From%20XML%20to%20objects%20and%20events%20in%20a%20CRM%20compatible%20database

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From XML to objects and events in a CRM
compatible database
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• The Museum Project
• University of Oslo, Norway
• Jon Holmen, Ellen Jordal, Stein Olsen,
  Christian-Emil Ore

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Museum objects
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• Man made object or biological object
• Common events
• Implies actors, places and time-spans

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The core of our model
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Man made objects/ Biological objects
Actors

Affect or/ Refer to
Participate in
Events
at
within
Places
Time-spans
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Example
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• A long chinese pipe of bone. Donated 12th May
  1853 by Kildal-Lund.

Object(man made) A pipe Object
attributes material bone shape
long Relation was produced Event
Production Place China Event Donated
Time-span 12th May 1853 Relation by Actor
Kildal-Lund.
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Similarities to CIDOC CRM
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Man made objects/ Biological objects
Actors
E39 Actors
E28 Conceptual Objects
E18 Physical Stuff

Affect or/ Refer to
Participate in
Events
E2 Temporal Entities
at
within
at
within
Places
Time-spans
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From our model mapped to CRM.
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E22 A pipe
Object(man made) A pipe Object
attributes material bone shape
long Relation was produced Event
Production Place China Event Donated
Time-span 12th May 1853 Relation by Actor
Kildal-Lund.
E22 Man Made object
E21 Kildal-Lund
E39 Actors
Was produced
by
participate in
affect or / refer to
E12 Production event E8 Donation
E12 Production event
E2 Temporal entity
in
within
E53 Places
E53 China
E52 Time-Spans
E52 12th May 1853
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Ethnographical aquistion catalogue
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• About 45000 inventory numbers.
• Created during 150 years.
• SGML/XML-tagged in 1995-1998.

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Instance of catalogue entry(a)
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• 8.
• Malayan dagger, taken from pirates of the Indian
  Oceans.
• Beautiful handle, graven as a human figure above
  waistline. Snake winded blade. VII, IX, p, 2.
• Daa,O., 99.
• Donated April 11 1856 from Captain Teiste.

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Tagged catalogue entry(a)
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• ltNRPARgt ltCATNR NRID"EM8"gt 8lt/CATNRgt .
• ltARTIFDATgtMalayan ltARTIFACTgtdaggerlt/ARTIFACTgt
  , taken from pirates of the Indian Oceans.
• Beautiful handle, graven as a human figure
  above waistline. Snake winded blade. VII, IX, p,
  2.
• Daa,O., 99.
• Donated April 11 1856 from Captain Teiste.
• lt/ARTIFDATgt lt/NRPARgt .

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Tagged catalogue entry(a)
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• ltNRPARgt ltCATNR NRID"EM8"gt 8lt/CATNRgt .
• ltARTIFDATAgt ltPRODgtltUSEgtltPEOPLEgtltPLACEgt
  Malayan lt/PLACEgtlt/PEOPLEgtlt/USEgtlt/PRODgt ltARTIFACTgt
  daggerlt/ARTIFACTgt , taken from pirates of the
  Indian Oceans.
• Beautiful handle, graven as a human figure
  above waistline. Snake winded blade. VII, IX, p,
  2.
• Daa,O., 99.
• Donated April 11 1856 from Captain Teiste.
• lt/ARTIFDATAgt lt/NRPARgt .

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Tagged catalogue entry(a)
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• ltNRPARgt ltCATNR NRID"EM8"gt 8lt/CATNRgt .
• ltARTIFDATAgtltPRODgtltUSEgtltPEOPLEgtltPLACEgt Malayan
  lt/PLACEgtlt/PEOPLEgtlt/USEgtlt/PRODgt ltARTIFACTgt dagger
  lt/ARTIFACTgt , ltAQUISITIONgt taken from ltAQUFROMgt
  pirates lt/AQUFROMgt of the Indian Oceans.
  lt/AQUISITIONgt
• Beautiful handle, graven as a human figure above
  waistline. Snake winded blade. VII, IX, p, 2.
• Daa,O., 99.
• ltAQUISITIONgt Donated ltAQUTIMEgt April 11
  1856 lt/AQUTIMEgt from ltAQUFROMgt Captain Teiste
  lt/AQUFROMgt .
• lt/AQUISITIONgt lt/ARTIFDATAgt lt/NRPARgt .

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Instance of catalogue entry(b)
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• 43895.
• Djampa". Blue Manga sleeveless shirt.
• used daily by most Manga peasants in the
• bush. Shoulder width 57 cm., length 103 cm.
  People Manga, Place Main-Soroa.

