MetaBelgica: A shared entity management infrastructure between Federal Scientific Institutes in Belgium

Apr 1, 2023
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Sven Lieber
Sven Lieber
data manager

My research interests include FAIR and Linked Data.

Publications

MetaBelgica: Breaking Belgian Federal Data Silos to support Named Entity Linking
This poster presents the MetaBelgica project and aims to collect feedback from the DH community about the needs of authority data for Named Entity Linking (NEL).
Sven Lieber , Ann Van Camp , Dieter De Witte , Erik Buelinckx , Els Angenon , Hannes Lowagie , Inez De Prekel , Julie M. Birkholz , Karine Lasaracina , Ravi Khatri
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MetaBelgica: A Linked Data Infrastructure Between Federal Scientific Institutes in Belgium
This paper introduces the MetaBelgica project that aims to fill the gap for Belgian Authority data related to Cultural Heritage.
Sven Lieber , Ann Van Camp , Dieter De Witte , Eva Coudyzer , Erik Buelinckx , Els Angenon , Hannes Lowagie , Julie M. Birkholz , Karine Lasaracina
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Events

FAIR authority data: A first step towards a Linked Open Belgian Bibliography
In this webinar for the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) I argue for structured Linked Data-ready data in library catalogues. This serves as a single source of truth and eases further steps towards Linked Open Data for example for the Belgian Bibliography.
Nov 27, 2024 15:20 UTC — 15:40 UTC Online
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Data Governance Considerations for MetaBelgica
In this presentation at a study day on the Visual Name Authority project of the Flemish archiving institution meemoo, I talk about possible data governance for the MetaBelgica project. I do this by referring to data governance of the Gemeinsame Normdatei (GND) in German-speaking countries and recent research.
May 21, 2024 10:50 UTC — 11:10 UTC Brussels, Belgium
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MetaBelgica: A Linked Data Infrastructure between Federal Scientific Institutes in Belgium
In this presentation at the first Conference on Research Data Infrastructure, I present the MetaBelgica project for the first time to the public. Four Federal Belgian institutions join forces to collaboratively maintain authority data and make them available as FAIR data.
Sep 12, 2023 15:10 UTC — 15:25 UTC Karlsruhe, Germany
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