9. Whatever is ....CIDOC CRM?

CIDOC Conceptual Reference Model (CRM) is an ontology used by quite a few humanities research projects. The CRM provides a set of definitions and a formalstructure for describing the implicit and explicit concepts and relationships used in cultural heritage documentation.

9.1. Key elements:

  • Actors (people)
  • Conceptual objects
  • Physical things
  • Events
  • Time spans
  • Places

and relationships between them. e.g.

  • participate in
  • refer to
  • have location
  • within

CIDOC CRM is often expressed in the form of RDF (Resource Description Framework) assertions, as this example shows:

9.2.

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