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Tagged catalogue entry(b)
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• ltNRPARgt ltCATNR NRID"EM43895"gt 43895 lt/CATNRgt .
• ltARTIFDATAgt ltARTIFACTgt ltETERMgt Djampa lt/ETERMgt
  lt/ARTIFACTgt ". ltTECHNIQUEgt Blue
• ltPRODgtltUSEgtltPEOPLEgt Manga lt/PEOPLEgtlt/USEgtlt/PRODgt
  sleeveless ltARTIFACTgt shirt lt/ARTIFACTgtlt/TECHNIQUE
  gt .
• ltAPPAREAgt used daily by most Manga- ltUSEgtltSAGEgt
  peasants lt/SAGEgtlt/USEgt in the
• ltUSEgtltPLACE plref43895.1gt bush
  lt/PLACEgtlt/USEgtlt/APPAREAgt . ltMEASUREgt Shoulder
  width 57 cm., length 103 cm. lt/MEASUREgt People
  ltPEOPLEgt Manga lt/PEOPLEgt , Place ltPLACE
  plid43895.1gt ltUNINTERPgt Mainé-Soroa lt/UNINTERPgt
  lt/PLACEgt . lt/ARTIFDATAgt lt/NRPARgt

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Conclusions

• Made an event-based model and a mechanism to
  instanciate objects/events in it.
• Makes hidden events more explisitt.
• Detect areas of potential improvements in good
  practice among the scholars.
• Creates skeleton for storytelling

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Instance of catalogue entry(c)
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• 12359 .
• Bow with two Arrows. Shafts are
• feathertrimmed and have ironpoints. Used by
  Aïnos.
• (24.)
• Sachalin. ? IV, 30.
• According to
• Michiaki Okada from Hokkaido who visited
  Ethnographic Museum April 16-17 1985, this is not
  typical Ainu. Could possibly be
• Japanese, but then the arrows are too short. K.
  Aa.

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Tagged catalogue entry(c)
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• ltNRPARgtltCATNR NRID"EM12359"gt 12359 lt/CATNRgt .
  ltARTEFDATAgtltARTEFACTgt Bow lt/ARTEFACTgtltTECHNIQUEgt
  with two
• ltARTEFACTgt arrows lt/ARTEFACTgt . Shafts are
• ltMATgt feather lt/MATgt trimmed and have ltMATgt iron
  lt/MATgt points lt/TECHNIQUEgt . Used by Aïnos.
• ( ltBIBREFgt 24 lt/BIBREFgt .)
• ltDUBIOUSLYgtltPLACEgt Sachalin lt/PLACEgt . ltADDEDgt ?
  lt/ADDEDgt ltREMgtltNOTEgt IV, 30 . lt/NOTEgt
• ltADDEDgtltHIST Type'OBS' ID'147'gt According to
• ltPERSgt Michiaki Okada from Hokkaido lt/PERSgt who
  visited Ethnographic Museum ltDATOgt April 16-17
  1985 lt/DATOgt , this is
• ltTECHNIQUEgt not typical
• ltDUBIOUSLYgtltPRODgtltUSEgtltPEOPLEgt Ainu
  lt/PEOPLEgtlt/USEgtlt/PRODgt . Could possibly be
• ltDUBIOUSLYgtltPRODgtltUSEgtltPEOPLEgtltPLACEgt Japanese
  lt/PLACEgtlt/PEOPLEgtlt/USEgtlt/PRODgt , but then the
  arrows are too short lt/TECHNIQUEgt . ltPERSgt K.
• Aa. lt/PERSgtlt/HISTgtlt/ADDEDgtlt/REMgtlt/ARTEFDATAgt
• lt/NRPARgt

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Tagged catalogue entry(c), improved(?)
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• ltNRPARgtltCATNR NRID"EM12359"gt 12359 lt/CATNRgt .
  ltCLASS CID1907.1gtltARTEFDATA gtltARTEFACT AID
  EM12359.1gt Bow lt/ARTEFACTgtwith ltNUMOBJ AREF
  EM12359.2gt two
• ltARTEFACT AID EM12359.2 gt arrows lt/ARTEFACTgt .
• ltTECHNIQUE AREF EM12359.2 gt Shafts are
• ltMATgt feather lt/MATgt trimmed and have ltMATgt iron
  lt/MATgt points lt/TECHNIQUEgt . ltUSE NREF EM12359
  USEID1gt Used by ltACT UREF1gtltPEOPLEgt Aïnos
  lt/PEOPLEgtlt/ACTgt lt/USEgt .
• ( ltBIBREFgt 24 lt/BIBREFgt .)
• ltOBSERV OBID1gt ltPLACEgt Sachalin lt/PLACEgt
  lt/OBSERVgt . ltADDED CLREF1985.1gt ? lt/ADDEDgt
  ltNOTEgt IV, 30 . lt/NOTEgtlt/CLASSgt
• ltADDED CLREF1985.1gtltCLASS CID1985.1gtAccording
  to
• ltACT CLREF1985.1gtltPERS gt Michiaki Okada from
  Hokkaido lt/PERSgtlt/ACTgt who visited ltPLACE
  CLREF1985.1gt Ethnographic Museumlt/PLACEgt ltDATO
  CLREF1985.1gt April 16-17 1985 lt/DATOgt , this is
• ltTECHNIQUE NREF EM12359gtltMANPARSgtltPRODgtltUSEgtltPEO
  PLEgt not typical Ainu. Could possibly be Japanese
  lt/PEOPLEgtlt/USEgtlt/PRODgt , but then the arrows are
  too short lt/TECHNIQUEgt . ltACT CLREF1985.1gtltPERSgt
  K.
• Aa. lt/PERSgtlt/HISTgtlt/ADDEDgtlt/REMgtlt/ARTEFDATAgt
• lt/NRPARgt