Arian Rajh, Ph. D.
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb, Croatia / Filozofska fakulteta Univerze v Zagrebu, Hrvaška
Archival Description Turns Truly Collaborative: an Exercise in Records in Contexts Standard
Arhivski popis postane resnično kolaborativen: vaja standarda Zapisi v kontekstih (RIC)
(Moderna arhivistika 2024, 7 (1), str/pp. 63-82)
https://doi.org/10.54356/MA/2024/JVGE4567
Citiranje:
Rajh, A. (2024). Archival Description Turns Truly Collaborative: an Exercise in Records in Contexts Standard. In Moderna arhivistika: Vol. 2024 (7) (Issue 1, pp. 63–82). Pokrajinski arhiv Maribor. https://doi.org/10.54356/ma/2024/jvge4567
Abstract:
This paper presents an exercise and research conducted by the author at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at Zagreb University. It aimed to teach archival description subjects to his BA students and link results using the Records in Contexts (RIC) standard, RDF Turtle standard, and a graph database. The exercise spanned five weeks, during which students had to create the archival description of an exemplary records aggregation of notable historian Jaroslav Šidak, provided by the Faculty Archives. This exercise aimed to examine the potential of RIC and linked data technologies to facilitate collaboration among archivists, reduce the description-related work through decentralization, enable re-using and linking descriptions, and visualize results. The author offers a conclusion regarding collaborative work and creating new knowledge from archived heritage. Finally, some further directions regarding these subjects are being proposed.
Keywords:
archival description, collaborative effort, decentralization of description, linked data, micro-descriptions, Records in Contexts (RIC)
Izvleček:
Arhivski popis postane resnično kolaborativen: vaja standarda Zapisi v kontekstih (RIC)
Prispevek predstavlja nalogo in raziskavo, ki jo je avtor opravil na Filozofski fakulteti Univerze v Zagrebu. Njegov namen je bil posredovati študentom dodiplomskega študija tematiko arhivskega popisovanja in povezati rezultate iz njihovih nalog z uporabo standarda Zapisi v kontekstih (RIC), standarda RDF Turtle in grafne podatkovne baze. Naloga je trajala pet tednov, v njih so morali študenti izdelati arhivski popis vzorčne zbirke zapisov zgodovinarja Jaroslava Šidaka, ki jo je posredoval arhiv fakultete. Namen naloge bil preučiti potencial standarda RIC in načinov povezovanja podatkov za lažje sodelovanje med arhivisti, zmanjšanje obsega dela, potrebnega za popisovanje gradiva, z njegovo decentralizacijo, omogočanje ponovne uporabe in povezovanja popisov ter vizualno predstaviti rezultate. Avtor podaja zaključke glede sodelovalnega dela in ustvarjanja novega znanja na osnovi arhivirane dediščine. Na koncu predlaga tudi nekatere nadaljnje usmeritve v zvezi z obravnavano tematiko.
Ključne besede:
arhivski popis, skupna prizadevanja, decentralizacija popisovanja, podatkovne zveze, mikropopisi, Zapisi v kontekstih (RIC)
