ADAPTING BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATA TO LINKED DATA: requirements, advantages and challenges

Linked Data was developed in order to meet the current technological context and can potentially be applied to the bibliographic domain. The objective was to verify the feasibility and relevance of matching the bibliographic data to the principles of Linked Data. The data collection was based on a qualitative-quantitative methodology, based on the accomplishment of a Systematic Review of Literature. The data were analyzed in the light of the following categories: document focus, requirements for the adequacy of bibliographic data to Linked Data, advantages and challenges related to this adequacy. As a result, the Resource Description Framework (RDF) and the Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) were identified as necessary requirements to provide bibliographic data adequacy to Linked Data. The main advantages identified were data interoperability, better search results, greater visibility of library data in the Web environment and promotion of accidental discovery of resources. The main challenges identified were the heterogeneity of the data available on the Web and the conversion of the data described in MARC21 format. It was concluded that bibliographic data can be adapted to Linked Data, however, many challenges still need to be overcome to allow this reality.