Linked data, filters and services

Data legend

Libraries maintain some of the richest descriptive metadata, curated content, and services in the world. For the Web to connect with libraries, we must share in a way the Web understands. The following icons are used to represent the types of data Libraries publish to the Web.

Data enrichment

Libraries share not only their catalogs but additional enrichment data that makes their catalogs even better. The following reflect the visual cues used to represent this information.

• A Bibframe Resource (e.g. Person) from the library catalog.
• A Bibframe Resource (e.g. Person) from a premium data enrichment service such as EBSCO NoveList, WikiData, ORCID, etc.
• A Bibframe Resource (e.g. Person) from library catalog that has been enriched by a premium data enrichment service.

Resource types

Bibframe resource types provide common control points to connect data in the Library and across the Web. The following types are derived from a Library catalog.

• An Agent resource
• An Annotation resource
• A Category resource
• A Collection resource
• A Concept resource
• An Event such as Copyright or Publication event
• A Family resource
• A Form resource
• An Instance resource
• An Item resource
• A Meeting resource
• An Organization resource
• A Person resource
• A Place resource
• A Series resource
• A Temporal resource
• A Topic resource
• A Work resource

Work Types

Specific Work (content) types include

• A Moving Image resource
• A Books resource
• A Language Material resource
• A Mixed Materials resource
• A Still Image resource
• A Audio resource
• A Sounds resource
• A Nonmusical resource
• A Visual Materials resource
• A Computer Files resource
• A Software resource
• A Continuing Resources resource
• A Music resource
• A Notated Music resource
• A Cartography resource
• A Musical resource
• A Multimedia resource
• A Three Dimensional Object resource
• A Kit resource

Instance Types

Specific Instance (carrier) types include

• A Map resource
• A Electronic resource
• A Globe resource
• A Tactile Material resource
• A Projected Graphic resource
• A Microform resource
• A Nonprojected Graphic resource
• A Motion Picture resource
• A Kit resource
• A Notated Music resource
• A Sound Recording resource
• A Print resource
• A Video Recording resource

Item Types

Item types are aggregate types based on specific combinations of Work (Content) and Instance (Carrier). Item types include

• Book
• Audio Book
• Sound Recording
• Movie
• Electronic Book / Electronic Resource
• Periodical
• Series
• Music