Achieving interoperability between the CARARE schema for monuments and sites and the Europeana Data Model

TL;DR

This paper discusses the challenges and solutions in mapping the CARARE schema to the Europeana Data Model to enable integration of extensive European monument metadata into the Europeana digital library.

Contribution

It presents a detailed approach for achieving interoperability between two complex data models in a cultural heritage context.

Findings

Successful mapping of CARARE to EDM for large-scale data integration

Enhanced interoperability facilitates access to European monument data

Addressed key challenges in schema alignment and data transformation

Abstract

Mapping between different data models in a data aggregation context always presents significant interoperability challenges. In this paper, we describe the challenges faced and solutions developed when mapping the CARARE schema designed for archaeological and architectural monuments and sites to the Europeana Data Model (EDM), a model based on Linked Data principles, for the purpose of integrating more than two million metadata records from national monument collections and databases across Europe into the Europeana digital library.