Special Collections, Special ThesauriManaging and Publishing Local Vocabularies with TemaTres

#alctsAC15 @AllisonJaiODell

4 June 2015, ALCTS Virtual Preconference, “Planning for the Evolving Role of Metadata Services”

Local Vocabularies

Local topics

Local foci

Local genres

Local names

Images from the University of Miami Zine Collection

and the Firefly Zine Collection

Local Thesauri

Management

Publication

Browsing

Searching

Connections

Linked Data

Inferences Check out the collections: library.miami.edu/specialcollections

Warrant

• Literary warrant

• User warrant

• Organizational warrant

Goals

• Define terminology

• Create a taxonomy

• Build synonym rings

• Build relationship graphs

Improve discovery

Tools• MultiTes: multites.com

• TermTree: termtree.com.au

• Synaptica: synaptica.com

• A.C.S. 121: www.acs121.com

• PoolParty: poolparty.biz

• TemaTres: vocabularyserver.com

TemaTres• Simple, free, and open source vocabulary management solution:

vocabularyserver.com

• Requires PHP, MySQL, and HTTP Web server

• Manage thesauri terms and relationships

• Manage relationships between vocabularies

• Linked-Data-Friendly: JSON-LD and SKOS formats

Manage Concepts

Notes

Scope

Historic

Bibliographic

Cataloger’s

Private

Language

Relationships

NT/BT/RT

Preferred/Non-Preferred

Web resource

Related vocabulary

Data Formats

BS8723-5

DublinCore

MADS

SKOS-Core

VDEX

XTM

Zthes

JSON

JSON-LD

Manage Internal Relationships

Preferred Terms

Non-Preferred Terms

Related Terms

Broader Terms

Narrower Terms

Manage External Relationships

Broad Match

Close Match

Exact Match

Narrow Match

Related Match

Conundrums: or, How to Play Lexical God

Relationships to external vocabularies are trickier!

“Body modification (or body alteration) is the

deliberate altering of the human anatomy or

human physical appearance. It is often done for

aesthetics, sexual enhancement, rites of passage,

religious beliefs, to display group membership or

affiliation, to create body art, for shock value, and

as self-expression, among other reasons. In its

broadest definition it includes plastic surgery,

socially acceptable decoration (e.g., common ear

piercing in many societies), and religious rites of

passage (e.g., circumcision in a number of

cultures), as well as the modern primitive

movement.” -- Wikipedia

Answers

Consider your warrant:

Literary warrant

User warrant

Organizational warrant

Wait, wait … How did we use this?

Lesson:

Control.

Your.

Vocabularies.

Sooner.

(Soonest is best.)

And then use ‘em!

Across collections

Across projects

As a browsing aid

As a searching aid

On the Web

On the Semantic Web

Questions?

Allison Jai O’Dell | ajodell@ufl.edu | @AllisonJaiODell

Metadata Librarian, University of Florida

Steve Hersh | shersh@miami.edu

Research Services & Projects Assistant, University of Miami

Elliot Williams | edwilliams@miami.edu | @elliot_dw

Digital Initiatives Metadata Librarian, University of Miami