2019/02/06 by Ettore Rizza, Rizza, Ettore, Anne Chardonnens +3
Computer Science · #Databases (cs.DB) #Digital Rights Management and Security #FOS: Computer and information sciences #Library Science and Information Systems #Semantic Web and Ontologies #cs.DB
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1902.02140
Workshop "Dariah "Trust and Understanding: the value of metadata in a digitally joined-up world" (14/05/2018, Brussels), preprint of the submission to the journal "Archives et Bibliothèques de Belgique"
arxiv created 2019/02/06 · openalex publication_date 2019/02/06 · arxiv updated 2019/02/07 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
More and more cultural institutions use Linked Data principles to share and connect their collection metadata. In the archival field, initiatives emerge to exploit data contained in archival descriptions and adapt encoding standards to the semantic web. In this context, online authority files can be used to enrich metadata. However, relying on a decentralized network of knowledge bases such as Wikidata, DBpedia or even Viaf has its own difficulties. This paper aims to offer a critical view of these linked authority files by adopting a close-reading approach. Through a practical case study, we intend to identify and illustrate the possibilities and limits of RDF triples compared to institutions' less structured metadata.