“From self-documentation to federated querying using Wikibase: a new topology to Media Art Archiving?” presented by Chau
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- Summit on New Media Art Archiving: Papers - Artists & Archives
Presentation Title:
- From self-documentation to federated querying using Wikibase: a new topology to Media Art Archiving?
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Abstract:
Traditionally, domain datasets such as media art exhibition records and collection records are managed and published by archiving or research institutes. However, it is rare for an institute to compile or possess an entire exhibition history of an artist before his archive enters its custody. This paper provides an alternative paradigm in which artists may self-document and publish their creative history using the easy-to-use Linked Open Data suite Wikibase. This paper also argues that self-documentation is a two-for-one endeavour where artists can consolidate their CVs while the archiving and research communities will have access to a distributed archive.
