RecordsinContexts
(RiC)
AnArchivalDescriptionDraftStandard
INTERNATIONALCOUNCILONARCHIVES
EXPERTSGROUPONARCHIVALDESCRIPTION
ICACongress
Seoul
2016
ICAExpertsGrouponArchivalDescription
RecordsinContexts
PresentationOverview
Introduction:Background,Context,PivotalChanges
DanielPitti
InstituteforAdvancedTechnologyintheHumanities,UniversityofVirginia
RecordsinContexts-ConceptualModel(RiC-CM)
BillStockting
RoyalLibraryandRoyalArchives,UnitedKingdom
RecordsinContexts-Ontology(RiC-O)
FlorenceClavaud
Archivesnationales,France
ICAExpertsGrouponArchivalDescription
RecordsinContexts(RiC):Introduction
DanielPitti
InstituteforAdvancedTechnologyintheHumanities,UniversityofVirginia
EGADChair/President
ICAExpertsGrouponArchivalDescription
ExpertsGrouponArchivalDescription(EGAD)
• FormedbytheICAProgrammeCommissioninlate2012
• PartialsuccessortotheCommitteeonBestPracticesandStandards
(CBPS)
• Term2012-2016
• ChargedwithdevelopingaConceptualModelforArchivalDescription
• BasedonfourcurrentICAdescriptivestandards
• Employingformalinformationmodelingtechniques
ICAExpertsGrouponArchivalDescription
ICAStandardsforArchivalDescription1988-2008
Standard
Edition
Principles
DevelopmentDates
PublicationDate
(1988)1989-1992
1992
ISAD
1st
1990-1993
1994
ISAAR
1st
1993-1995
1996
ISAD
2nd
1996-2000
1999
ISAAR
2nd
2000-2004
2004
ISDF
1st
2005-2007
2007
ISDIAH
1st
2005-2008
2008
ICAExpertsGrouponArchivalDescription
ArchivalPrinciples:RecordsinContexts
• PrincipleofProvenance
• Respectdesfonds
• TheRecordscreated,accumulated,andusedbyapersonorgroupinthecourseoflifeandwork
aretobekepttogetherandnotintermixedwithrecordsfromothersources
• RespectforOriginalOrder
• Theintellectualgroupingofandsequencingimposedontherecordsinthecontextof
accumulationanduseisessentialtounderstandingtheinterrelationsamongthemaswellas
beingevidenceofhowtheywereused
• Generalinternationalconsensusontheprinciple
• Buthistorical,culturaldifferencesinunderstandings
• RecordsinContexts
•
•
•
•
Embodiesbothfacetsoftheprinciple
ThoughmoreexpansiveunderstandingofProvenance
Basedonintellectualandpracticalcritiqueofarchivaldescription
Recordsandthepeoplethatcreate,manage,andusethemdonotexistin
isolationbutincomplexlayersofinterrelated,interdependentcontexts
ICAExpertsGrouponArchivalDescription
HistoricalContext
• Sinceatleastmid-19thcentury,culturalheritagecommunities
• Reimaginedescriptioninrelationtoemergingandnewcommunication
technologies
• Trend
• Separatethecomponentsofdescription
• Toefficientlyandmoreeffectivelycreateprevailingaccesstool(e.g.,
bookcatalog,findingaids)
• Atthesametime,enablenewtools,newperspectives,newpaths,
basedonrecombiningthecomponents
• FourICAstandardsreflectthistrend
• Thoughtheseparationandnewperspectivesnotrealized
ICAExpertsGrouponArchivalDescription
CurrentandEmergingTechnologyLandscape
• Network,ofcourse,andMarkup(XML),andDatabase(SQL)…
• XMLandSQLhavedominatedbut…
• EmergenceofGraphtechnologies:RDF,SemantictechnologiesandLinked
OpenData
• Moreexpressive,butalsomorechallenging:complexity,quality…
• Opportunities:separation,recombining,interrelating,openingdomain
borders,newperspectives,newpaths…
• Repositioncommunitytotakeadvantageoftheopportunities
ICAExpertsGrouponArchivalDescription
TheRiCProducts
• Conceptual Modelforarchival description(RiC-CM)
• TheConceptual Modelresembles thecurrent ICAstandards
• Documentsthekeyentities ofarchival descriptionandtheproperties ofeach
• With diagrams illustrating howthecomponentsareinterrelated toform complete archival
description
• RiC-CMavailable forcommentuntil 31December 2016.
