Re: [CODE4LIB] Anything Interesting Going on in Archival Metadata?

[Matt Sherman]

Thanks for the info. Good to see that there are cool things going on in
archival metadata as well.
On May 24, 2016 2:04 PM, "Charles Blair"  wrote:

> I've been applying the Europeana Data Model with some success to
> digital archives. Some work has already been done in this area:
>
> Casarosa, Vittore; Meghini, Carlo; Gardasevic,
> Stanislava. (2013). “Improving Online Access to Archival
> Data”. Digital Libraries & Archives, pp. 153-162.
>
> Hennicke, Steffen; Olensky Marlies; de Boer, Victor; Isaac Antoine;
> Wielemaker, Jan. (2011). “Conversion of EAD into EDM Linked Data”. In:
> Proceedings of the 1st International Workshop on Semantic Digital
> Archives. .
>
> See also:
>
> Gardasevic, Stanislava. (2011). “Opening Archives to the General
> Public, a data modelling approach”. Master thesis. International
> Master in Digital Library Learning.
>
> --
> Charles Blair, Director, Digital Library Development Center, University of
> Chicago Library
> 1 773 702 8459 | c...@uchicago.edu | http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/~chas/
>

Re: [CODE4LIB] Anything Interesting Going on in Archival Metadata?

[Charles Blair]

I've been applying the Europeana Data Model with some success to
digital archives. Some work has already been done in this area:

Casarosa, Vittore; Meghini, Carlo; Gardasevic,
Stanislava. (2013). “Improving Online Access to Archival
Data”. Digital Libraries & Archives, pp. 153-162.

Hennicke, Steffen; Olensky Marlies; de Boer, Victor; Isaac Antoine;
Wielemaker, Jan. (2011). “Conversion of EAD into EDM Linked Data”. In:
Proceedings of the 1st International Workshop on Semantic Digital
Archives. .

See also:

Gardasevic, Stanislava. (2011). “Opening Archives to the General
Public, a data modelling approach”. Master thesis. International
Master in Digital Library Learning.

-- 
Charles Blair, Director, Digital Library Development Center, University of 
Chicago Library
1 773 702 8459 | c...@uchicago.edu | http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/~chas/

Re: [CODE4LIB] Anything Interesting Going on in Archival Metadata?

[Kyle Banerjee]

On Tue, May 24, 2016 at 6:57 AM, Matt Sherman 
wrote:

>   Is linked data even useful in a setting with extremely unique
> materials? 


IMO, linked data is especially useful with unique materials because
relationships are simultaneously more important and more difficult to trace.

Having said that, archival collections often have minimal access points. As
a practical matter, this means that the challenge has more to do with
building the knowledgebase and creating the access points than implementing
any particular standards/technology.

kyle

Re: [CODE4LIB] Anything Interesting Going on in Archival Metadata?

[Matt Carruthers]

That's a great question.  I think there are applications for linked data in
the archives realm, especially around the agents responsible for creating
archival collections.  The big project in this area is Social Networks and
Archival Context , and the
American Numismatic Society has been working on expressing their authorities
information as linked data , which
provides some pretty cool functionality.  Those are the two projects that
come to mind immediately, but I'd be interested to hear if anyone knows of
others.

Matt

Matt Carruthers
Metadata Projects Librarian
University of Michigan
734-615-5047
mcarr...@umich.edu

On Tue, May 24, 2016 at 9:57 AM, Matt Sherman 
wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I was recently talking with some folks about some archives related
> things and realized that while I've heard a lot recently about
> different projects, advancements, and issues within library specific
> metadata, and its associated concerns, I have not heard as much
> recently about metadata in the archives realm.  Is there much going on
> there?  Is linked data even useful in a setting with extremely unique
> materials?  Is this a stupid question?  I don't know, but I am curious
> to hear if there are any interesting things people are doing in
> archival metadata or any challenges folks are working to overcome.
>
> Matt Sherman
>

Re: [CODE4LIB] Anything Interesting Going on in Archival Metadata?

[Ethan Gruber]

There's a fair amount of innovation taking place with respect to linked
data in archives, but I don't think it's as well advertised as what's been
taking place in libraries in North America. The highest profile project in
the archival realm is Social Networks and Archival Context (
http://socialarchive.iath.virginia.edu/), which is focused mainly on
archival authorities, but there's a tremendous potential in being able to
aggregate archival content related to these authorities. Authorities and
archival content can and are being modelled into linked open data, but
there's no real standard for how to do this in the field. A group is
working on a conceptual reference model for archival collections, but the
modelling of people and their relationships is bold new territory. I've
done some work on this myself using a variety of existing ontologies and
software platforms to connect pieces from our archives, digital library,
authorities, and museum objects together into a cohesive framework (you can
read more at http://eaditor.blogspot.com/ and
http://numishare.blogspot.com/2016/03/updating-mantis-and-igch-incorporating.html
).

It is also possible to use CIDOC-CRM for the modelling of people and their
relationships and events (same for using the CRM to model archival
collections). CIDOC-CRM is rarely, if ever discussed in code4lib despite
its 'importance' in the cultural heritage sector (predominately in Europe).
I've had difficulty getting discussions for the modeling of authorities
into RDF off the ground with some grant applications that have fallen short.

Ethan

On Tue, May 24, 2016 at 9:57 AM, Matt Sherman 
wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I was recently talking with some folks about some archives related
> things and realized that while I've heard a lot recently about
> different projects, advancements, and issues within library specific
> metadata, and its associated concerns, I have not heard as much
> recently about metadata in the archives realm.  Is there much going on
> there?  Is linked data even useful in a setting with extremely unique
> materials?  Is this a stupid question?  I don't know, but I am curious
> to hear if there are any interesting things people are doing in
> archival metadata or any challenges folks are working to overcome.
>
> Matt Sherman
>

[CODE4LIB] Anything Interesting Going on in Archival Metadata?

[Matt Sherman]

Hi all,

I was recently talking with some folks about some archives related
things and realized that while I've heard a lot recently about
different projects, advancements, and issues within library specific
metadata, and its associated concerns, I have not heard as much
recently about metadata in the archives realm.  Is there much going on
there?  Is linked data even useful in a setting with extremely unique
materials?  Is this a stupid question?  I don't know, but I am curious
to hear if there are any interesting things people are doing in
archival metadata or any challenges folks are working to overcome.

Matt Sherman