| Abstract: |
In 2009, a group of developers, librarians, archivists, historians and technologists had the idea of working with disparate datasets from a series of libraries, archives, and museums to enable new understanding of the American Civil War. We sought to use Linked Data to make connections between the various datasets. So we joined forces with colleagues around the world who were interested and created #lodlam and the Linked Open Data in Libraries, Archives, and Museums Summit, which took place June 2-3, 2011. The Summit certainly helped galvanize international collaboration, and led to regional meet-ups around the world. The foundations of commonality and collaboration so long supported by the international standards community are providing significant building blocks for the Web of Data. |
