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Automatic Heritage Metadata Enrichment with Historic Events
Marieke van Erp, Department of Computer Science, VU University; Johan Oomen, Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision; Roxane Segers, Department of Computer Science, VU University; Chiel van den Akker, Department of History, VU University; Lora Aroyo, Department of Computer Science, VU University; Geertje Jacobs, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam; Susan Legêne, Department of History, VU University; Lourens van der Meij, Jacco van Ossenbruggen; and Guus Schreiber, Department of Computer Science, VU University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Abstract
Metadata enrichment of cultural heritage collections by means of structured vocabularies has been shown to improve the work of professionals and to increase accessibility of the collections for end-users. Still, collection metadata lack rich context information, such as references to events, which can be valuable for a more effective navigation in cultural heritage collections. In this paper, we present an approach that extends existing metadata enrichment processes with a method to discover historical events. The events are structured in a historical event thesaurus to enrich object metadata. As such, the event thesaurus is used as a bridge between objects in different collections. The results of this work allow for topic-based and event-centered browsing, searching and navigating in integrated collections.
Keywords: collection metadata enrichment, collection access, historical events, thesauri, linking collections, liniking objects, search and browse
Automatic Metadata Enrichment and Linking for Event-driven Access to Distributed Collections
Most digitised and online available objects from GLAMs (Galleries, Libraries, Archives, Museums) can be browsed through a predefined set of formal metadata, such as its creator, year of creation, and type of material. Standards for metadata management and exchange have matured and are being adopted widely.