• AnOntology forarchival description(RiC-O)
• Based onRiC-CM
• Expressed using theW3COWLlanguage
• Willmap archival descriptionconceptstosimilar conceptsemployed byallied communities:
integrated access toculturalheritage
• Willenable archival community toparticipate onits own terms,so-to-speak
• RiC-O draft available late 2016
ICAExpertsGrouponArchivalDescription
FromISAD(G)
• Predominantformofarchivaldescriptiontoday
• Hierarchical(top-down)descriptionofasinglefonds
• Descriptionofthewhole,thepartsofthewhole,partsoftheparts
• Largelyifnotexclusivelyself-contained,inward“looking”
• Thatis,notconnectedtothebroadercontext
• Allcontainedinasingleapparatus
• ISAD(G)amodelforthisapproach;EADamethodforcommunicatingit
ICAExpertsGrouponArchivalDescription
•ToRiC
• Torepeat
• RecordsinContexts
• MoreexpansiveunderstandingofProvenance
• Recordsandthepeoplethatcreate,manage,andusethemdonotexistin
isolationbutincomplexlayersofinterrelated,interdependentcontexts
ICAExpertsGrouponArchivalDescription
ToRiC:PivotalChanges
• Recordsandaggregationsofrecordstreatedastwodistinctentities
• Records
• RecordSets
• Overthecourseofitsexistence,arecordmaybeamemberofmorethanonerecordset,andatthesametime
• Multileveldescription
• Multilevelorhierarchicaldescriptiononeamongotherpossiblemethodsofdescription
• Multileveldescriptionpredominates,andwilldosofortheforeseeablefuture:wellunderstoodandeconomic
• Multidimensionaldescription
• Encompassesmultileveldescription
• Withinanetworkofinterrelatedrecords,fonds,people…:contextwithincontext
• Enablesmoreflexibledescription(relationalandgraph)thatismoreexpressiveofthecomplexrealitiesofrecordsthanpossible
inasinglehierarchicaldescription
• Descriptionasavastsocial-documentnetwork
ICAExpertsGrouponArchivalDescription
Thankyou!
RecordsinContexts-ConceptualModel(RiC-CM)
BillStockting
RoyalLibraryandRoyalArchives,UnitedKingdom
EGADmember
ICAExpertsGrouponArchivalDescription
Introduction
TodayIwilltalkabout:
•Whatwemeanbya‘ConceptualModel’asa
document– RecordsinContext(RiC)
•AtourofthedraftofRiCputoutforconsultation
•Nextsteps...
A‘Conceptual’Model?
Theconceptualmodelisadocumentthat:
•Describeskeyhighlevelconceptsforarchival
description:
–
Entities(Record,Agent,Functionetc.)
–
Theirproperties(id,name,descriptionetc.)
–
Therelationsbetweenthem(Record‘was
createdby’Agent)
•Ageneralisedviewofarchivaldescriptionthat
doesnotreplace:
–
detailedlogicalandphysicaldatamodels
–
cataloguingguidelines(e.g.DACSandother
nationalguidelines)
–
XMLschemafordatatransmission(e.g.EAD3
orMARC)
A‘Conceptual’Model?
