (WNAF) will be a first step in collaboratively analyzing existing vocabularies, developing a data model, exploring infrastructure, and testing workflows that could be used throughout the Mountain West Digital Library (MWDL) network of partners. Building on existing work at the University of Utah’s J. Willard Marriott Library of reconciling digital collection metadata fields against existing controlled vocabularies, this project would explore creating a regional vocabulary in an open and shareable format using a process that can be replicated at other institutions.

Original Publication Citation

Myntti, J., Neatrour, A. “Linking people: Developing collaborative regional vocabularies.” MWDL Digitization Committee Meeting. June 14, 2016. Salt Lake City, UT.