This project will produce linked data descriptions for Columbia University’s art objects, which are overseen by Art Properties at the Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library. The collection in total numbers about 10,000 objects, including public outdoor sculpture, paintings, photography, works on paper and decorative works. At present, data describing the art objects is captured in a spreadsheet according to locally developed guidelines following conventions developed by the art community and using both Library of Congress and Getty vocabularies.
- Linked data descriptions of art resources in the Art Properties collection.
- Workflow to connect public-facing linked data to MARC circulation and other inventory data in spreadsheets or other sources.
- Evaluation and publication of project findings.
Stuff you're doing right now.
Good headers are:
Analysis/Modeling
Linked Data Creation
Tool Exploration / Requirements Definition
Collaboration
Community Engagement
Link to working documents (for partners only)
Last updated 11/14/2016
Month 8 (November 2016)
- Compare Artframe and Rare Material use cases and identify commonalities (Amber Billey, Jason Kovari, Melanie Wacker)
- Presentation on Artframe project at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Nov. 14, 2016 (Roberto Ferrari, Melanie Wacker)
- Test VitroLib Sandbox and provide feedback (Columbia Group)
- Continue participation in collaborative LD4* ontology calls and LD4L/BIBFRAME Alignment Group (Amber Billey, Melanie Wacker)
Months 5-7 (August-October 2016)
Create larger data set representing more than 2000 objects from the Art Properties collection (Columbia Group)
Reconcile new data set to external ontologies (Columbia Group)
Finalize literature review (Columbia Group)
Months 1-3 (April-June 2016)
Create public wiki page on the Columbia Wiki: https://wiki.library.columbia.edu/display/CBT/Columbia+BIBFRAME+Test+Home
Participation in collaborative LD4* ontology calls, LD4L/BIBFRAME Alignment Group, calls, ontology alignment sprint calls, and the identity subgroup calls
Follow wider linked data-related activities
Test open source tools for ontology development and data processing
Mapping of Art Properties data to MARC 21 resulting in the initial release of over 1,000 Art Properties MARC records through CLIO, Columbia University Libraries’ online catalog.
Map Art Properties data to BIBFRAME 2.0
Map BIBFRAME 2.0 to VRA RDF (shared with members of the VRA RDF Ontology Group)
Begin work to analyze CIDOC-CRM and FRBRoo data models and relate them to BIBFRAME 2.0
Outreach to linked data projects in the art domain
Presentation:
"Artframe, LD4P@Columbia" at METRO Workshop “The Bibliographic Framework Initiative (BIBFRAME): Development, Vocabulary and Use” (June 2 2016)
Pre-project activities (prior to April 2016)
Form Columbia core group consisting of members of the Libraries’ Original and Special Materials Cataloging Division, Avery Library, and the Art Properties Department.
Create private wiki for Columbia internal documentation
Create test dataset in spreadsheet form representing a variety of art formats
Reconcile spreadsheet data to external controlled vocabularies
Characterize objects in the Art Properties collection based on sample data
Survey existing linked data developments in the art domain
Map Art Properties data to Bibframe 1.0
Document issues and omissions in BIBFRAME 1.0 relating to art descriptions
Map Art Properties data to VRA RDF
Presentation:
"LD4P@Columbia: BIBFRAME and Art Properties", BIBFRAME Update Forum, ALA Midwinter Meeting, Jan. 10, 2016
