{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BlogPosting","@id":"https:\/\/www.dataliberate.com\/2012\/06\/21\/oclc-worldcat-linked-data-release-significant-in-many-ways\/#BlogPosting","mainEntityOfPage":"https:\/\/www.dataliberate.com\/2012\/06\/21\/oclc-worldcat-linked-data-release-significant-in-many-ways\/","headline":"OCLC WorldCat Linked Data Release \u2013 Significant In Many Ways","name":"OCLC WorldCat Linked Data Release \u2013 Significant In Many Ways","description":"Typical!\u00a0 Since joining OCLC as Technology Evangelist, I have been preparing myself to be one of the first to blog about the release of linked data describing the hundreds of millions of bibliographic items in WorldCat.org. So where am I when the press release hits the net?\u00a0 35,000 feet above the North Atlantic heading for LAX, that\u2019s where \u2013 life just isn\u2019t fair. By the time I am checked in to my Anahiem hotel, ready for the ALA Conference, this will be old news.\u00a0 Nevertheless it is significant news, significant in many ways. OCLC have been at the leading edge <span class=\"readmore\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dataliberate.com\/2012\/06\/21\/oclc-worldcat-linked-data-release-significant-in-many-ways\/\">...<\/a><\/span>","datePublished":"2012-06-21","dateModified":"2012-06-21","author":{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.dataliberate.com\/author\/richard-wallis\/#Person","name":"Richard Wallis","url":"https:\/\/www.dataliberate.com\/author\/richard-wallis\/","identifier":1,"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/dfc30377fdeb159bbd38ccbec398d54c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/dfc30377fdeb159bbd38ccbec398d54c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","height":96,"width":96}},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Data Liberate","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/dev.dataliberate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Data_Liberate_Logo-200.png","url":"https:\/\/dev.dataliberate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Data_Liberate_Logo-200.png","width":600,"height":60}},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"http:\/\/18.130.239.167\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/logo_wcmasthead_en.png","url":"http:\/\/18.130.239.167\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/logo_wcmasthead_en.png","height":"67","width":"193"},"url":"https:\/\/www.dataliberate.com\/2012\/06\/21\/oclc-worldcat-linked-data-release-significant-in-many-ways\/","about":["Consuming Data","Data Publishing","Development","Google","Libraries","Licensing","Linked Data","OCLC","Open Data","schema.org"],"wordCount":1140,"keywords":["Linked Data","OCLC","Open Data","WorldCat"]}