Theconceptualmodelwillbeadocumentthat:
•framesandrespectscurrentpractice,systems
andprocessyetprovidesabasisfortheir
ongoingdevelopment
•informsongoingprofessionaldiscussions,
educationandtraining
•enablesustocollaboratewithother
informationprofessionals
•ensuresarchivestaketheirproperplaceinthe
digitalworld
ModelsComparison:Data
ModelsComparison:Findings
Wefound:
•
Differencesinperspectiveduetothe
differingcontextsofmodelling
•
Agreatdealofagreementnow
reflectedinRiC:
– keyentitiesforarchivists:Record,
Agent,andBusinessentities
– contextualentitiessharedwith
others:Places,Dates,Topics,
Eventsetc
– significantpropertiesof,and
relationsbetween,entitiesfor
archivaldescription
RecordEntities:
CurrentlywehavethreeRecordentitiesinRiC:
•
RecordSet
Record:‘linguistic,symbolic,orgraphic
informationrepresentedinanypersistent
form,onanydurablecarrier,byany
’hasmember’/
’ismemberof’
method,byanAgentinthecourseoflife
orworkeventsandActivities’- the‘item’
Record
levelinISAD(G)
•
RecordComponent:thepartsthatmake
upaRecord
•
RecordSet:thegroupsoraggregationsof
whichaRecordmaybeamember
’haspart’/‘ispartof’
Record
Component
’haspart’/‘ispartof’
Record
Component
RecordEntities:RecordSet
RecordSet:
•
RecordSet:
fonds[or
collection]
RecordsgroupedtogetherbyanAgent
basedonsharedpropertiesinorderto
servetheirownends:provenance,topic,
’hasmember/‘ismemberof’
placeetc
•
RecordSet:
series
Mayholdotherrecordsetsinahierarchyso
catersfortraditionalmulti-levelprovenance
baseddescriptionatfondsorseries‘level’,
andothertypesof‘collections’
•
Alsoallowsrecordstobegroupedinother
waysbycreators,archivistsandusers,
simultaneouslyorovertime
Record1
Record2
’hasmember/
‘ismemberof’
Record3
Record1
‘ismemberof’/
’hasmember’
RecordSet:
series
Record2
Record3
‘ismemberof’/
’hasmember’
RecordSet:user
collection:
recordsrelating
tomyresearch
RecordEntities:DocumentaryForm
WealsohavetheDocumentaryFormentity,
which:
•
allowsthedefinitionofthemodelthat
prescribestheparticularformatofa
Record
‘hasdocumentaryform’/
’isdocumentaryformof’
Record:acharter,aletter,ane-mail,awill
etc
•
connectsRiCtoDiplomatics
Documentary
Form
PeopleEntities:
Agententity:
•
includesthefollowingtypes:
–
Persons
–
Groups:corporatebodies;families
–
Delegate-Agents:software,robots,
probes
•
•
allowsdefinitionofidentitytypes:
–
Given
–
Assumed
hastworelatedentities
–
Occupation:professionortrade
–
Position:rolewithinacorporatebody
Agent:
person
‘pursues’/
’ispursuedby’
‘occupies’/
’isoccupiedby’
Occupation
Position
‘isassociatedwith’/
’isassociatedwith
BusinessEntities:
FromISDF,RiChastwoseparate
Function
(Abstract)
entitiesfor:
•
Function: anAgent’sbroadgoals
orpurposes
•
Activity:actionsperformedbyan
‘hasexample’/
Isexampleof’
Agentinfulfilmentoffunctions:
Botharedefinedasbeingwithina
specificculturalcontextsoinorder
Function
‘isfulfilledby
performanceof’/
‘isperformedtofulfill’
‘isfulfilledby’/
‘fulfills’
Agent
toseegenericfunctions
independentofcontextthereis
alsoFunction(Abstract)
Activity
‘isperformedby’/
’performs’
BusinessEntities:
Mandate:
•
authorityorrulesthatdefinethe
functionsandactivitiesofAgents
•
Agent
‘authorized’/
‘wasauthorizedby’
sourceofauthorityforanAgentto
Function
act,whichmayeitherbe:
–
impliedbysocialcustomsorpersonal
motivation
–
Mandate
‘defined’/
’wasdefinedby’
expressedindocumentssuchaslaws,
Activity
regulations,standards(e.g.RiC!)
