Hi Vladimir, The service was called RLG Cultural Materials when it was launched (in 2001, if memory serves correctly), but sadly it was retired by OCLC shortly after RLG merged with OCLC. I presume the database and multimedia assets still exist on an OCLC server or backup tape somewhere, but you would need to contact the RLG Programs staff at OCLC for more information -- Jim Michalko <[email protected]> at OCLC would probably be the best place to start.
To clarify, the data model for RLG Cultural Materials wasn't a full implementation of the CIDOC CRM, but was rather a simpler relational data model that used many of the concepts of the CRM -- chief amongst these was the use of event entities as the primary method to bind objects, people, places, and dates together, and the ability to type various entities using a type hierarchy. I've attached the full-sized image of the data model (basically a screenshot of a mock-up made in MS Access -- let me know if it doesn't come through on the list) -- technically it's copyright RLG, since I produced it while I was working for them, but I can't imagine OCLC having any issues about me sharing it with the list. Kind regards, Tony Gill On 9/7/2014 9:05 AM, Vladimir Alexiev wrote: > I was very interested to learn from Steve Stead about the RLG CRM-based > database, > an aggregation of museum objects from a thousand Research Libraries. > So I wanted to learn more about it. I found plenty of references (2000-2003) > here: > http://tonygill.com/aboutme/publications > http://www.cidoc-crm.org/uses_applications.html > > Of which the most useful one is this: > "Touring the Information Landscape: Designing the Data Model for RLG Cultural > Materials" > which I found here: > http://worldcat.org/arcviewer/1/OCC/2007/07/09/0000068851/viewer/file66.html#touring > It has a tiny image of the data model, and refers to: > http://www.rlg.org/legacy/r-focus/i58largelogicalmodel.gif > > However, the http://www.rlg.org/ domain seems to have gone out (it redirects > to oclc.org). > Does anyone know if that RLG database (or a search portal) is alive somewhere? > > Thanks! Vladimir > > _______________________________________________ > Crm-sig mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.ics.forth.gr/mailman/listinfo/crm-sig
