Sample Data

Free Data

The following sample files are currently available to download:

Linked Open BNB in RDF/XML

This file provides a sample of linked open data in RDF/XML of published books represented in the British National Bibliography. Data is described using properties from the following vocabularies:
Bibliographic Ontology
Bio: A Vocabulary for Biographical Information
British Library Terms
Dublin Core
Event Ontology
FOAF: Friend of a Friend
Org: An Organization Ontology
OWL
SKOS
RDF Schema
WGS84 Geo Positioning
and the preliminary versions of the ISBD and RDA

[lodbnbrdfxml] [3.740 KB ZIP Format]
[26 January 2012]

BNB in Basic RDF/XML

This file provides a sample of basic RDF/XML data from the British National Bibliography including pre-publication information as well as data about published books and serials. Data is described using properties from the following vocabularies:
Dublin Core
SKOS
OWLT, Time Ontology in OWL
RDF Schema
Bibliographic Ontology
and the preliminary versions of the ISBD and RDA

[basicbnbrdfxml] [1.612 KB ZIP Format]
[Version 0.6, 24 January 2012]

Changes from the previous version are documented in this table (PDF format 64KB).

Journal articles in Basic RDF/XML

The British Library is currently examining options for making subject specific journal article metadata available for projects. This file provides a sample of basic RDF/XML of journal article metadata covering Palaeontology for feedback. Data is described using properties from the following vocabularies:
Dublin Core
SKOS
RDF Schema
Bibliographic Ontology
and the preliminary version of RDA

Please forward your comments to metadata@bl.uk

[journal_article_rdfxml] [555 KB ZIP Format]
[Version 0.1, 13 December 2011]

 

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