User:Jheald/bm

British Museum linked-data: structure

• SPARQL endpoint: https://collection.britishmuseum.org/sparql

• Fundamental Category - http://www.researchspace.org/ontology/FundamentalCategory (7)

  comprises the following 7 items, that are values of rdf:type for other items

fundamental categories

• Thing - http://www.researchspace.org/ontology/Thing (*)

  -- every collection object is one of these; (and other things?)

• Actor - http://www.researchspace.org/ontology/Actor (218033)

  -- every person identified in connection with an object

  -- matched by British Museum person or institution ID (P1711) (currently 24,000 matches)

• Event - http://www.researchspace.org/ontology/Event (*)

  -- every recorded action done to an object; also events that have happened (to things, or actors, or in their own right) that are depicted, etc.

• Time http://www.researchspace.org/ontology/Time (*)

  -- used for eg start/end dates of events etc

• Place http://www.researchspace.org/ontology/Place (568343)

  -- locations of events, matched by British Museum place ID (P3633) (5 matches currently)

• Concept http://www.researchspace.org/ontology/Concept (168152)

  -- everything else (?)

• Class http://www.researchspace.org/ontology/Class (88)

  -- used for 88 classes from CIDOC-CRM, some of which things may also have as values of rdf:type (incl. multiples)

classes

See User:Jheald/cidoc for the 88 classes from CIDOC currently in use by the BM

These are all the items having rdf:type rs:Class (where PREFIX rs: <http://www.researchspace.org/ontology/>)

-- items have rdf:type one of these classes (in addition to one of the fundamental categories)

thesauruses

Main page: User:Jheald/bmt

cf entries on a typical BM web-page: [1]

Many (but not all) thesaurus entries have rdf:type crm:E55_Type, ie [2]; they are also marked with rs:Concept

Many schemes themselves are identified as rdf:type skos:ConceptScheme

Below are schemes where member items are indicated with skos:inScheme ?scheme :

*  -- http://collection.britishmuseum.org/id/person-institution -- 196838 
* BM LOCATION -- http://collection.britishmuseum.org/id/thesauri/location -- 129106 
* Place -- http://collection.britishmuseum.org/id/place -- 48031 
* BM TYPESERIES -- http://collection.britishmuseum.org/id/thesauri/typeseries -- 11234 
*  -- http://collection.britishmuseum.org/id/thesauri/series-type -- 10650 
*  -- http://collection.britishmuseum.org/id/thesauri/event -- 7896 
* BM OBJECT -- http://collection.britishmuseum.org/id/thesauri/object -- 5999 
* BM ETHNAME -- http://collection.britishmuseum.org/id/thesauri/ethname -- 3355 
* BM MATERIAL -- http://collection.britishmuseum.org/id/thesauri/material -- 2068 
* BM MATCULT -- http://collection.britishmuseum.org/id/thesauri/matcult -- 1530 
* BM SUBJECT -- http://collection.britishmuseum.org/id/thesauri/subject -- 1526 
*  -- http://collection.britishmuseum.org/id/thesauri/currency -- 855 
*  -- http://collection.britishmuseum.org/id/thesauri/script -- 808 
*  -- http://collection.britishmuseum.org/id/thesauri/language -- 791 
* BM TREATMENT -- http://collection.britishmuseum.org/id/thesauri/treatment -- 719 
* BM WARE -- http://collection.britishmuseum.org/id/thesauri/ware -- 660 
* BM TECHNIQUE -- http://collection.britishmuseum.org/id/thesauri/technique -- 629 
* BM SCHOOL -- http://collection.britishmuseum.org/id/thesauri/school -- 492 
* BM CATEGORY -- http://collection.britishmuseum.org/id/thesauri/category -- 404 
*  -- http://collection.britishmuseum.org/id/thesauri/nationality -- 255 
* BM STATE -- http://collection.britishmuseum.org/id/thesauri/state -- 244 
*  -- http://collection.britishmuseum.org/id/thesauri/political-state -- 191 
* BM ANALYSIS -- http://collection.britishmuseum.org/id/thesauri/analysis -- 97 
* BM ESCAPE -- http://collection.britishmuseum.org/id/thesauri/escape -- 88 
*  -- http://collection.britishmuseum.org/id/thesauri/inscription -- 35 
*  -- http://collection.britishmuseum.org/id/thesauri/production -- 35 
*  -- http://collection.britishmuseum.org/id/thesauri/inscription-subject -- 26 
*  -- http://collection.britishmuseum.org/id/thesauri/acquisition -- 15 
*  -- http://collection.britishmuseum.org/id/thesauri/association -- 14 
*  -- http://collection.britishmuseum.org/id/place/type -- 13 
*  -- http://collection.britishmuseum.org/id/thesauri/dimension -- 13 
*  -- http://collection.britishmuseum.org/id/thesauri/aspect -- 11 
*  -- http://collection.britishmuseum.org/id/thesauri/department -- 9 
*  -- http://collection.britishmuseum.org/id/thesauri/likelihood -- 8 
*  -- http://collection.britishmuseum.org/id/thesauri/authority -- 5 
*  -- http://collection.britishmuseum.org/id/thesauri/group -- 5 
*  -- http://collection.britishmuseum.org/id/thesauri/find -- 2 
*  -- http://collection.britishmuseum.org/id/thesauri/unit -- 2 

