Fwd: [CODE4LIB] Variations/FRBR project announces release of RDF data and project source code

I guess many of you will have seen this, but I don't think it has been posted here yet...

Owen

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> From: "Dunn, Jon William Butcher" <jwd@INDIANA.EDU>
> Date: 9 August 2011 18:59:13 GMT+01:00
> To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
> Subject: [CODE4LIB] Variations/FRBR project announces release of RDF data and project source code
> Reply-To: Code for Libraries <CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU>
> 
> (Apologies for cross-posting...)
> 
> Indiana University announces the availability of several deliverables from the IMLS-funded Variations/FRBR project, all of which are accessible from the project website, http://vfrbr.info.
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> An export of FRBRized data with an RDF binding of the Variations/FRBR data model is available in two forms: a single compressed archive containing all triples, and smaller separate files with batches of triples by entity type. Also available are an ontology in OWL and a set of RDF design templates. All data exports contain data for 80,000 sound recordings and 105,000 scores, based on holdings of Indiana University's Cook Music Library.
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> Project source code is downloadable in four subprojects: persistence, FRBRization, export, and search. The vfrbr-persist project provides tools for creating the MySQL database and Java classes providing connection to the database. The vfrbr-frbrize-marc project provides the tools for FRBRizing MARC records and storing the results in the database. The vfrbr-export project enables XML exports from the database. The vfrbr-scherzo project contains the end-user search interface. All source code is released under a BSD open source license.
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> The Scherzo search interface at http://vfrbr.info/search has been enhanced to include scores as well as recordings. Keyword search is now available, along with a publication date facet, and usability has been improved through numerous small changes.
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> Comments and questions on the Variations/FRBR project may be sent to vfrbr@dlib.indiana.edu<mailto:vfrbr@dlib.indiana.edu>.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Jon
> 
> ---
> Jon Dunn
> Director, Library Technologies and Digital Libraries
> IU Bloomington Libraries / University Information Technology Services
> Indiana University
> jwd@indiana.edu<mailto:jwd@indiana.edu>
> (812) 855-0953