Searching Linked Open Data - Person Entity - Ex Libris Knowledge Center

Introduction

(New for May 2024) Primo VE uses Linked Open Data (LOD), which is structured data that utilizes Web technologies to link related information, to enable users to discover additional information regarding a person (such as an author or historical figure) and to relate it to materials provided by your library. The UI includes the following elements to enable discovery of person entities: Autocomplete Person, Person Info Card, and Person Page. The source of the person entity information is the Library of Congress Name Authority and Wikidata.

Autocomplete Person Entity

Person entity suggestions are provided for search terms entered for simple and advanced searches. These suggestions appear at the bottom of the autocomplete list, below the suggestions used to return results from the library catalog. Selecting one of these suggestions opens the associated Person page.

Person entity suggestions in simple search.

Autocomplete in Simple Search

Person Info Card

The Person Info Card appears at the top of the Recommendations panel on the Full Display page. It is displayed for each person entity (such as author or historical figure) that is associated with the record. Selecting the person's name in the card opens the Person page. In the following example, the book is linked with the author and the person about which the book was written.

Person Info Cards in Recommendation panel on Full Display page.

Person Info Card - Right Panel of Full Display

Person Page

The Person page is a dedicated page that displays the person's information on a full page. In addition to the person's information, this page also includes the following sections, which enable users to discover titles associated with that person: Titles in Library Written by Person, Titles in Library Written about Person, and People Associated with Person.

Person Page with George Washington's information.

Person Page

Configuration Options

This functionality is disabled by default. Refer to the following table to enable this functionality and to configure related options.

Element	Description
Discovery Customer Settings page (Configuration > Discovery > Other > Customer Settings)	The following parameters were added to this table to support the discovery of person entities: enable_person_entity_info_card – Set this parameter to true to enable the Person Info Card on the Full Display page. enable_person_entity_info_autocomplete – Set this parameter to true to enable autocomplete for person entities. For additional information, see Discovery Customer Settings.
Person Entity Labels code table (Configuration > Discovery > Display Configuration > Labels)	The following codes have been added to support the Person page: nui.personEntity.titlesBy – Titles in the Library By {person name} nui.personEntity.titlesWrittenAbout – Titles in the Library Written About {person name} nui.personEntity.relatedPeople – People Associated With {person name} nui.personEntity.showAllTitlesBy – See All Titles nui.personEntity.showAllWrittenAbout – See All Titles nui.personEntity.wikipedia – See more in Wikipedia nui.personEntity.back – Back nui.personEntity.backtoPersonPage – Back to Person Page nui.personEntity.showingAllTitlesBy – Showing List of Titles by {person name} nui.personEntity.showingTitlesWritttenAbout – Showing List of Titles about {person name} The following codes have been added to support the Person Info Card on the Full Display page: nui.personEntity.birthDate – Born nui.personEntity.deathDate – Died nui.personEntity.showMore – Show more nui.personEntity.showLess – Show less nui.personEntity.RelatedPersonsTitle – Related Persons nui.personEntity.occupation – Occupation nui.personEntity.fieldOfWork – Field Of Work nui.personEntity.source – Source nui.personEntity.sourceText – Library of Congress Name Authority and Wikidata
Aria Labels code table (Configuration > Discovery > Display Configuration > Labels)	The following codes have been added to support accessibility for the Person page: nui.aria.personEntity.wikipedia – Link To Wikipedia nui.aria.personEntity.showAllTitlesBy – Link To Show All Titles By nui.aria.personEntity.showAllWrittenAbout – Link To Show All Titles Written About The following codes have been added to support accessibility for the Person Info Card: nui.aria.personEntity.showMore – Show more nui.aria.personEntity.showLess – Show less nui.aria.personEntity.imageInfo – Information about license and image

Element

Description

Discovery Customer Settings page (Configuration > Discovery > Other > Customer Settings)

The following parameters were added to this table to support the discovery of person entities:

enable_person_entity_info_card – Set this parameter to true to enable the Person Info Card on the Full Display page.
enable_person_entity_info_autocomplete – Set this parameter to true to enable autocomplete for person entities.

For additional information, see Discovery Customer Settings.

Person Entity Labels code table (Configuration > Discovery > Display Configuration > Labels)

The following codes have been added to support the Person page:

nui.personEntity.titlesBy – Titles in the Library By {person name}
nui.personEntity.titlesWrittenAbout – Titles in the Library Written About {person name}
nui.personEntity.relatedPeople – People Associated With {person name}
nui.personEntity.showAllTitlesBy – See All Titles
nui.personEntity.showAllWrittenAbout – See All Titles
nui.personEntity.wikipedia – See more in Wikipedia
nui.personEntity.back – Back
nui.personEntity.backtoPersonPage – Back to Person Page
nui.personEntity.showingAllTitlesBy – Showing List of Titles by {person name}
nui.personEntity.showingTitlesWritttenAbout – Showing List of Titles about {person name}

The following codes have been added to support the Person Info Card on the Full Display page:

nui.personEntity.birthDate – Born
nui.personEntity.deathDate – Died
nui.personEntity.showMore – Show more
nui.personEntity.showLess – Show less
nui.personEntity.RelatedPersonsTitle – Related Persons
nui.personEntity.occupation – Occupation
nui.personEntity.fieldOfWork – Field Of Work
nui.personEntity.source – Source
nui.personEntity.sourceText – Library of Congress Name Authority and Wikidata

Aria Labels code table (Configuration > Discovery > Display Configuration > Labels)

The following codes have been added to support accessibility for the Person page:

nui.aria.personEntity.wikipedia – Link To Wikipedia
nui.aria.personEntity.showAllTitlesBy – Link To Show All Titles By
nui.aria.personEntity.showAllWrittenAbout – Link To Show All Titles Written About

The following codes have been added to support accessibility for the Person Info Card:

nui.aria.personEntity.showMore – Show more
nui.aria.personEntity.showLess – Show less
nui.aria.personEntity.imageInfo – Information about license and image

Analytics - Person Entity Discovery

To track information regarding this functionality, the Action Usage subject area includes the following actions:

Group	Subgroup	Action	Description
Exploration	Related Persons	Click on the link to Wikipedia	On the Person page, the user selected the person's link.
		Click on "Show more" on a related person	In the Person Info Card, the user selected the Show more link to expand the card.
		Related person section appeared	In the Full Display, the Person Info Card appeared.
		Click on the link from info card to full person page	In the Person Info Card, the user selected the person's link.
		Click on the link from autocomplete to full person page	The user selected the person's autocomplete suggestion.