Linked Data

Enforce fine-grained data governance for Wikibase via generic and declarative filter rules

Upcoming poster at the SEMANTiCS conference, September 2026 in Ghent, Belgium

Sven Lieber

Explore Intra-Belgian book translation flows with a SAMPO-UI

Upcoming demo at the SEMANTiCS conference, September 2026 in Ghent, Belgium

Sven Lieber , Ann Van Camp , Joren Six , Julie M. Birkholz

Catalogues-as-data: Practice, Principles, and Prospects

This was a panel discussion at DHBenelux 2026 where me and my co-presenters talked about catalogues-as-data. After very brief presentations from each of us, we had a moderated session with questions and input from the audience.

Jun 5, 2026 10:30 UTC — 12:00 UTC Maastricht, The Netherlands

James Baker , Coen Wilders , Rebecca Kahn , Steven Claeyssens , Sven Lieber

RDA mapping for MetaBelgica data

In this presentation at the EURIG annual meeting 2026, I present the MetaBelgica project and how we aim to generate RDA-compliant data via a property mapping in the Wikibase.

May 28, 2026 09:45 UTC — 10:15 UTC Brussels, Belgium

Sven Lieber

Opening up Belgian Cultural Heritage Reference Data with Wikibase

In this presentation for the ENDORSE conference, I will present the MetaBelgica project, our data integration strategy and why we opted for a central Wikibase solution for our authority data management.

Oct 8, 2025 18:10 UTC — 18:30 UTC Brussels, Belgium

Sven Lieber

Intra-Belgian translation flows: Belgian literatures in French and Dutch translation (1970-2020)

In this presentation at the BookHistory workshop at KBR, I presented Ann Van Camp’s presentation on the larger context of book translations and the gap and importance of the Belgian part that we explore in the BELTRANS project.

Sep 17, 2025 17:00 UTC — 17:30 UTC Brussels, Belgium

Ann Van Camp , Sven Lieber

Data standardization in the MetaBelgica project

In this presentation at the second study day on the Visual Name Authority project of the Flemish archiving institution meemoo, I talk about data standardization in the MetaBelgica project. More concretely I focus on standardizing dates according to the EDTF format and placenames with the help of GeoNames.

Apr 22, 2025 10:50 UTC — 11:10 UTC Brussels, Belgium

Sven Lieber

Cultural Heritage, Knowledge Graphs and Linked Data

This presentation introduces the field of Cultural Heritage to ICT students of the Odisee University of Applied Sciences. It focuses on research work at the Royal Library of Belgium as well as on Linked Data technologies.

Nov 29, 2024 15:15 UTC — 15:45 UTC Brussels, Belgium

Sven Lieber

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

Sven Lieber

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

Sven Lieber