Front Cover; New Directions in Information Organization; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Contributors; Editorial Advisory Board; Introduction; SECTION I: SEMANTIC WEB, LINKED DATA, AND RDA; 1. Organizing Bibliographical Data with RDA: How Far Have We Stridden Toward the Semantic Web?; 1.1. Introduction; 1.2. IFLA Standards and RDA Development; 1.3. Semantic Web Technologies; 1.3.1. URI: Uniform Resource Identifier; 1.3.2. RDF: Resource Description Framework; 1.3.3. Ontologies and Vocabularies; 1.3.4. Storage of RDF Data; 1.4. RDA and the Semantic Web; 1.5. RDA in the United States.

1.6. RDA in Other Countries1.7. Future Prospects; 1.8. Conclusion; References; 2. Keeping Libraries Relevant in the Semantic Web with RDA: Resource Description and Access; 2.1. Introduction; 2.2. How Did We Get to this Point?; 2.3. Collaborations; 2.4. Technical Developments; 2.5. So What Is Different?; 2.5.1. RDA Toolkit; 2.5.2. The U.S. RDA Test; 2.5.3. RDA Benefits; 2.5.4. RDA, MARC, and Beyond; 2.5.5. Implementation of RDA; 2.6. Conclusion; 3. Filling in the Blanks in RDA or Remaining Blank? The Strange Case of FRSAD; 3.1. Introduction; 3.2. Chapter Overview; 3.3. Before FRSAD.

3.4. Precursors to FRSAD3.5. The Arrival of FRSAD; 3.6. Implementing FRSAD with PRECIS; 3.7. What Future for FRSAD in Filling the Blanks in RDA?; References; 4. Organizing and Sharing Information Using Linked Data; 4.1. Introduction; 4.2. Basic Concepts of Linked Data; 4.2.1. From Web of Hypertext to Web of Data; 4.2.2. From Data Silos to Linked Open Data; 4.3. Principles of Linked Data; 4.3.1. Rule 1: Using URIs as Names for Things; 4.3.2. Rule 2: Using HTTP URIs so that Users can Look Up Those Names.

4.3.3. Rule 3: When Looking Up a URI, Useful Information has to be Provided Using the Standards4.3.4. Rule 4: Including Links to Other URIs so that Users can Discover More Things; 4.4. Linked Data in Library Environments; 4.4.1. Benefits of Linked Data in Libraries; 4.4.1.1. Benefits to researchers, students, and patrons; 4.4.1.2. Benefits to organizations; 4.4.1.3. Benefits to librarians, archivists, and curators; 4.4.1.4. Benefits to developers and vendors; 4.5. Suggestions for Library Linked Data; 4.5.1. The Necessity of Library Linked Data; 4.5.2. Library Data that Needs Connections.

4.5.3. The Development of the FRBR Family and RDA4.6. Current Library-Related Data; 4.6.1. Linking Open Data Projects; 4.6.2. Library Linked Data Incubator Group: Use Cases; 4.6.3. Linked Data for Bibliographic Records; 4.6.3.1. British National Bibliography linked data; 4.6.3.2. Open Library linked data; 4.6.4. Linked Data for Authority Records; 4.6.4.1. VIAF linked data; 4.6.4.2. LC linked data service; 4.6.4.3. FAST linked data; 4.7. Conclusion; Acknowledgment; References; SECTION II: WEB 2.0. TECHNOLOGIES AND INFORMATION ORGANIZATION; 5. Social Cataloging; Social Cataloger.