•
abstractandnottobeconfused
withthosedocumentsthatmay
giveitexpression
‘isevidencedby’/
‘isevidenceof’
Record
EntitiesSharedwithOthers:Place
Record
Place:
•
Anygeographicoradministrative
pointorarea
•
’washoldinglocationof’/
‘hasholdinglocation’
Place
’wasbirthplaceof’/
‘hadbirthplace’
Agent
enablingdescriptionofspatial
contextsofotherentities
‘isjurisdictionof’/
’hasjurisdiction’
Mandate
EntitiesSharedwithOthers:Date
RecordSet
Date:
•
chronologicalinformationbased
onanyformat
•
’wascreationdateof’/
‘hadcreationdate’
Date
’wasbirthdateof’/
‘hadbirthdate’
Agent
enablingdescriptionoftemporal
contextsofotherentities
’wasactivedateof’/
‘wasactivedate’
Mandate
EntitiesSharedwithOthers:Concept/Thing
Concept/Thing:
•
broadtopicsthatmaybethe
’hassubject’/
‘issubjectof’
subjectofotherentities
•
Agent
’hassubject’/
‘issubjectof’
includesabstractideas,material
Record
Place
things,events,includingthosethat
arelegendaryorfictitious
’hassubject’/
‘issubjectof’
Concept/
Thing
Properties:
Entitieshavetwotypesofproperty:
•
Thosethatidentifytheentitythatarecommon
toall:
•
–
GloballyPersistentIdandother‘local’ids
–
Name
–
GeneralNote
Thosethatdescribetheentitywhichwilldiffer
duetothedifferentnatureoftheentities
•
ManyfamiliarfromISAD(G)etc:
–
Recordhasproperties‘scopeandcontent’,‘language
information’,‘conditionsofaccess’etc.
–
butnot‘creator’asthatmodelledasarelationbetween
aRecordandanAgent
Agent:
GlobalPersistentId:
Type:
Name:
LanguageInformation:
History:
…
‘created’/’wascreatedby’
Record:
GlobalPersistentId:
Name:
LanguageInformation:
ConditionsofAccess
ScopeandContent:
…
Properties:Record(andRecordComponent)
Specific
Content:
Representation:
•
AuthenticityandIntegrityNote
•
EncodingFormat:text/csv;audio/mp4…
•
ContentType:text,music…
•
LanguageInformation
•
ContentExtent:1letter…
•
MediaType:computer,unmediated…
•
QualityofInformation
•
ProductionTechnique:handwriting,recording…
•
ScopeandContent
ManagementandUse:
Carrier:
•
Classification
•
Medium:paper,magneticdisk…
•
ConditionsofAccess
•
PhysicalorLogicalExtent:5pages…
•
ConditionsofUse
•
PhysicalCharacteristicsNote
•
History
•
RecordState:draft,copy…
Properties:RecordSetSpecific
PropertiesoftheRecordsSet:
PropertiesthatmaybeSharedbyAllMembersofa
•
AccrualNote
•
AccrualStatus
•
Arrangement
•
ConditionsofAccess
•
AuthenticityandIntegrityNote
•
ConditionsofUse
•
Classification
•
ContentType
•
History
•
EncodingFormat
•
Type:fonds,series,file,collection…
•
LanguageInformation
•
MediaType
PropertiesSummarizingtheMembers
•
Medium
ofaRecordSet:
•
ProductionTechnique
•
RecordState
•
ContentExtent
•
PhysicalorLogicalExtent
•
ScopeandContent
RecordSet:
Properties:AgentSpecific
Shared(allTypes):
•
Type:person,group,delegate-agent…
•
IdentityType:given,assumed…
•
LanguageInformation
•
History
PropertyspecifictoType=‘delegate-agent’:
•
TechnicalCharacteristics
PropertyspecifictoType=‘person’:
•
Gender
PropertiesspecifictoType=‘corporatebody’:
•
ServicestothePublic
•
ContactInformation
•
OperatingHours
•
Facilities
Properties:SpecificToOtherEntities
Date:
•
Calendar
•
Type
Activity,DocumentaryForm,Function,Function
(Abstract),Mandate,Occupation,Position:
•
Description
•
History
•
Type
Place:
•
Address
Concept/Thing:
•
GeographicCoordinates
•
Description
•
Type
•
Type
Relations
