Opening keynote of #Digikult2026 is Karin Glasemann, PhD in history, former digital curator and now Chief Operating Officer of #Wikimedia Sweden. "Från samling till sammanhang" (From collections to context).
#LinkedData #DigitalHeritage

Opening keynote of #Digikult2026 is Karin Glasemann, PhD in history, former digital curator and now Chief Operating Officer of #Wikimedia Sweden. "Från samling till sammanhang" (From collections to context).
#LinkedData #DigitalHeritage
Russian courts have imposed hundreds of penalties restricting LGBTQIA+ expression. We described how to collect and structure such cases in a computer science paper. Now, it is published open access. Read a concise paper overview on our website.
🔎 Open-Source Spotlight: RMLMapper
For projects turning CSV, JSON or XML into a knowledge graph, RMLMapper uses mapping rules to generate RDF—connecting source fields to shared vocabularies.
A new snapshot release of the #dblp data set has been published. This is the first snapshot of the dblp KG that also contains Institution and Affiliation entities. #opendata #linkeddata #knowledgegraph
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🔎 Open-Source Spotlight: RDF Sketch
RDF Sketch from Zazuko lets you edit RDF in your browser and visualize, search, and explore the graph—useful for inspecting data or explaining its structure.
@ktk.netlabs.org
🧭 Where did this data come from—and who changed it?
PROV-O connects data, the activities that produced it, and the people or software responsible, helping you trace its history across systems.
🧩 Working with RDF in JavaScript? N3.js 2.8.0 lets you choose whether matched data stays a fixed snapshot or tracks changes in the underlying store—useful when your graph keeps changing.
openknowledgegraphs.com/software/n3-...
@jeswr.bsky.social #LinkedData #JavaScript
♻️ What’s in a product—and how much is recycled?
Schema.org 30.1 adds terms for Digital Product Passports, covering recycled content, substances of concern and conformity declarations.
📚 Who created it? When was it published? Can I reuse it?
Dublin Core Metadata Terms from @dublincore.org provides shared terms for creators, dates and rights—making metadata easier to exchange.
🌱 What connects soil, crops, fisheries and forestry?
AGROVOC from @fao.org gives each concept a shared identifier and labels in multiple languages—helping researchers find and connect related work.
📚 A novel, its paperback edition, and your library’s copy are different things.
BIBFRAME from @librarycongress.bsky.social models them as Work, Instance, and Item—bringing library catalogs into Linked Data.
📊 Interested in economics? The STW Thesaurus from @zbw-leibniz.bsky.social connects subject headings and alternative terms to help researchers find relevant work. Available as Linked Data.
🌍 Searching across languages? The UNESCO Thesaurus from UNESCO connects concepts across five languages, helping libraries and researchers organize and discover information. Available as SKOS/RDF.
🎨 How do museums connect collections across languages? @gettymuseum.bsky.social's Art & Architecture Thesaurus links terms for materials, styles, and objects. Available as Linked Open Data.
🔎 Where did your data come from? PROV-O lets you describe its sources, the steps that transformed it, and the people or software involved—making provenance part of your knowledge graph.
🔎 Publishing datasets people struggle to find? DCAT provides a shared vocabulary for describing datasets and data services, helping catalogs exchange metadata and making data easier to discover across portals.
A thread from today's RLUK Digital Shift Forum event on #LinkedData #RLUKDSF #metadata #discovery 🧵
Joining @rluk.ac.uk Digital Shift Forum #RLUKDSF webinar on "Linked Data and the Research Library" featuring presentations from @unisouthampton.bsky.social Library & @leedsunilibraries.bsky.social
#metadata #discovery #LinkedData
🔎 Sparnatural 13.1.0 landed Sept 24! Build SPARQL queries visually, without writing code. This release adds templates to customize dropdown lists, autocomplete and tree views.