Barbara Bushman & Nancy Fallgren Technical Services Division National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health U.S. Department of Health and Human Services ALCTS Metadata Interest Group ALA Midwinter February 1, 2015 Linked Data Initiatives at NLM
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Barbara Bushman & Nancy FallgrenTechnical Services Division
Nati onal Library of MedicineNati onal Insti tutes of Health
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
ALCTS Metadata Interest GroupALA Midwinter
February 1, 2015
Linked Data Initiatives at NLM
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Agenda
BackgroundNLM Linked Data Infrastructure Working
Group MeSH (Medical Subject Headings) RDF
PilotNext StepsLessons Learned
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Existing NLM Linked Data InitiativesPubChem RDFBIBFRAMEMESH RDF Prototype
Existing 3rd party RDF versions of NLM datasets
MeSH (6 different versions)LinkedCT (clinical trials data)
Background
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NLM Linked Data Infrastructure Working GroupBroad collaboration across NLM divisionsDevelop and build infrastructure for transforming, storing
and publishing NLM linked dataResearch best practices in publishing linked dataRecommend NLM-wide policies and guidelines for linked
data publishingDocument guidance for maintaining the established
linked data infrastructure Recommend processes for future data linking projectsPrioritize NLM datasets for publication as linked data
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NLM Linked Data WG Process
Shared working environmentSharePoint for administrative
documentationGitHub private site for development
Develop a common level of understandingReview existing linked data initiatives
PubChem RDFMeSH RDF prototype
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Pilot Project: MeSH RDF Community impact
Widely used in the health and medical communityAbility to relate many disparate health and medical
resources
Community interest evidenced by Multiple 3rd party versions publishedRequests stemming from BIBFRAME
experimentation
Existing MeSH RDF prototype
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Decisions
URI (id.nlm.nih.gov) RDF vocabulary/Predicates
(create our own vs. use existing) License Consultants
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How to Provide the Linked Data
FTPXML, XSLT, RDF
SPARQL endpoint MeSH RDF files loaded into a graphStored in Virtuoso triple store Accessible via Lodestar interface