Would you like to get involved with the Linked Data Technical Review Group (LIDATEC)? Here’s how:

  1. Explore our Projects and Initiatives webpage – contact our Chair: Joseph Hafner, joseph.hafner@mcgill.ca
  2. Check out IFLA Namespaces, which is maintained by LIDATEC
  3. Learn how to become a Member – follow our elections page

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Membership and terms of office

The Review Group comprises a minimum of 5 and up to 7 members with relevant professional and technical expertise, including

  • the Chair of the IFLA Linked Data Technical Committee, and
  • one member of the Committee on Standards as ex-officio liaison.

Members chosen should be as geographically diverse as possible.

Members, selected on the basis of their expertise, will be appointed for two years, renewable once.

Members of the Review Group will be appointed by the Professional Committee in consultation with the Chair of the Committee on Standards and relevant professional units.

The Chair will be nominated by the Committee on Standards and endorsed by the Professional Committee. The term of office of the Chair is two years, renewable once, preferably to coincide with the term of the Professional Committee. The role of the Chair is to coordinate the work of the Sub-Committee, ensure liaison with the Committee on Standards / Professional Committee and relevant professional units as well as with external namespace registration management bodies.

All members (except ex-officio member) are expected to assist and support IFLA professional units in the publication of their standards as linked data.

LIDATEC Meetings

The Review Group shall meet at least once a year during the IFLA World Library and Information Congress (WLIC) in August each year, and will do most of their work virtually.

The Review Group will submit an annual report to the Committee on Standards by August of each year and will attend the first scheduled committee meeting of the Committee on Standards.

The Chair of the LIDATEC Review Group (or representative nominated by the Chair) is a member of the Committee on Standards, ex officio, in a non-voting capacity, and will therefore attend all meetings of the Standards Committee.

Minutes of past meetings

  • 28 July 2022, Dublin, Ireland – Minutes
  • 29 August 2018, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
    08:00 – 10:30 in room 302, Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre.
    Agenda [PDF]
  • 24 August 2017, Wrocław, Poland.
    8:00 – 10:30 in room IASE 1/51, two meetings for outgoing and incoming Committee members:
    • Meeting 1: Minutes [PDF] and agenda [PDF]
    • Meeting 2: Minutes [PDF] and agenda [PDF]
  • 18 August 2016, Columbus, Ohio, USA. Minutes [PDF]
  • Inaugural meeting:
    19 August 2015, Cape Town, South Africa. Informal notes [PDF]

2023-2025 Committee Members

Chair: Joseph Hafner, McGill University Library, Canada

  • Robin Dresel, National Library Board, Sinapore
  • Nancy Lorimer, Stanford University, USA
  • Jeff Mixner, OCLC, USA
  • Rehab Ouf, Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Egypt (Representative from the Committee on Standards)
  • Li Qian, National Science Library of Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
  • Mélanie Roche, BnF, France (Representative from the Committee on Standards)

      IT Support Team

  • Metadata Management, Jon Phipps and Diane Hillman

Former Committees

2021-2023 Committee Members

Chair: Joseph Hafner, McGill University Library, Canada

  • Eder Áliva Barrientos, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico
  • Anders Cato, Danish Agency for Culture and Palaces, Denmark
  • Nancy Lorimer, Stanford University, USA
  • Rehab Ouf, Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Representative from the Advisory Committee on Standards
  • Mélanie Roche, BnF, France

2019-2021 Committee Members – (formerly Linked Data Technical Subcommittee)

Chair: Joseph Hafner, McGill University Library, Canada

  • Getaneh Alemu, Southampton Solent University, UK
  • Anders Cato, Danish Agency for Culture and Palaces, Denmark
  • Haliza Jailani, National Library Board Singapore, Singapore
  • Ana Vukadin, National and University Library in Zagreb, Croatia

Liaisons between this sub-committee and the IFLA FRBR Review Group

  • Rehab Ouf, Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Representative from the Committee on Standards
  • Mélanie Roche, BnF, France