Making Heritage Data FAIR - Modelling with the CIDOC-CRM
Integrating documentation details and analytical data generated for an object
The National Gallery's contribution to the SSHOC project entails the creation of two FAIR datasets with resolvable URIs and persistent identifiers, linked together and to other external resources using the CIDOC-CRM. Within these datasets, specific attention is paid to mapping the relationships between objects using semantic technologies that are understandable both to human readers and to computer programmes. This site contains and displays initial examples from the mappings, and we welcome feedback on our understanding and implementation of the CRM.
All of the linking properties and classes presented in the included examples are taken from the current[1] release and development version of the CIDOC-CRM[2] ontology. References to external control vocabularies or thesauri[3] have also been included to demonstrate how links between internal documentation systems and external resources could be modelled.
- [1] January 2020
- [2] The CIDOC Conceptual Reference Model (CRM) is a theoretical and practical tool for information integration in the field of cultural heritage. - http://www.cidoc-crm.org . Current versions of the CIDOC CRM can be found at http://www.cidoc-crm.org/versions-of-the-cidoc-crm.
- [3] The two main external LOD vocabularies/thesauri referenced in this document are the Getty’s AAT ( http://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabularies/aat ) and Wikidata ( https://www.wikidata.org )
