tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4990922102626688253.post4931661135827436357..comments2023-04-15T11:42:35.385-04:00Comments on Go To Hellman: Can Librarians Be Put Directly Onto the Semantic Web?Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14172740163003223132noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4990922102626688253.post-90420735668986009882009-08-26T08:22:57.033-04:002009-08-26T08:22:57.033-04:00I see your perspective on the encoding of knowledg...I see your perspective on the encoding of knowledge and that is certainly one way to use Semantic Web technologies and techniques in libraries. However, there are others.<br /><br />The approach you propose has been called "Big S" semantics by Prof. Jim Hendler of RPI. The alternative, which uses a bare bones minimum of RDF to express critical relationships between resources of interest at the time of consumption, was called "little s" semantics. 'Little s' semantics is analogous to hyperlinking on the World Wide Web in that not all possible relationships need to be defined in advance for value to be obtained.<br /><br />The Library of Congress, for example, is working with Zepheira on a system based upon 'little s' semantics to curate distributed metadata from external partners. See http://zepheira.com/publications/news/#LC_Recollection for an overview.<br /><br />Regards,<br />DaveAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com