Ethics in linked data / B.M. Watson, Alexandra Provo, and Kathleen Burlingame, editors.

Date:
2023
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"This edited collection brings together contributions that explore ethics in linked data initiatives. Discussions about linked data and its potential are often utopian and technophiliac, rarely examining darker implications or harmful consequences. Since technology cannot exist outside of social, cultural, and economic spheres, it is important for creators and stewards of linked data and its related systems to recognize and address the impact (whether intended or not, positive or negative) on the communities, individuals affected. Engaging in critical and ethical analysis is ultimately an optimistic endeavor aimed at exposing problematic issues, generating best practices and guidelines, and opening up positive and generative possibilities for the implementation and use of linked data in GLAMS (Galleries, Libraries, Archives, Museums, Special Collections).The central premise of this book is that it is imperative: to foreground ethics rather than apply them as an afterthought, to acknowledge and mitigate the damage caused by existing systems, to create a place and space of justice for the minoritized, and to enable more ethical outcomes in linked data projects. This book collects the voices of practitioners, technologists, and developers working on linked data initiatives; scholars working at the intersection of ethics, cultural heritage, and technology; and workers in GLAMS, among others in order to explore emerging and changing technical and ethical landscapes. Contributions investigate the intersection of linked data with such topics as gender, indigenous knowledge, inclusive data creation, authority control, identity management, systems design, codes of ethics, sustainability, critiques of fundamental linked data models, and more"-- Provided by the publisher.

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Sacramento, CA : Library Juice Press, 2023.

Physical description

vii, 482 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

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Contents

Part I. Theories, contexts & (Infra)structures -- The ethics of sustaining linked data infrastructure / Dorothea Salo & Ruth Kitchin Tillman -- Worlds in conflict : a dispute over embedding linked data in web pages / Ryan Shaw -- After Fedora : linked data and ethical design in the digital library / Kate Dohe -- Triples and the grammar of control / James Kalwara & Erik Radio -- Linked data and transindividual ethics : an essay in the politics of technology / Sam Popowich -- Part II. Ethical considerations in the face of hegemonic and institutional forces -- Indigenous nationhood, sovereignty and linked data : a Wikidata case study examination of the Métis Nation / Stacy Allison-Cassin -- The colonial histories of linked data workflows / Devon Murphy -- Ethnological vocabularies and the GND's authority files : ethical issues and practical approaches / Moritz Strickert -- Non-binary gender representation in Wikidata / Daniele Metilli & Chiara Paolini -- The Minnesota Hip-Hop Collection and Wikidata : practical and ethical challenges for linked data creators / Kristi Bergland, Christine Dezelar-Tiedman, & Patrick Harrington -- Part III. People & communities -- Ethical considerations in the development of responsible linked open data infrastructure / Susan Brown, Erin Canning, Kim Martin & Sarah Roger -- Ethical expressions of collective memory : re/presenting Central Brooklyn Jazz oral histories as linked data / Zakiya Collier & Sarah Ann Adams -- The Oklahoma Native Artists Project : oral history to linked open data / Megan Macken, Madison Chartier, Sarah Milligan & Julie Pearson-Little Thunder -- "All we want are the facts, ma'am" : negotiating user needs and creator privacy in name authority records / Hanna Bertoldi, Peggy Griesinger & Mikala Narlock -- Ethical explorations using Wikidata and Wikidata tools to expose underrepresented special collection materials / Darnelle Melvin & Cory Lampert -- Appendix. Ethics in linked data checklist.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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  • 1634001338
  • 9781634001335