Improving Discovery of and Access to Digital Repository Contents Using Semantic Web Standards: Columbia University's Academic Commons

Abstract

This article describes the progress made towards developing Academic Commons (AC), Columbia University's digital repository, as an interoperable repository, through the use of RDF and non-RDF Semantic Web technologies. Approaches taken include the implementation of microdata to add semantic markup to HTML content; a collaboration with Oregon State University's (OSU) digital repository, ScholarsArchive@OSU (SA@OSU), to implement an application that indexes RDF data from OSU for use in AC; as well as an exploration of the recently released MODS RDF.

KEYWORDS:

• microdata
• MODS
• RDF
• Semantic Web