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

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

1 CJM - Centre Jean Mabillon
2 Archives nationales
3 Sparna

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 ICA Records in Contexts ontology (RiC-O), 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 15400 EAC-CPF files and 31000 EAD files into an homogeneous knowledge graph, and to start a more specific project aiming to provide end users with an intuitive search interface for a significant subset of this graph, opening new perspectives for navigating and linking from/to archival metadata.

Mots clés: archival metadata; RDF; open source software; Records in Contexts ontology (RiC-O); EAD; EAC-CPF

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

Florence Clavaud, Thomas Francart, 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. Journal on Computing and Cultural Heritage, In press, ⟨10.1145/3583592⟩. ⟨hal-03979568⟩