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Modeling cultural heritage data for online publication

Authors: Chris Dijkshoorn, Lora Aroyo, Jacco van Ossenbruggen, Guus SchreiberAuthors Info & Claims

Applied Ontology, Volume 13, Issue 4

Pages 255 - 271

https://doi.org/10.3233/AO-180201

Published: 01 January 2018 Publication History

Abstract

An increasing number of cultural heritage institutions publish data online. Ontologies can be used to structure published data, thereby increasing interoperability. To achieve widespread adoption of ontologies, institutions such as libraries, archives and museums have to be able to assess whether an ontology can adequately capture information about their artifacts. We identify six requirements that should be met by ontologies in the cultural heritage domain, based upon modeling challenges encountered while publishing data of the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam and challenges observed in related work. These challenges regard specialization, object- and event-centric approaches, temporality, representations, views and subject matter. For each challenge, we investigate common modeling approaches, by discussing two models regularly used in the museum sector: the CIDOC Conceptual Reference Model and the Europeana Data Model. The outlined approaches and requirements provide insights for data modeling practices reaching beyond the cultural heritage sector.

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Koho MColadangelo LRansom LEmery D(2023)Wikibase Model for Premodern Manuscript Metadata Harmonization, Linked Data Integration, and DiscoveryJournal on Computing and Cultural Heritage 10.1145/359472316:3(1-25)Online publication date: 9-Aug-2023
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