De espectadores a actores

Con la publicación en 2011 del informe final del W3C Library Linked Data Incubator Group (disponible en Traducción al español de documentos del W3C Library Linked Data Incubator Group) se dio un paso muy importante a la hora de concretar los principios de linked open data al entorno de las bibliotecas, archivos, museos y centros de documentación

Virtual libraries in 2014, year of the linked open data model consolidation

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

SKOS from an epistemological point of view

[Resumen] Algunas publicaciones en las que se analizan los sistemas de organización del conocimiento parten de un enfoque epistemológico. Esta comunicación considera errónea la adscripción de ese tipo de análisis a la epistemología propiamente dicha. Se presenta una sucinta revisión de los pasos recorridos por la filosofía en su análisis de la formación del conocimiento, desde su origen en el racionalismo de Descartes, la teorización de los lógicos y matemáticos, hasta llegar a la Web, considerando esta evolución como propio de la cultura universal, no solo de la cultura occidental. De hecho, la Web intenta ser una analogía del modelo del cerebro humano, más rápido y más potente. La interconexión entre datos y contenidos y, sobre todo, entre distintos sistemas de organización del conocimiento puede hacer que su peso ideológico sea compensado por conexiones lógicas e inferencias entre distintos momentos de la historia, entre diferentes lenguas y entre diferentes tradiciones culturales. En la Web va a jugar un papel crucial la interrelación de sistemas de organización del conocimiento producidos desde múltiples culturas que por su misma interrelación perderán parte de su preponderancia ideológica. SKOS ofrece un esquema lógico, es el concepto el que se expresa en el marco de una lengua, de una cultura o de una construcción social histórica, pero el modo en el que el concepto se transmite y, sobre todo, se interrelaciona con otros es independiente de esa cultura.[Abstract] Some analysis of Knowledge Organization Systems often offers an epistemological approach. This paper considers that an assignment of this type is an erroneous conception of epistemology itself. We present a brief review of the steps done by Philosophy in its study of the formation of knowledge, from its origins in the rationalism of Descartes, the theorizing of mathematicians and logics, till the Web, considering these developments proper of the universal culture, not just Western culture. In fact, the Web is intended to be an analogy of the human brain model, faster and more powerful. The interconnection between data and content, and especially between different Knowledge Organization Systems can offer supra-ideological connections between different nodes in history, between different languages or between different cultural visions. SKOS provides a logical framework for this relationship; is the concept that is expressed in the context of a language, a culture or a historical social construction, but the way in which the concept has spread and, above all, interacts with others is independent of that culture

El turismo cultural y la digitalización del patrimonio en un entorno Linked Open Data: el caso de Europeana

The paper reviews the projects developed by Euro-peana to show the role that digitization, linked open data and cultural heritage can play in strengthening the cultural tourism sector. A series of basic statis-tical data about tourism and cultural tourism is provided to frame it as an economic sector. The fundamental strategies of the European institutions on cultural tourism are reviewed, as well as the preponderant role they assign to Europeana. These strategies have been disrupted and accelerated in response to the economic debacle caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The main strategic plans of the Government of Spain for the development of the economy, research and innovation and for the digital transformation of Public Administrations are mentioned, having in mind the role that these plans assign to cultural tourism and memory institutionsEl texto repasa los proyectos desarrollados por Europeana para mostrar el papel que la digitalización y los datos abiertos vinculados de patrimonio cultural pueden jugar en el fortalecimiento del sector del turismo cultural. Se aportan una serie de datos estadísticos básicos acerca del turismo y del turismo cultural para enmarcarlo como sector económico, y se revisan las estrategias fundamentales de las instituciones europeas sobre turismo cultural, así como el papel preponderante que le asignan a Europeana. Estas estrategias se han trastocado y acelerado en respuesta a la debacle económica provocada por la pandemia de COVID-19. Se mencionan los principales planes estratégicos del Gobierno de España para el desarrollo de la economía, de la investigación e innovación y para la transformación digital de las Administraciones Públicas y el papel que en estos planes se asigna al turismo cultural y a las instituciones de memoria

Bibframe 2017, between internationalization and landing in Europe

This article summarizes the main aspects of the evolution of Bibframe in 2017, including the internationalization of the project (which was intensified by the statement of the Committee on Cataloging: Asian and African Materials (CC:AAM) in support of the internationalization of Bibframe, the extension of the model to Europe, and the first real experience carried out by the National Library of Sweden. In addition, projects that aim to test Bibframe in production are also reviewed

Semantic enrichment of material in the field of Linked Open Data

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

Ten years of Europeana

On November 20, 2018, it was ten years since Europeana was born. This note summarizes the impact of Europeana and the Spanish contribution to Europeana. Europeana Data Model and related recommendations are valued as the first significant and lasting construction of a European standard for archives, libraries and museums. It is also pointed out Europeana’s weakest point: its search interface. All figures and web addresses in the note refer to the date November 20, 2018

Bibframe in 2015: progress and prospects of the new bibliographic model

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