2021-07-30 Cornell LD4P3 Meeting notes

Date: 30 Jul 2021

Attendees: Steven, Huda, Simeon, Lynette

Regrets:  Jason, Tim, Greg

Linked-Data Authority Support (WP2)

• Qa Sinopia Collaboration – Support and evolve QA+cache instance for use with Sinopia
  • 2021-07-30
    • Stanford have a work cycle coming up in about a month. Three key issues:
      • 1. OCLC direct vs cache need better alignment (requires changes to Sinopia's index and description) https://github.com/LD4P/sinopia_editor/issues/2125
      • 2. non-RDF vocabularies – we don't think it would be reasonable to create fake URIs for language codes, LC BF editor solution of datatype property seems the right way to go https://github.com/LD4P/sinopia_editor/issues/2804
      • 3. Documentation about search conventions https://github.com/LD4P/sinopia_editor/issues/1259
    • Justin has been using QA in another project - noted relevancy and speed issues (but for large result sets). OCLC uses usage data (that we don't have) for relevancy
• Best Practices for Authoritative Data working group (focus on Change Management)
  • 2021-07-30 No meeting because of LD4, next is Monday Aug 2. Video from conference is Authoritative Data: User Stories and Change Management
• Cache Containerization Plan - Develop a sustainable solution that others can deploy
  • 2021-07-16
    • Greg has been getting ready for LD4 conference talk, will coordinate with Lynette
    • How long before we can switch our lookup.ld4l.org service? Getting close, need to merge/test after the LD4 conference
  • 2021-07-30 
    • Lynette and Greg working on this next week. Solidify instructions and search API for Dave's cache

Discovery (WP3)

• https://github.com/LD4P/discovery/projects/2 for issues etc. 
• Draft of a discovery plan: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zKYW7FQVVNvyd0XjjW0qWznX9PC3jbmOE6Kz_yygPjs/edit?usp=sharing
• Research: how to go from knowledge graph to an index
  • Research decision points, Use cases 
• DASH! (Displaying Authorities Seamlessly Here)
  • Dashboard design meeting kickoff notes
  • User reps D&A meeting: Expect next follow-up in August (Slides: from user reps meeting 2021-04-09 and result was "not no")
  • https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PgQi3xobsPhr9DUHU_YGeimL1OjNiiTdkiNWb36r3Gg/edit
  • Usability testing and followup for DASH: Usability results
    
    • Usability results, a few little things to finish up
    • GitHub issues
    • 2021-07-30
      • Tim was working on additional mockups (author pages that look more like the original subject page). 
      • Huda has been working through issues for more granular control over the knowledge panel data coming from the Cornell subject and author browse indices and some styling.  Additionally, working on how too much info or none is handled in entity page (i.e. collapsing "see more" option for broader/narrower.  Will be working on not showing map or timeline if no information to display on page). 
      • Game plan: Review progress with Tim when he is back.  If ready to proceed, we will reach out to Adam regarding setting up a meeting with user reps.  Also need to work with Greg to update environment variables on LD4P3 web server (will check if that's something I can do right now).
• BANG! (Bibliographic Aspects Newly GUI'd)
  • Jamboard link
  • Expect to include Works. Need to do something beyond what we already have live from the OCLC concordance data.

• • 2021-07-30
    • Huda worked more on DASH. 
    • Steven worked on lots of queries.
    • Huda did ask Dave if we could get the PCC ShareVDE dataset for local querying/visualization because Fuseki server doesn't come back quickly for more cross-dataset queries (e.g. provide all the work URIs related to other work URIs and the relationships between them).  Dave said he'd compress the (~122 GB!!) data.  Need to follow up and ask if that is done and to check if I have the space somewhere to put that data : )   These would be the normalized/cleaned up triples behind the Fuseki service. 
    • A few weeks ago, did reach out to Jesse and had a conversation regarding Table of Contents (TOC)/citations.  No open TOC source.  Syndetics has two different options: (a) an API for data that can be used for indexing but not for display and (b) information grabbed within the page to bring back information that could include Table of Contents.  Mentioned OpenCitations as a possible source for citation information. 
• DAG Calls
  • 2021-06-25 Discussion on outputs from DAG calls, hope to get KP white paper completed over the summer, and then the "lord of the rings" (to bind them all) spreadsheet
  • 2021-07-06 What to do during the conference? 7/20 canceled (because during conference)

