OpenAtlas INDIGO Vocabs Meeting 2022-03-31¶

Updated information in the course of the meeting is in color. Every participant is invited to add and adapt.

Participants¶

• OpenAtlas: Alexander Watzinger, Bernhard Koschiček-Krombholz
• LBI ArchPro: Geert Verhoeven, Jona Schlegel
• ARCHE/Vocabs: Massimiliano Carloni

This meeting is about importing INDIGO thesaurus from ACDH-CH Vocabs into OpenAtlas (#1663)

Import¶

• OpenAtlas can link to external references (e.g. Wikidata) with SKOS match exact and close but not the used broad, broader, related and narrower matches.
• There seems to be some issues with linking to vocabs (e.g. id format "0030") -> Comes from the CSV import. We will further discuss alternatives like using terms instead of numbers which will also make for more readable URLs
• Decide about multiple/single selection and what to link with.
  • Graffito Creator (Single) -> Person and Group
  • Graffito Class (Single) -> Artifact
  • Graffito Component (Multiple) -> Artifact
  • Graffito Type (Multiple) -> Artifact
  • Community Term -> will not be imported to OpenAtlas
• Is the link to Vocabs enough or do we want to track related information in the description field for:
  • Alternative names (e.g. translations) -> Link to Vocabs
  • Dublin Core information, e.g. for Background: http://purl.org/dc/terms/source: [{'@value': 'van Treeck 2001'}, {'@value': 'McDonald 2013'}]
    -> Link to Vocabs. Question: is it possible to link a reference to a type? Not currently but we can think about implementing but have to consult the CIDOC CRM model first. Please create a Redmine issue if this is needed.
  • Are there also descriptions in Vocabs? -> Descriptions are possible in Vocabs but weren't used yet

Synchronization¶

As expected automatic synchronization between OpenAtlas and Vocabs isn't possible for various reasons. Most obvious workflows would be:

• Freeze Vocabs and import to OpenAtlas before work on data starts
• Keep both systems in sync manually -> will be the most likely workflow. In summer 2022 will be a first version with a fixed structure and it is assumed that only a small amount of terms may be added later.