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In this paper, we propose an ontology-based metadata integration methodology for the cultural heritage domain. The proposed real - world approach considers an integration architecture in which CIDOC/CRM ontology acts as a mediating scheme. In this context, we present a mapping methodology from Encoded Archival Description (EAD) and Dublin Core (DC) metadata to CIDOC/CRM, and discuss the faced difficulties.
The research work of the authors I. Lourdi, L. Bountouri, and M. Gergatsoulis was partially co-funded by the European Social Fund (75%) and National Resources (25%) -Operational Program for Educational and Vocational Training (EPEAEK II) and particularly by the Research Program “PYTHAGORAS II”. The research work of the authors C. Kakali, Th. Stasinopoulou, C. Papatheodorou and M. Doerr was supported by DELOS Network of Excellence on Digital Libraries funded by European Commission.
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Stasinopoulou, T. et al. (2007). Ontology-Based Metadata Integration in the Cultural Heritage Domain. In: Goh, D.HL., Cao, T.H., Sølvberg, I.T., Rasmussen, E. (eds) Asian Digital Libraries. Looking Back 10 Years and Forging New Frontiers. ICADL 2007. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 4822. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-77094-7_25
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