Other Topics

• OCLC Linked Data / Entities Advisory Group
  
  • 2021-06-25 OCLC have announced that API will be open in July
  • 2021-07-30 UI/API testing now live.  Huda will participate
• PCC 
  
  • 2021-06-25 Task Group on Non-RDA Entities headed by standing committee on standards will formally propose a list of non-RDA entity types. Steven will join and work picking up again
  • 2021-06-25 Planning group for data exchange met with meeting planned for 9/10 September: day 1 - foundational agreements including vendors (actors/profiles); day 2 - identify partnerships and tests (extending what is already happening as part of grant); also profiles group will pick up in July
  • 2021-07-16 Non-RDA task group started up this week
• Default branch name - Working through repositories in Renaming of LD4P Repositories
  
  • Created Renaming of LD4P Repositories page to identify Cornell repos, provide instructions, and track progress
  • 2021-04-23 Waiting on https://github.com/cul-it/blacklight-cornell  to change, not yet planned
• Authorities in FOLIO
  • Hope to include URIs as part of Cornell FOLIO migration, possible LD4P work
  • 2021-06-11: Devs in FOLIO are working on MARC authority storage and basic features for maintaining authorities. mock-ups provided and have asked for feedback and test cases (positive and negative)
  • 2021-06-25 Waiting on CUL-IT capacity, Simeon had suggested August perhaps

Upcoming meetings

• https://kula.uvic.ca/index.php/kula/announcement/view/1 .  Call for Proposals - Special Issue: "The Metadata Issue: Metadata as Knowledge".  Due January 31, 2021 (abstract 300-500 words).  Includes "The use of linked open data to facilitate the interaction between metadata and bodies of knowledge" and "Cultural heritage organization (libraries, archives, galleries, and museums) and academic projects that contribute to or leverage open knowledge platforms such as Wikidata"
  
  • Folder Link, CFP + Brainstorming
• LD4 Conference 2021 - conference is July 12-23 https://ld42021.sched.com/
  • July 20
    • 11-12:30 session, second talk  https://ld42021.sched.com/event/jo9t/lux-illuminating-the-collections-of-yales-museums-libraries-and-archives-via-linked-open-usable-data-from-prototypes-to-production-the-continuing-story-of-discovery-in-the-linked-data-for-production-closing-the-loop-grant?iframe=no
      • From prototypes to production: the continuing story of discovery in the Linked Data For Production: Closing the Loop grant
    • 1-2 session https://ld42021.sched.com/event/jo9z/the-journey-of-an-entity-from-marc-or-bibframe-to-a-discovery-interface-a-discussion-of-opportunities-for-and-effects-of-the-use-of-linked-data?iframe=no
      • The journey of an entity from MARC or BIBFRAME to a discovery interface: A discussion of opportunities for and effects of the use of linked data
        
  • July 22
    • 10:30-12 session https://ld42021.sched.com/event/joAl/shared-entity-management-infrastructure-sustainability-and-load-distribution-of-authoritative-data-lookup-services?iframe=no
      • Sustainability and Load Distribution of Authoritative Data Lookup Services (Lynette)
  • July 23
    • 10-11 session https://ld42021.sched.com/event/jo9w/lightning-talks-session-2?iframe=no
      • Authoritative Data: User Stories and Change Management (Lynette)
    • competing 10-11 session https://ld42021.sched.com/event/joBU/ld4-meeting-discovery-affinity-group?iframe=no
      • DAG (Huda)
• BIBFRAME in Europe workshop - September 21-23 15:00–18:00 CEST = 9am-12noon EST
  • Call is out https://www.casalini.it/bfwe2021/, Jason submitted on Sinopia-FOLIO integration and ARM
• SWIB virtual again this year - No proposals submitted
  

Next Meeting(s), anyone out?:

• 2021-07-23 Will cancel for LD4 conference