Relationsbetweenentitiesareexpressedinsimple
binaryformatinbothdirections:
•
relationsarenamedinthepasttensewherethe
actionsexpressedhavecompleted
•
allentitieshavegeneral‘isassociatedwith’and
‘wasassociatedwith’relationswitheachother
aswellasmorespecificrelations
Thelistinthedraftremainssuggestivenotcomplete
withthosereflecting:
•
thewho,whatandwhereofrecords’creation,
transmission,managementanduse
Relations
Thelistinthedraftremainssuggestivenot
completewiththosereflecting:
•
subjectsofrecords
•
temporal(successor/predecessor)and
Agent
hierarchical(superior/subordinate)relations
betweeninstancesofthesameentity
•
Thedoingofbusinessbyagentsandthewhen
andwheretheyaredoingit
•
‘created’/
‘wascreatedby’
‘isassociatedwith’/
‘isassociatedwith’
familyrelationsforpersons
TheadditionofDateandPlacepropertiesallows
expressionofgreatercontextforsome
relations
Record
Date:2016-0916
Place:Seoul
NextSteps
Soafirstdraftbutstillthingstodo:
•Receive,digestandrespondtofeedback
•Model‘control’informationrecreationand
managementofdescriptions
•Discussanddeveloptheobligationandrepeatability
statusoftheproperties
•Agreeanddefinethefullsetofrelationsforthe
model
•Agreethefinaldocumentationnecessary,including
explanation,diagramsandexamples
Thankyou!
RecordsinContexts-Ontology(RiC-O)
FlorenceClavaud
Archivesnationales,France
EGADmember,RiC-Odevelopmentlead
ICAExpertsGrouponArchivalDescription
WhatIsIt,BrieflyStated?
- amachinereadableversionoftheconceptualmodel
- atoolforwiderintegrationandsharingofarchivaldescription
- anopportunityfortestingandcommunityfeedback
WhatIsIt,BrieflyStated?
AFormalRepresentationOfRiC-CM
- BASICALLY,AFORMALVERSIONOFTHECONCEPTUALMODEL...
- amachinereadableandprocessableone;justlike,forexample,EAC-CPF,aformal
representationofISAAR(CPF)
- samescopeasRiC-CM
- generic
- multilingualannotations
- …USINGTHEW3CSEMANTICWEBSTANDARDSFORDEFININGENTITIESANDTHEIR
RELATIONS
- RDF(ResourceDescriptionFramework;aW3Crecommendationsince1999,current
version:RDF1.1;seehttp://www.w3.org/RDF/);
- RDFS(theRDFSchemalanguage;aW3Crecommendationsince2004;see
http://www.w3.org/TR/rdf-schema/);
- OWL(WebOntologyLanguage,firstversiondated2004,2nd onedated2009;see
http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/wiki/OWL)
WhySuchAnOntology?
tobeAbletoPutArchivalMetadataonthe(Semantic)Web
- Archivaldescriptiontoday:alotofdescriptivedata,storedinalotofformats(e.g.
relationaldatabases,EAD/XML,EAC-CPF/XML...)andlanguages,inalotofdifferent
informationsystems,allovertheworld.
- Theweb:thelargestandmostpowerfulinformationsystemeverbuilt;currently
evolvingtowardsa« semanticnetwork »(baseduponconnecteddatasets,viewableas
graphs)
- Inordertopopulatethisnetwork,needtobuildrichmachine-processablemetadata
fromourdata,havingtheRDFstandardizedformofsimpletriples(three-component
phrases)
Ex.(inpseudo-RDFTurtlesyntax) :
RDFsubject
RDFpredicateRDFobject
anf:LucienFebvre
anf:fonds591AP
RiC-O:created
rdf:type
anf:fonds591AP .
RiC-O:RecordSet .
eachofthecomponents(resources)havingitsuniqueidentifier(URI).
Why?
- TOLINKTHEDATATOOTHERDATA(tobuildrichLinkedDatasets)
Ex. :
anf:LucienFebvre
RiC-O:created anf:fonds591AP.
anf:LucienFebvre
owl:sameAs
http://data.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb119024609#foaf:Person.
anf:LucienFebvre
owl:sameAs
http://viaf.org/viaf/61545548.
