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The Ethics of Sustaining Linked Data Infrastructure

The development of linked data vocabularies and infrastructure remains primarily project-based. While such experiments and short-term initiatives move the field forward, they often overlook the demands of ongoing maintenance and sustainability. …

The Power of Parallel Description: Wikidata and Archival Discovery

This paper proposes the use of Wikidata in archival description workflows to create linked data that can improve discovery of our collections and expand contextual information around the entities they represent. Wikidata offers an opportunity for …

Barriers to Ethical Linked Data Name Authority Modeling

Although RDF modeling in name authority control allows for multiple names and name forms to be associated with the same person or entity, modeling practices among the main sources of authority work have not yet evolved to a point where such forms can …