Tim Thompson
Librarian for Applied Metadata Research at Yale University Library
Buckets vs. Models:
Contextualizing the Art and Rare Materials (ARM) Ontology
Tim Thompson
Librarian for Applied Metadata Research
Yale University Library
timothy.thompson@yale.edu
www.linkedin.com/in/timathompson
LD4 Rare Materials Affinity Group
September 19, 2024
1
2016–2018
- LD4P1
- ArtFrame and RareMat projects merged
- ARM v0.1
3
2019–
- RMAG, ongoing work
- Profile development in Sinopia
2
2019–2021
- LD4P2
- Experimentation in Sinopia
- ARM v1.0, with additional uses case from archives
ARM and BIBFRAME
Ontology Design
Models or Buckets?
Principles
- A good ontology encodes a model or theory of reality.
- Ontology development may be guided by functional requirements or competency questions.
- Interoperability depends on conceptual consistency and the right level of abstraction.
What about ARM?
Start from BIBFRAME, develop use cases
| Origin | Title | Priority | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| RareMat | UC1: Provenance tracing (persons, institutions, bookplates) | provenance |
From this...
=590 \\$aAutograph: D.L. [Drip?]
=692 14$aDrip, D. L.$xAutograph.To this...
[
{
"@id": "https://trellis.sinopia.io/repository/yale/544a8126-0d95-4041-93eb-e7aee90397be",
"@type": ["http://id.loc.gov/ontologies/bibframe/Item"],
"http://id.loc.gov/ontologies/bibframe/custodialHistory": [
{
"@language": "eng",
"@value": "Autograph of D.L. [Drip?]."
}
],
"https://w3id.org/arm/core/ontology/0.1/markedBy": [
{"@id": "http://library.yale.edu/ld4p/resource/yale_2020-05-17T00:02:23.209Z/544a8126-0d95-4041-93eb-e7aee90397be/b5"}
]
},
{
"@id": "http://library.yale.edu/ld4p/resource/yale_2020-05-17T00:02:23.209Z/544a8126-0d95-4041-93eb-e7aee90397be/b5",
"@type": ["https://w3id.org/arm/core/ontology/0.1/Autograph"],
"http://id.loc.gov/ontologies/bibframe/contribution": [
{"@id": "http://library.yale.edu/ld4p/resource/yale_2020-05-17T00:02:23.209Z/544a8126-0d95-4041-93eb-e7aee90397be/b8"}
],
"http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#value": [
{
"@language": "eng",
"@value": "D.L. [Drip?]"
}
]
},
{
"@id": "http://library.yale.edu/ld4p/resource/yale_2020-05-17T00:02:23.209Z/544a8126-0d95-4041-93eb-e7aee90397be/b8",
"@type": ["http://id.loc.gov/ontologies/bibframe/Contribution"],
"http://id.loc.gov/ontologies/bibframe/agent": [
{"@id": "http://library.yale.edu/ld4p/resource/yale_2020-05-17T00:02:23.209Z/544a8126-0d95-4041-93eb-e7aee90397be/b9"}
],
"http://id.loc.gov/ontologies/bibframe/role": [
{"@id": "http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ato"}
]
},
{
"@id": "http://library.yale.edu/ld4p/resource/yale_2020-05-17T00:02:23.209Z/544a8126-0d95-4041-93eb-e7aee90397be/b9",
"@type": [
"http://id.loc.gov/ontologies/bibframe/Person",
"http://id.loc.gov/ontologies/bibframe/Agent"
],
"http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label": [
{
"@language": "eng",
"@value": "Drip, D. L."
}
]
}
]Semantic Buckets
Like BIBFRAME, ARM provides semantic buckets for recording specific bits of data in a way that's familiar, maintaining continuity with existing cataloging practices.
Semantic Buckets
Citations
What is a Page?
Semantic Models
Linked Art is based on an upper-level conceptual model for the cultural heritage domain (CIDOC-CRM) and supports interoperability across collections by modeling reality first, and then defining patterns for specific use cases.
Semantic Models
Attribution
- License
- Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Internaional (CC-BY).
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Thank you!
Tim Thompson
Buckets vs. Models: Contextualizing the Art and Rare Materials (ARM) Ontology
By Tim Thompson
