Record linking in the EHRI portal

Korte inhoud:The creation of Linked Open Data (LOD) is a disruptive process within the knowledge industries, enabling new and innovative ways ofworking with large, dispersed datasets and yielding fresh insightsinto the structure of complex intellectual domains. Within the archival space, and specifically the area of Holocaust-related documentation, the European Holocaust Research Infrastructure (EHRI) project is invested in realising the vision of a “virtual observatory” that can, through leveraging interconnections between diverse trans-national sources, provide a more comprehensible picture of an archival landscape that is notoriously complex and difficult to navigate. After describing why archival sources relating to the Holocaust tend to have an uncommonly complex history and reviewing related work on similar themes, this case study describes efforts within the EHRI project to link and integrate archival metadata that is available within EHRI’s online portal. We cover our methods and progress in two specific areas: establishing and making navigable the connections between descriptions where material is related by archival provenance; and using co-referencing of subject and authority terms to improve users’ ability to transparently browse descriptions sourced from many different institutions. In both cases we provide visualisations that seek to convey an overview of the degree of data integration yet achieved, and how much work still remains. Finally, we discus how these efforts relate to the ongoing development of LOD-focused archival standards, and the accessibility of EHRI’s data from a LOD perspective.

Jaar van publicatie:2020

Trefwoorden:A1 Journal article

Toegankelijkheid:Closed