- TOACCURATELYQUERYTHERDFDATAANDMAKEINFERENCESBASEDONTHEM
Ex.visualize(orcreatefromseveralgraphscomingfromseveraldatasets)agraph
concerningaperson;discover,readingwhatotherinstitutionsknowabouthim/her,
thathe/shelivedorwasbornatsomedateandplace,thathe/sheusedseveral
names,haddifferentactivities,thenbeabletoenrichone'sowndata ;discoverthe
archivalrecordshe/shecreated,thebookshe/shewrote,whereallthosecultural
heritageobjectsare,etc.
- LINKEDDATA:ANOPENWORLD,NOTACLOSED,FULLYDEFINEDDATABASE
Butofcourse,ifmany(all)archivalinstitutionsusethesameontology
tocreatetheirRDFmetadata,itmay :
- stronglyenhancethequeryandprocessingresults(keypointforinteroperability!)
- helpmakeourconceptsanddataaccessible,understandable,unambiguous,
reusable
TheArchivalWorldasaGraphofEntitiesandRelations:A
SmallandSimpleExample
created
Lucien
Febvre
Fonds
591AP
(Person)
performed
Teaching
history
(Record set
of type fonds)
has
member
(Activity)
resulted in
has
member
Letters
591AP52-55
(Record Set
of type series)
has
member
Letter 1
(Record)
TheSameStatementsintheDiagram,ExpressedUsingRDF
Triples
anf:LucienFebvre
RiC-O:created
anf:fonds591AP .
anf:LucienFebvre
rdf:type
RiC-O:Person.
anf:fonds591AP
rdf:type
RiC-O:RecordSet .
anf:fonds591AP
RiC-O:hasMember
anf:letters591AP52To55 .
anf:letters591AP52To55
rdf:type
RiC-O:RecordSet .
anf:letters591AP52To55
RiC-O:hasMember
anf:letter1 .
anf:letter1
rdf:type
RiC-O:Record .
anf:LucienFebvre
RiC-O:performed
anf:teachingHistory .
anf:teachingHistory
rdf:type
RiC-O:Activity .
anf:teachingHistory
RiC-O:resultedIn
anf:Lectures591AP2to3 .
anf:Lectures591AP2to3
rdf:type
RiC-O:RecordSet .
anf:fonds591AP
RiC-O:hasMember
anf:Lectures591AP2to3 .
BuildingRDFArchivalDataSets:TheRoleofRIC-O
TheRiContologywilldefine:
- theclassesneeded(correspondingtotheentitiesoftheconceptualmodel),suchas
Person,Record,RecordSet,Activity(plusotherclasses);
-theobjectpropertiesneeded(correspondingtotherelationsbetweenentitiesofthe
conceptualmodel),suchascreated,hasMember,performs,resultedIn(andmuchmore);
- somedataproperties(tobeusedifyouwanttosaythataninstance
ofaclasshassomefeatureexpressedasastring
Ex. :anf:letters591AP52To55hasLocalIdentifier"591AP/52-55"
- the(possiblemultiple)hierarchy(ies)existingbetweensomeclassesorsomeproperties;
- therulesthatgovernthoseclassesandproperties,andthatyoumustconformto
whenyouusethoseclassesandproperties.
Inshort,itwillbeboththevocabularyneededandthegrammarnecessarytousethe
vocabulary,expressedformally.
AMoreComplexGraph,WhereData
FromTwoArchivalInstitutionsAreLinked
HowWeBuildRIC-O:TheTeam
AfewEGADmembers:
- FlorenceClavaud,Archivesnationales(France)(leaderoftheteam);
- PeteJohnston,ArchivesHub(UnitedKingdom) ;
- DanielPitti,UniversityofVirginia(U.S.A.)(chairofEGAD);
- AaronRubinstein,UniversityofMassachusettsAmherst(U.S.A.);
- SalvatoreVassallo,ArchivumRomanumSocietatisJesu(Italy).
HowWeBuildRIC-O:Principles
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COMPLETENESS
Adomainontology,takingintoaccountanyconcept/entityoftherealarchivalworld,
sometoplevelabstractnotions,andalotofpointsofviewand« functional »needs.
CLARITY/ACCURACY
- Accuratedefinitionsoftheclasses,oftheirproperties,thedomainandrangeofthe
properties,etc.
