From Paper to Digital Trail: Collections on the Semantic Web

Abstract: Historical research on World War II and the impact of large-scale violence largely depends on the availability of source materials: diaries, newspapers, eyewitness accounts, archival documents, photographs and videos, etc. Currently, these resources are held by a large number of memory institutions, often in analogue formats. For scholars, it can be challenging to find out which collections are relevant for their research and also what information can be found in these collections. In this article it is argued that Semantic Web technologies, together with new digital tooling to automatically open up collections and interlink their contents, have the potential to revolutionize future access and use. By making the contents of collections machine-readable and enriching them with links to reference data, a shift can be made from a "web of documents" to a "web of data." By publishing all contents as linked open data, domain experts in research infrastructures (RIs) and thematic aggregat

Angaben zum Objekt

• Weitere Titel: Vom Papier zur digitalen Spur: Sammlungen im Semantic Web
• Standort: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Umfang: Online-Ressource
• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: From Paper to Digital Trail: Collections on the Semantic Web ; volume:45 ; number:4 ; year:2020 ; pages:244-262 ; Veröffentlichungsversion ; begutachtet (peer reviewed) ; Historical social research ; 45, Heft 4 (2020), 244-262

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Nachrichtenmedien, Journalismus, Verlagswesen ; Geschichte

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Urheber: Klijn, Edwin

Weitere Informationen

• DOI: 10.12759/hsr.45.2020.4.244-262
• URN: urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-70721-8
• Rechteinformation: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 15.08.2025, 07:31 MESZ