Provenance information of cultural heritage object

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Mona_Lisa.jpg

The Mona Lisa

Source: http://www.louvre.fr/img/photos/collec/peint/grande/inv0779.jpg

 

Here is a more typical cultural heritage scenario.

We have a digital image of a painting, the Mona Lisa, hosted by Wikipedia. The image refers to the actual work of art at the Louvre in Paris.

We can then describe information about that work of art, such as details about the creation that link to another record about the artist.

 

 

The image on Wikipedia:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<!DOCTYPE CRM_Core SYSTEM "CRM_Core.dtd">

<!-- Example created by Patrick Sinclair -->

<CRM_Core>

    <Category>E38.Image</Category>

    <Classification name_space="http://www.getty.edu/research/conducting_research/vocabularies/aat/"

        >digital images</Classification>

    <Identification>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Mona_Lisa.jpg</Identification>

    <Relation>

        <To name_space="http://www.louvre.fr">INV. 779</To>

        <Relation_Type>

            <refers_to/>

        </Relation_Type>

    </Relation>   

</CRM_Core>

 

The painting in the Louvre:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<!DOCTYPE CRM_Core SYSTEM "CRM_Core.dtd">

<!-- Example created by Patrick Sinclair -->

<CRM_Core>

    <Category>E84.Information_Carrier</Category>

    <Classification name_space="http://www.getty.edu/research/conducting_research/vocabularies/aat/"

        >paintings</Classification>

    <Identification name_space="http://www.louvre.fr">INV. 779</Identification>

    <Description>Portrait of Lisa Gherardini, wife of Francesco del Giocondo</Description>

    <Event>

        <Role_in_Event>P108B.was_produced_by</Role_in_Event>

        <Identification name_space="http://cidoc.ics.forth.gr/crm_core/demo">Painting of Mona Lisa</Identification>

        <Event_Type name_space="http://cidoc.ics.forth.gr/rdfs/cidoc_v4.2.rdfs">E12.Production</Event_Type>

        <Participant>

            <Identification name_space="http://www.getty.edu/research/conducting_research/vocabularies/ulan/"

                >Leonardo da Vinci</Identification>

            <Participant_Type name_space="http://www.getty.edu/research/conducting_research/vocabularies/aat/"

                >artists</Participant_Type>

        </Participant>

        <Date>1503-1506</Date>

        <Place name_space="http://www.getty.edu/research/conducting_research/vocabularies/tgn/"

            >Florence (World, Europe, Italy, Tuscany, Firenze province)</Place>

    </Event>

</CRM_Core>

 

Record for the artist, Leonardo da Vinci:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<!DOCTYPE CRM_Core SYSTEM "CRM_Core.dtd">

<!-- Example created by Patrick Sinclair -->

<CRM_Core>

    <Category>E21.Person</Category>

    <Classification name_space="http://www.getty.edu/research/conducting_research/vocabularies/aat/"

        >artists</Classification>

    <Identification

        name_space="http://www.getty.edu/research/conducting_research/vocabularies/ulan/">Leonardo

        da Vinci</Identification>

    <Event>

        <Role_in_Event>P98B.was_born</Role_in_Event>

        <Identification name_space="http://cidoc.ics.forth.gr/crm_core/demo">Leonardo birth</Identification>

        <Event_Type name_space="http://cidoc.ics.forth.gr/rdfs/cidoc_v4.2.rdfs">E67_Birth</Event_Type>

        <Date>1452</Date>

        <Place name_space="http://www.getty.edu/research/conducting_research/vocabularies/tgn/"

            >Vinci (Firenze province, Tuscany, Italy) </Place>

    </Event>

    <Event>

        <Role_in_Event>P100B.died_in</Role_in_Event>

        <Identification name_space="http://cidoc.ics.forth.gr/crm_core/demo">Leonardo death</Identification>

        <Event_Type name_space="http://cidoc.ics.forth.gr/rdfs/cidoc_v4.2.rdfs">E69_Death</Event_Type>

        <Date>1519</Date>

        <Place name_space="http://www.getty.edu/research/conducting_research/vocabularies/tgn/"

            >Amboise (Indre-et-Loire, Centre region, France) </Place>

    </Event>

</CRM_Core>