- Specialcareforgenuinearchivalconceptsandfeatures:functionsandthebusiness
entities,recordset(andorderingsets),representingthehistoryofentities,provenance
andsomecurationevents...
- Multilingualdocumentationintheend
- Examples
FLEXIBILITY
- Allowingtouseeitherthecoreentitiesonly,orsomeverypreciselydefinedlowlevel
ones(e.g.Record,orRecordanditscomponents ;Set) ;thewholeontologyorapartof
it
- Allowingtoexpresssomerelationsverysimplyasdirectbinaryones(usingoneverb
tolinktwoclasses),ortousemorecomplexpaths,sothattherelationbecomesaclass
andcanbedescribed,givenadate,acertainty,etc.
- Extensibility
- Openness(providing'hooks'forothercommunities)
HowWeBuildRIC-O:Principles
MAPPINGS(FORABETTERINTEGRATIONOFOURDATATOLINKEDDATA)
Thearchivaldomainislinkedto(orpartof)manyotherones.
Itisveryimportantthatourconcepts(classesorproperties)becomparedwith,andwhen
appliable,aligned,withconceptsdefinedinotherontologies:
- ontologiesforotherdomainsofculturalheritage:
- CIDOC-CRM(www.cidoc-crm.org/official_release_cidoc.html)
- FRBRoo(http://www.cidoc-crm.org/frbr_inro.html)
- ontologiesfordescribingentitiesoreventssomewhatcloseorlinkedtothearchivalone:
- ThePROVOntology(PROV-O)(http://www.w3.org/TR/prov-o/)
- TheOrganizationontology (http://www.w3.org/TR/vocab-org/)
- OpenArchivesInitiative-ObjectReuseandExchange(OAI-ORE)
(https://www.openarchives.org/ore/)
- generic,widelyused,ontologies:
- FOAF(FriendofaFriend)(http://xmlns.com/foaf/spec/)
- DublinCoreMetadataInitiativeTerms(dcterms)
(http://dublincore.org/documents/dcmi-terms/)
- LODE:AnontologyforLinkingOpenDescriptionsofEvents
(http://linkedevents.org/ontology/)
HowWeBuildRIC-O:Method
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THREEKINDSOFSIMULTANEOUS/ITERATIVEACTIONS:
- investigatingon:technicalspecifications,mainconceptsofaformalontology,
toolsandmethodsforbuildinganontology,designpatterns,goodpractices;
- analyzingseveralexistingontologiesormodels;
- iterativelycreatingtheontologyfileandmakingsometests,usingProtégéopensourcesoftwa
ALOTOFDISCUSSIONSANDCOLLECTIVEWORK:
- mailinglist
- specificconferencecalls
- workwithotherEGADmembers
FEEDBACKLOOP:
developingandtestingtheontologywillhelpusbuildandrefinetheconceptualmodel
USINGAPRIVATEGITREPOSITORY
OverviewoftheCurrentStatusoftheOntology
(AWorkinProgress):ABranchintheClassSystem
ROADMAP
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First,developacore(maindomainentitiesandproperties)
Testandrevieweverythingiteratively
Then,improveandenrichtheontology:
- addmorepropertiesandtheclassesthatareneededinordertoexpress
morecomplexanalysisofsomesituationsandanaccuraterepresentation
ofthehistoryoftheentitiesinvolved,suchas:"event"and"role"classes
andtheirownproperties(certainty,source,date,place....),n-aryrelationships
- aligntheclassesandpropertieswiththoseofotherontologies(mappings)
- addsomevocabularies(SKOSrepresentationofsomefeatures,
suchassome"types" :typeofrecordsets,…)
- prepareanexternaldocumentation
- continuecheckingconformancetoCM
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Milestones:
- firstdraft(betaversion),andcallforcomments:bytheendof2016
- version1,with,ifpossible,ashowcase:bytheendofspring2017
AllversionswillbereleasedonGitHub:http://github.com/ICA-EGAD
Thankyou!
DraftRIC-CMavailableat:
http://www.ica.org/egad-ric-conceptual-model
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