Library of Congress controlled vocabularies, the Virtual International Authority File, and their application to the Semantic Web

@inproceedings{citeulike:1341730, abstract = {This presentation is based on an article written by the author and Corey Harper for Cataloging and Classification Quarterly (“Library of Congress controlled vocabularies and their application to the Semantic Web,” by Corey A. Harper and Barbara B. Tillett, v.43, no. 3/4, 2006). It reviews the Library of Congress controlled vocabularies (Library of Congress Subject Headings, Library of Congress Classification, and Library of Congress/NACO Authority Files) and describes the VIAF project (Virtual International Authority File. These controlled vocabularies hopefully will be useful as building blocks for the Semantic Web to internationally link the world’s authority data from trusted sources to benefit users worldwide.}, author = {Tillett, Barbara B. and Harper, Corey }, booktitle = {WORLD LIBRARY AND INFORMATION CONGRESS: 73RD IFLA GENERAL CONFERENCE}, citeulike-article-id = {1341730}, journal = {IFLA 2007}, keywords = {authority\_files--international, controlled\_vocabularies, foaf, frbr, lcc, lcsh, rda, semantic\_web, skos, uris, viaf}, posted-at = {2007-05-29 21:38:47}, priority = {0}, title = {Library of Congress controlled vocabularies, the Virtual International Authority File, and their application to the Semantic Web}, url = {http://www.ifla.org/IV/ifla73/papers/147-Tillet\_Harper-en.pdf} }

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