Presentation given with Kate Fernie for the EuropeanaTech 2015 conference- session data modelling http://www.europeanatech2015.eu/programme/

1. Achieving interoperability between the
CARARE schema for monuments and sites
and the Europeana Data Model
Valentine Charles, Kate Fernie,
Antoine Isaac, Dimitris Gavrilis, Stavros Angelis and
Costis Dallas
EuropeanaTech Conference
February 2015

2. Ceci n’est pas un monument archéologique

3. This is a photo of part of a monument

4. We can see more of the monument from the air

5. but what’s going on beneath the surface?

6. lots of different sources of information

7. help build up the picture of the monument
and our understanding

8. And make this available online

9. Achieving interoperability with Europeana
à We made a mapping between EDM and the CARARE metadata
schema: finding correspondences between the elements of both
models
à Helps users of the CARARE schema to send good metadata to
Europeana
à Why is it important to report on this?
• Mapping is rarely an easy issue
• Models are complex, with subtle differences in world views
• Both CARARE and Europeana benefits from “mapping meditation”
• One of the hardest (confronting) metadata exercises!
• Sharing concrete experiences benefits all Europeana partners

10. How does this look in Europeana?

11. Provided Cultural Heritage Object (CHO),
WebResource and Aggregation

12. edm:hasView
ore:Aggregation
edm:WebResource3edm:WebResource1 edm:WebResource2
Scenario 1: Monuments are represented as CARARE Heritage
Assets and Digital Resources are views of lesser cultural
importance and are treated as EDM WebResources

13. edm:isRepresentationOf
edm:ProvidedCHO 1
edm:ProvidedCHO 4edm:ProvidedCHO 2
Scenario 2: Digital Resources are cultural objects qualifying
as EDM CHOs
edm:ProvidedCHO 3

14. Scenario 3: Cultural objects referencing the CARARE HA
count as CHOs
dcterms:isReferencedBy
edm:ProvidedCHO 1
edm:ProvidedCHO 3edm:ProvidedCHO 2

15. Contextual Resources – Events
CARARE’s event data can be
represented in EDM Event
class but not yet implemented
in Europeana
edm:hasMet
edm:Event
edm:ProvidedCHO 1

16. Conclusions
à CARARE provides better “profile” for archaeology/architecture
heritage and rich metadata for Europeana
à In the process of mapping
• We identified non-trivial issues
• We documented solutions (CARARE->EDM case study)
• It prompted updates to CARARE’s schema (3D ICONS project)
• It confirms the relevance of a richer model like EDM for Europeana
• Human supervision remains crucial for choosing the right option
• Data curators can help here as with many other quality issues in data
aggregation projects!

17. EDM documentation:
http://pro.europeana.eu/edm-documentation
EDM case study: http://www.pro.europeana.eu/carare-edm
CARARE schemas and documentation:
http://www.carare.eu/eng/Resources/CARARE-
Documentation
Winning paper at DCMI2013:
http://dcevents.dublincore.org/IntConf/dc-2013/paper/view/
171/171
Valentine Charles, Kate Fernie,
Antoine Isaac, Costis Dallas, Dimitris Gavrilis, Stavros Angelis