RiC-O Converter: a Software to Convert EAC-CPF and EAD 2002 XML files to RDF Datasets Conforming to Records in Contexts Ontology

Thomas Francart (1) , Florence Clavaud (2, 3) , Pauline Charbonnier (3)

1 Sparna
2 CJM - Centre Jean Mabillon
3 Archives nationales

RiC-O Converter is an open-source command-line tool to convert EAD finding aids and EAC-CPF authority records to RDF files conforming to Records in Contexts ontology, in a robust manner. It was developed for the Archives nationales of France (ANF) but is aimed to be reused by other archival institutions, and to this aim is fully documented in English. It is based on XSLT stylesheets that take into account the variability of EAD content. It enabled the ANF to convert 15000 EAC-CPF files and 29000 EAD files into an homogeneous knowledge graph. Such a graph opens new perspectives for navigating and linking from/to archival metadata.

Mots clés: Records in Contexts (RiC); Records in Contexts Ontology (RiC-O); RDF; XML EAD; XML EAC-CPF; open source software

Domaines: Sciences de l'information et de la communication; Héritage culturel et muséologie

Thomas Francart, Florence Clavaud, Pauline Charbonnier. RiC-O Converter: a Software to Convert EAC-CPF and EAD 2002 XML files to RDF Datasets Conforming to Records in Contexts Ontology. Linked Archives 2021: Proceedings of Linked Archives International Workshop 2021 co-located with 25th International Conference on Theory and Practice of Digital Libraries (TPDL 2021), p. 30-36, 2021, CEUR Workshop Proceedings (ISSN 1613-0073) : Free Open-Access Proceedings for Computer Science Workshops. ⟨hal-03965807⟩