What do we mean by ‘ready’? [1]● RDF Schema published classes, elements, relationships

(value vocabularies to come)o Fully versionedo Available in many download formatso Regularly updatedo Notification feeds in place

● Maintenance and extension structure and policies in development

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What do we mean by ‘ready’? [2]

● Appropriate infrastructureo Fully maintained access structure designed to support

machines and humanso Guidance documentation for technical and general userso Support for issue contribution and resolution

● Methodology and tools for mapping from [and to] MARC (without significant loss)

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RDA Registry for LD Infrastructure

● Fully supports RDA model based on FRBRo Strength in relationships

● Multiple flavors of RDF schema available for technical users

● Designed to support management and distribution of multiple languages o Using lexical aliases to assist developers and human users

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Jane-athon Demonstrates Utility

● Ability to create and distribute RDF data o http://3store.rballs.info:10035o https://github.com/RDARegistry/rballs

● Coordination with RIMMF developers (they’re using RDA Registry to pull changes)

● Distributed training plans and instructions for local events (see http://rballs.info)o Additional training options at reasonable cost in

development

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Internationalization● Support of multiple language capability was demonstrated

by the OMR and DNB several tears ago● Bringing the promise of RDA beyond the “Anglo-American”

world● Developing and efficient and extensible method for

providing translated Element Sets for worldwide use

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Some remaining issues● Identification and URI management across various tools

o R-ball ingestion and distributiono Integrating RIMMF in a functioning system for deposit and

capture

● Problem: Continuing reliance on vocabularies without versioning policies and practices

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Multilingual RDA• Discussions going on with ALA Publishing to start adding

translations into the Element Sets• As the Value Vocabularies are reviewed and republished in

the RDA Registry, they too will include translations• Once synchronization development and protocols are

complete these translations will start showing up• Management improvements for multilingual vocabularies

will make maintenance by distributed groups safer

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Still on the Agenda ...● Working through:

o Identifier issues in an aggregation context (RIMMF demonstrates these very well)

o Building in extension capabilities and guidelines

● Planning:o Additional training for users based on the successful Jane-

athon modelo Developing useful semantic maps and methods for storage,

maintenance and distribution

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Vendor Development

• Looking for feedback and participation from vendors to help drive effective experimentation, development and testing

• Encouraging vendor customers to ask for support for RDA capabilities

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