Semantic Web in Europeana: an EDM standard approach

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5195/biblios.2020.759

Keywords:

Europeana Data Model – EDM, Europeana digital library, Information Science, Linked Data, Semantic Web

Abstract

Objective. The Semantic Web and Linked Data emphasize on the reuse and linking of richly described resources on the Web. This principles fits the purpose of the Europeana Data Model (EDM), which is to make use of existing resource information as well as to support their enrichment by establishing new relationships between them. The objective of this study is to describe the semantic relationships included in the elements of the EDM, as well as to highlight the advantages of using this model to represent and retrieve information digitized culture on the Web and thus encourage the adoption of semantic methodologies in Brazilian projects.


Method. This is a qualitative research, based on a descriptive-document method, regarding the family of EDM documents. First we have identified the concepts and technologies of the Semantic Web and Linked Data, then we analyze the descriptive memoir of the data model of Europeana. We detail the principles and development of EDM, with an emphasis on the semantic elements that support specific functions in Europeana.


Results. We have identified the possibilities of connecting data from different institutions in order to complement and enrich the information of the records about a particular cultural heritage object.


Conclusions. This study showed that the semantic structure of the EDM constitutes a reference to be followed for publication of data of national Linked Open Data projects to ensure the increasing interconnection of data, to increase the speed of the circulation of the information between the interested parties and accelerate new discoveries.

Author Biographies

Luciana Candida Silva, Professora Doutora Faculdade de Informação e Comunicação Universidade Federal de Goiás.

Docente do curso de Biblioteconomia da Universidade Federal de Goiás. Doutora em Ciência da Informação pela Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio Mesquita Filho (UNESP). Mestre em Ciência da Informação pela Universidade de Brasília (UNB) e graduada em Biblioteconomia pela Universidade Federal de Goiás (UFG).

José Eduardo Santarem Segundo

Professor Doutor
Departamento de Educação, Informação e Comunicação
USP - FFCLRP
Ribeirão Preto, SP.

Nuno Freire, INESC-ID, Lisboa, Portugal

Investigador no Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores, Investigação e Desenvolvimento em Lisboa (INESC-ID). Doutorado em Engenharia Informática e de Computadores pelo Instituto Superior Técnico da Universidade de Lisboa. 

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2021-09-07

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Silva, L. C., Santarem Segundo, J. E., & Freire, N. (2021). Semantic Web in Europeana: an EDM standard approach. Biblios Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, (80), 15–26. https://doi.org/10.5195/biblios.2020.759

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