Glossary
Collection Manager
Users of Collection Management Systems who manage collections of heritage objects.
Collection Management System
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Data model
Can be generic or domain-specific.
Data Platform
Data Platforms provide access to heritage data, which can then be consumed by Service Platforms.
It can be integrated in a Collection Management System or be a separate system, such as a triple store or a IIIF image server.
Data owners are responsible for Data Platforms.
Defined in DERA (Dutch).
Data Provider
(corresponds to Dutch ‘bronhouder’ as defined in the DERA).
Dataset Description
An RDF document that documents a dataset. Formally defined in the Requirements for Datasets.
Dataset Register
See the Dataset Register service description.
Distribution
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NDE-compliant
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Network of Terms
See the Network of Terms service description.
Persistent HTTP URI
A URI that is resolvable over HTTP(S) and once available must remain to be accessible.
May contain a PID.
RDF
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Service Platform
A software application with the purpose of making data from one or several Data Platforms available for a specific purpose, for example through a website or app.
Examples are:
- making heritage objects from the Dutch colonial past available for heritage research;
- keeping the memory of World War II alive by presenting stories about it.
Service Platforms are the responsibility of the Service Providers.
Term
A word, name, acronym, phrase or other symbol with a formal definition, published in the Network of Terms.
Terms describe what heritage is about. Terms are, for example, subjects, persons or places. For example the Night watch: it is a 'painting', made by 'Rembrandt' in 'Amsterdam'.
Yet a term is more than a word. Each term has an identifier, a so-called URI. A URI is a unique address which makes it unambiguously clear which term is meant. For example, the (Dutch) term 'noodweer' could be a legal concept or really bad weather? The meaning becomes clear when you read the URI of the term, such as http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q741507.
In addition, a term can contain additional information, such as a definition or an alternative name. For example the term "painting" with the URI http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300177435. The extra information about this term makes it clear that it has a synonym (in Dutch), 'schilderstuk'.