One record in lots of data formats

For a Dev8d session I did with Owen Stephens in February I presented data for a single book and followed how it had changed as standards changed, trying above to explain to non-cataloguers why catalogue records look and work the way they do. At least one person found it useful. I am now drafting an internal session at work on the future of cataloguing and am planning to take a similar approach to briefly explain how we got to AARC2 and MARC21, and where we are heading. I took the example I used at Dev8d and hand-crafted some RDA examples, obtained a raw .mrc MARC21 file, and used the RDF from Worldcat to come up with a linked data example.

I have tried to avoid notes on the examples themselves. However, do note the following: the examples only generally use the same simple set of data elements, basically the bits you might find on a basic catalogue card: no subjects, few notes, etc.; the book is quite old so there is no ISBN anyway. The original index card is from our digitised card catalogue. The linked data example was compiled by copying the RDFa from the Worldcat page for the book; this was then put into this RDFa viewer (suggested by Manu Sporny) to extract the raw RDF/Turtle; I manually hacked this further to replace full URIs with prefixes as much as possible in an attempt to make it more readable (I suspect this is where some errors may have crept in). The example itself is of course a conversion from an AARC2/MARC21 record. C.M. Berners-Lee is Tim’s dad.

Feel free to use this and to point out mistakes. I would particularly welcome anyone spotting anything amiss in the RDA and linked data, where I am sure I have mangled the punctuation in both.

Harvard Citation

Berners-Lee, C.M. (ed.) 1965, Models For Decision: a Conference under the Auspices of the United Kingdom Automation Council Organised by the British Computer Society and the Operational Research Society, English Universities Press, London.

Pre-AACR2 on Index Card

BERNERS-LEE, C.M., [ed.].

Models for decision; a conference under the auspices of the United Kingdom Automation Council organised by the British Computer Society and the Operational Research Society.

London, 1965.

x, 149p. illus. 22cm.

AACR2 on Index Card

Models for decision : a conference under the auspices of the United Kingdom Automation Council organised by the British Computer Society and the Operational Research Society / edited by C.M. Berners-Lee. -- London : English Universities Press, 1965.

x, 149 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references.

-       Berners-Lee, C. M.

AACR2 in MARC21 (raw .mrc)

00788nam a2200181 a 4500001002700000005001700027008004100044024001500085245021000100260004900310300003200359504004100391650003300432700002300465710003900488710003000527710004900557_UCL01000000000000000477125_20061112120300.0_850710s1965    enka     b    000 0 eng  _8 _ax280050495_00_aModels for decision :_ba conference under the auspices of the United Kingdom Automation Council organised by the British Computer Society and the Operational Research Society /_cedited by C.M. Berners-Lee._  _aLondon :_bEnglish Universities Press,_c1965._  _ax, 149 p. :_bill. ;_c23 cm._  _aIncludes bibliographical references._ 0_aDecision making_vCongresses._1 _aBerners-Lee, C. M._2 _aUnited Kingdom Automation Council._2 _aBritish Computer Society._2 _aOperational Research Society (Great Britain)__

AACR2 in MARC21

245	00	$a	Models for decision :
		$b	a conference under the auspices of the United Kingdom Automation Council organised by the British Computer Society and the Operational Research Society /
		$c	edited by C.M. Berners-Lee.
260	__	$a	London :
		$b	English Universities Press,
		$c	1965.
300	__	$a	x, 149 p. :
		$b	ill. ;
		$c	23 cm.
504	__	$a	Includes bibliographical references.
700	1_	$a	Berners-Lee, C. M.

RDA

Title proper	Models for decision
Other title information	a conference under the auspices of the United Kingdom Automation Council organised by the British Computer Society and the Operational Research Society
Statement of responsibility relating to title proper	edited by C.M. Berners-Lee
Place of publication	London
Publisher’s name	The English Universities Press Limited
Date of publication	1965
Copyright date	©1965
Media type	unmediated
Carrier type	volume
Extent	x, 149 pages
Dimensions	23 cm
Content type	text
Illustrative content	Illustrations
Supplementary content	Includes bibliographical references.
Contributor	Berners-Lee, C. M.
Relationship designator	editor of compilation

RDA in MARC21

245	00	$a	Models for decision :
		$b	a conference under the auspices of the United Kingdom Automation Council organised by the British Computer Society and the Operational Research Society /
		$c	edited by C.M. Berners-Lee.
264	_1	$a	London :
		$b	The English Universities Press Limited,
		$c	1965.
264	_4	$c	©1965
300	__	$a	x, 149 pages :
		$b	illustrations ;
		$c	23 cm.
336	__	$a	text
		$2	rdacontent
337	__	$a	unmediated
		$2	rdamedia
338	__	$a	volume
		$2	rdacarrier
504	__	$a	Includes bibliographical references.
700	1_	$a	Berners-Lee, C. M.,
			editor of compilation.

Linked data

@prefix rdf: <http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#> .
@prefix schema: <http://schema.org/> .
@prefix worldcat: <http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/> .
@prefix library: <http://purl.org/library/> .
@prefix viaf: <http://viaf.org/viaf/> .
@prefix lc_authorities: <http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/> .
@prefix mads: <http://www.loc.gov/mads/rdf/v1#> .

worldcat:221944758
  rdf:type schema:Book;
  library:oclcnum "221944758";
  schema:name "Models for decision : a conference under the auspices of the United Kingdom Automation Council organised by the British Computer Society and the Operational Research Society";
  library:placeOfPublication _:1;
  schema:publisher _:4 .
  schema:datePublished "[1965]";
  schema:numberOfPages "149";
  schema:contributor viaf:149407214;
  schema:contributor viaf:130073090;
  schema:contributor viaf:137135158;
  schema:contributor viaf:36887201;
_:1
  rdf:type schema:Place;
  schema:name "London :" .
_:4
  rdf:type schema:Organization;
  schema:name "English Universities Press" .
viaf:149407214
  rdf:type schema:Organization;
  madsrdf:isIdentifiedByAuthority lc_authorities:n79056431;
  schema:name "British Computer Society." .
viaf:130073090
  rdf:type schema:Organization;
  madsrdf:isIdentifiedByAuthority lc_authorities:n85076053;
  schema:name "Operational Research Society." .
viaf:137135158
  rdf:type schema:Organization;
  madsrdf:isIdentifiedByAuthority lc_authorities:n79063901;
  schema:name "Institution of Electrical Engineers." .
viaf:36887201
  rdf:type schema:Person;
  schema:name "Berners-Lee, C. M." .