title: Transforming the Medical Subject Headings into Linked Data: Creating the Authorized Version of MeSH in RDF.
abstract: In February 2014 the National Library of Medicine formed the Linked Data Infrastructure Working Group to investigate the potential for publishing linked data, determine best practices for publishing linked data, and prioritize linked data projects, beginning with transforming the Medical Subject Headings as a linked data pilot. This article will review the pilot project to convert the Medical Subject Headings from XML to RDF. It will discuss the collaborative process, the technical and organizational issues tackled, and the future of linked data at the library.
authors.affiliation: Cataloging and Metadata Management Section National Library of Medicine 8600 Rockville Pike, Bldg. 38 Bethesda, MD 20894.
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bushman
authors.affiliation: National Library of Medicine 8600 Rockville Pike, Bldg. 38A Bethesda, MD 20894 andersondm2@mail.nih.gov.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Anderson
authors.affiliation: National Center for Biotechnology Information National Library of Medicine 8600 Rockville Pike, Bldg. 38A Bethesda, MD 20894 Fug2@ncbi.nlm.nih.gov.
authors.forename: Gang
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Fu
keywords: National Library of Medicine's Medical Subject Headings; linked data; resource description framework