Interesting new update from the UN libraries. Might have a Wikidata
component?
Cheers,
Alex
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From: Ramona Kohrs <kohrs(a)un.org>
Date: Tue, Jan 14, 2020 at 3:34 PM
Subject: [IFLA-L] UN Library launches new linked data services platform:
metadata.un.org
To: ifla-l(a)iflalists.org <ifla-l(a)iflalists.org>
The Dag Hammarskjöld Library is pleased to announce the launch of their new
linked data services platform:
metadata.un.org. Linked data is structured
data interlinked with other data, making it more discoverable and
searchable through semantic queries.
Metadata.un.org currently hosts the Library’s UNBIS Thesaurus
<http://metadata.un.org/thesaurus/?lang=en> and the Department of Economic
and Social Affairs’ taxonomy of Sustainable Development Goals
<http://metadata.un.org/sdg/?lang=en> identifiers. More linked data
services and taxonomies will be hosted on
metadata.un.org as they become
available.
The UNBIS Thesaurus is a database of controlled vocabulary used by UN
programmes, funds, and regional commissions to describe the UN’s published
output (parliamentary documents, publications, reports, etc.). The new
platform provides a revamped interface with increased functionality in the
six official UN languages. Its controlled vocabulary makes subject
searches possible by identifying materials on the same concept
consistently, despite terminology changes over time.
DESA’s SDG Taxonomy was produced in collaboration with groups from across
the UN system. They developed a system of Internationalized Resource
Identifiers (IRIs) for the SDGs, the related targets and indicators,
related entities linking to UNBIS Thesaurus terms
<http://metadata.un.org/sdg/1?lang=en>, as well as the SDG Interface
Ontology, maintained by UN Environment. These common identifiers are
deployed to provide a key element of infrastructure that will allow UN
system organizations and relevant stakeholders to map their SDG resources
to the growing pool of knowledge about the SDGs available on the semantic
web.
We welcome feedback <http://metadata.un.org/feedback?lang=en> on this new
service.
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