Wikibase Model for Premodern Manuscript Metadata Harmonization, Linked Data Integration, and Discovery-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Wikibase Model for Premodern Manuscript Metadata Harmonization, Linked Data Integration, and Discovery

Published:2023-08-09 Issue:3 Volume:16 Page:1-25
ISSN:1556-4673
Container-title:Journal on Computing and Cultural Heritage
language:en
Short-container-title:J. Comput. Cult. Herit.

Author:

Koho Mikko¹^ORCID,Coladangelo L. P.²^ORCID,Ransom Lynn³^ORCID,Emery Doug³^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Semantic Computing Research Group, Aalto University, Finland

2. College of Communication and Information, Kent State University, USA

3. Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies, University of Pennsylvania, USA

Abstract

To facilitate discovery of premodern manuscripts in U.S. memory institutions, Digital Scriptorium, a growing consortium of over 35 institutional members representing American libraries, museums, and other cultural heritage institutions, has developed a digital platform for an online national union catalog. The platform will allow low-barrier and efficient collection, aggregation, and enrichment of member metadata and sustainably publish it as Linked Open Data. This article describes the methods and principles behind the data model development and the decision to use Wikibase. The results of the prototype implementation and testing phase demonstrate the practicality and sustainability of Digital Scriptorium’s approach to building an online national union catalog based on Linked Open Data technologies and practices.

Publisher

Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)

Subject

Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design,Computer Science Applications,Information Systems,Conservation

Link

https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/3594723

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