Re: Call for Use Cases: Library Linked Data

Thomas sent us two use cases back in September; his New Economic Papers use case is already linked on the wiki and discussed on the topics list. I've just added the AuthorClaim use case, as well:
http://www.w3.org/2005/Incubator/lld/wiki/Use_Case_AuthorClaim

Thanks for your use cases, Thomas, and especially for making sure we didn't forget this one! 

-Jodi


On 7 Sep 2010, at 22:21, Thomas Krichel wrote:

>  Here comes my survey response re AuthorClaim.
> 
>> Call for Use Cases: Library Linked Data
>> 
>> Are you currently using linked data technology [1] for library-related
>> data, or considering doing it in the near future? If so, please tell us
>> more by filling in the questionnaire below and sending it back to us or
>> to public-lld@w3.org, preferably before October 15th, 2010.
>> 
>> The information you provide will be influential in guiding the
>> activities the Library Linked Data Incubator Group will undertake to
>> help increase global interoperability of library data on the Web. The
>> information you provide will be curated and published on the group
>> wikispace at [3].
>> 
>> We understand that your time is precious, so please don't feel you have
>> to answer every question. Some sections of the templates are clearly
>> marked as optional. However, the more information you can provide, the
>> easier it will be for the Incubator Group to understand your case. And,
>> of course, please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any trouble
>> answering our questions. Editorial guidance on specific points is
>> provided at [2], and examples are available at [3].
>> 
>> We are particularly interested in use cases describing the use of
>> library linked data for end-user oriented applications. However, we're
>> not ruling anything out at this stage, and the Incubator Group will
>> carefully consider all submissions we receive.
>> 
>> On behalf of the Incubator Group, thanks in advance for your time,
>> 
>> Emmanuelle Bermes (Emmanuelle.Bermes_bnf.fr),
>> Alexander Haffner (A.Haffner_d-nb.de),
>> Antoine Isaac (aisaac_few.vu.nl) and
>> Jodi Schneider (jodi.schneider_deri.org)
>> 
>> [1] http://www.w3.org/DesignIssues/LinkedData.html
>> [2] http://www.w3.org/2005/Incubator/lld/wiki/UCCuration
>> [3] http://www.w3.org/2005/Incubator/lld/wiki/UseCases
>> 
>> ================================================================
>> ================================================================
>> 
>> === Name ===
>> 
>> A short name by which we can refer to the use case in discussions.
> 
>  AuthorClaim
> 
>> === Owner ===
>> 
>> The contact person for this use case.
> 
>  Open Library Society c/o Thomas Krichel, krichel@openlib.org
> 
>> === Background and Current Practice ===
>> 
>> Where this use case takes place in a specific domain, and so requires
>> some prior information to understand, this section is used to describe
>> that domain. As far as possible, please put explanation of the domain in
>> here, to keep the scenario as short as possible. If this scenario is
>> best illustrated by showing how applying technology could replace
>> current existing practice, then this section can be used to describe the
>> current practice. Often, the key to why a use case is important
>> also lies in what problem would occur if it was not achieved, or what
>> problem means it is hard to achieve.
>> 
>> === Goal ===
>> 
>> Two short statements stating (1) what is achieved in the scenario
>> without reference to linked data, and (2) how we use linked data
>> technology to achieve this goal.
> 
>  (1) The application contributes to the identification of authors
>  (and editors, and potentially other contributors, but let's stick
>  to the term author for simplicity.)
> 
>> 
>> === Target Audience ===
>> 
>> The main audience of your case. For example scholars, the general
>> public, service providers, archivists, computer programs...
> 
>  Academic authors, who publish research papers.
> 
>> === Use Case Scenario ===
>> 
>> The use case scenario itself, described as a story in which actors
>> interact with systems. This section should focus on the user needs in
>> this scenario. Do not mention technical aspects and/or the use of linked
>> data.
> 
>  Registrants contact the service to fill in simple personal data such
>  as name and affiliation. They build a set of name variations.  The
>  service searches for the name of the person in a database of close
>  to 100,000,000 authorships. It proposes registrants that the item is
>  theirs or not. The result is a profile of documents that the person
>  has authored and not authored. The search is repeated periodically
>  to search for new additions to the document dataset. 
> 
>> === Application of linked data for the given use case ===
>> 
>> This section describes how linked data technology could be used to
>> support the use case above. Try to focus on linked data on an abstract
>> level, without mentioning concrete applications and/or vocabularies.
>> Hint: Nothing library domain specific.
> 
>  Linked data could be used to export the profiles, with bibliogrphic
>  information as usend in AuthorClaim *as well as* the original 
>  bibligraphic record. 
> 
>> === Existing Work (optional) ===
>> 
>> This section is used to refer to existing technologies or approaches
>> which achieve the use case (Hint: Specific approaches in the library
>> domain). It may especially refer to running prototypes or applications.
> 
>  A piece related work in the library domain are name authority
>  files. Such files are usually maintained by a third person. In
>  AuthorClaim, the author maintains the profile. 
> 
>> === Related Vocabularies (optional) ===
>> 
>> Here you can list and clarify the use of vocabularies (element sets and
>> value vocabularies) which can be helpful and applied within this context.
>> 
>> === Problems and Limitations (optional) ===
>> 
>> This section lists reasons why this scenario is or may be difficult to
>> achieve, including pre-requisites which may not be met, technological
>> obstacles etc. Please explicitly list here the technical challenges made
>> apparent by this use case. This will aid in creating a roadmap to
>> overcome those challenges.
> 
>  There is no good free source for metadata about academic articles.
>  One can compile a dataset from sources, but then there is the issue
>  of duplication. 
> 
>  The main challenge for the system at this time it to build applications
>  that will use the profiles. 
> 
>> === Related Use Cases and Unanticipated Uses (optional) ===
>> 
>> The scenario above describes a particular case of using linked data.
>> However, by allowing this scenario to take place, the likely solution
>> allows for other use cases. This section captures unanticipated uses of
>> the same system apparent in the use case scenario.
>> 
>> === References (optional) ===
>> 
>> This section is used to refer to cited literature and quoted websites.
> 
>  http://authorclaim.org is the main site.
>  ftp://authorclaim.org has the profiles for download
>  http://ariw.org is the contributor of institutional affiliations data.
>  http://3lib.org has information about some of the dataset used in AuthorClaim
>  http://acis.openlib.org has information about the software used
>  http://authors.repec.org has a very similar system using document
>  data from the RePEc digital library.
> 
> 
>  Cheers,
> 
>  Thomas Krichel                    http://openlib.org/home/krichel
>                                http://authorclaim.org/profile/pkr1
>                                               skype: thomaskrichel
> 
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