The aim of this study is to contribute to the field of machine-processable bibliographic data that is suitable for the Semantic Web. We examine the Entity Relationship (ER) model, which has been selected by IFLA as a “conceptual framework” in order to model the FR family (FRBR, FRAD, and RDA), and the problems ER causes as we move towards the Semantic Web. Subsequently, while maintaining the se...

Considerable time and efforts have been spent on developing standards and models that provide interoperability between information system in archives, libraries and museums. Among them CIDOC Conceptual Reference Model (CRM), primarily targeting museum information and later FRBR object-oriented model (FRBRoo), which is an extension to CIDOC CRM developed to integrate information across memory in...

HTTP transactions have semantics that can be interpreted in many ways. At a low level, a physical stream of bits is transmitted from server to client. Higher up, those bits resolve into a message with a specific bit pattern. More abstractly, information, regardless of the physical representation, has been transferred. While the mechanisms associated with these abstractions, such as content nego...

A dataset, small or big, is often changed to correct errors, apply new algorithms, add data (e.g., as part of a time series), etc. In addition, datasets might be bundled into collections, distributed in different encodings mirrored onto platforms. All these differences between versions need understood by researchers who want cite the exact version dataset that was used underpin their research. ...

In the cultural heritage domain, there is a huge interest in utilizing semantic web technology and build services enabling users to query, explore and access the vast body of cultural heritage information that has been created over decades by memory institutions. For successful conversion of existing data into semantic web data, however, there is often a need to enhance and enrich the legacy da...

The main goals of the Linked Heritage project (sponsored by Europeana)are to provide qualified content to Europeana from the public and private sector. Tothis aim is created WP4 (Work Group 4) in which the organization EDItEUR takespart. The ’content’ are metadata for the cultural heritage. Starting by addressingthe issue of the “copyright gap”, which can involve metadata, the a...