Art historians’ personal archives include a variety of sources documenting creators’ work, opinions, and methodologies. Such a wealth of information is fundamental to trace the trajectories of art history through the lenses of historiographical research. However, the potential of such collections is still unveiled, and performing cross-collection research is not possible via online catalogues. The ARTchives project aims at crowdsourcing curated information on notable art historians’ archives and providing scholars with a centralised access point to this heritage. In this paper we present the agile cataloguing process developed to support ARTchives contributors. ARTchives is based on a Linked Open Data native cataloguing system that leverages Semantic Web technologies and Natural Language Processing to facilitate data entry, editorial process, and data quality
ARTchives: a Linked Open Data Native Catalogue of Art Historians' Archives
Francesca Tomasi;Marilena Daquino;Lucia Giagnolini
2021
Abstract
Art historians’ personal archives include a variety of sources documenting creators’ work, opinions, and methodologies. Such a wealth of information is fundamental to trace the trajectories of art history through the lenses of historiographical research. However, the potential of such collections is still unveiled, and performing cross-collection research is not possible via online catalogues. The ARTchives project aims at crowdsourcing curated information on notable art historians’ archives and providing scholars with a centralised access point to this heritage. In this paper we present the agile cataloguing process developed to support ARTchives contributors. ARTchives is based on a Linked Open Data native cataloguing system that leverages Semantic Web technologies and Natural Language Processing to facilitate data entry, editorial process, and data qualityI documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