• BM LOCATION -- http://collection.britishmuseum.org/id/thesauri/location -- 129106

  -- physical storage location within the museum; but appears not to be attached to items

• BM TYPESERIES -- http://collection.britishmuseum.org/id/thesauri/typeseries -- 11234

  -- I don't understand what these are, but they appear to be a typology of work-series; but no incoming statements from objects

• -- http://collection.britishmuseum.org/id/thesauri/series-type -- 10650

  -- object of PX_type_series -- some kind of designator of similar objects

• BM OBJECT -- http://collection.britishmuseum.org/id/thesauri/object -- 5999

  "Type of object, eg arrow, knife"

  object of crm:P2_has_type

• BM SUBJECT -- http://collection.britishmuseum.org/id/thesauri/subject -- 1526

  "Actual and abstract themes and subjects depicted in a work"

  object of rs:Event_refers_to_thing/crm:P129_is_about

• -- http://collection.britishmuseum.org/id/thesauri/script -- 808
• BM TREATMENT -- http://collection.britishmuseum.org/id/thesauri/treatment -- 719
• BM WARE -- http://collection.britishmuseum.org/id/thesauri/ware -- 660
• BM TECHNIQUE -- http://collection.britishmuseum.org/id/thesauri/technique -- 629
• BM CATEGORY -- http://collection.britishmuseum.org/id/thesauri/category -- 404
• -- http://collection.britishmuseum.org/id/thesauri/nationality -- 255
• BM STATE -- http://collection.britishmuseum.org/id/thesauri/state -- 244
• BM ANALYSIS -- http://collection.britishmuseum.org/id/thesauri/analysis -- 97
• BM ESCAPE -- http://collection.britishmuseum.org/id/thesauri/escape -- 88
• -- http://collection.britishmuseum.org/id/thesauri/inscription -- 35
• -- http://collection.britishmuseum.org/id/thesauri/production -- 35
• -- http://collection.britishmuseum.org/id/thesauri/inscription-subject -- 26
• -- http://collection.britishmuseum.org/id/thesauri/acquisition -- 15
• -- http://collection.britishmuseum.org/id/thesauri/association -- 14
• -- http://collection.britishmuseum.org/id/place/type -- 13
• -- http://collection.britishmuseum.org/id/thesauri/dimension -- 13
• -- http://collection.britishmuseum.org/id/thesauri/aspect -- 11
• -- http://collection.britishmuseum.org/id/thesauri/likelihood -- 8
• -- http://collection.britishmuseum.org/id/thesauri/authority -- 5
• -- http://collection.britishmuseum.org/id/thesauri/group -- 5
• -- http://collection.britishmuseum.org/id/thesauri/find -- 2

More thesauruses

Some thesauruses are missed by the above, eg:

Obects of particular properties:

• rs:PX_profession -> <http://collection.britishmuseum.org/id/thesauri/profession/painter/draughtsman> rdf:type rs:Actor
• rs:PX_gender -> http://collection.britishmuseum.org/id/thesauri/gender/m