EDM Workshop "EDM turns five, so now what?"

Five years ago, Europeana's first white paper, by Prof. Stefan Gradmann, advocated the design of an advanced data model, re-using existing pieces of web technology. The Europeana Data Model has now become a reality we can work with, together with our data partners and data re-users.

Europeana ingests, stores, enrichs and exchanges data following a richer, more semantic approach. In the process, EDM has been updated or "profiled" to enable new functions, such as representing hierarchical objects. This work continues, for example as Europeana prepares to handle more data enrichment, including coming from user annotations.

We maintain EDM is an open process, not a one-directional movement. EDM would not exist without the contributions of our data and academic partners! In the past years, task forces within the EuropeanaTech community have played a crucial role; for example for hierarchical objects, sounds, and compliance with other modeling approaches like CIDOC-CRM or FRBR. Once again we would like to make the definition of EDM 's future a collaborative effort.

Rijksmuseum, 2 November 2015, 13:30-21:00.

Agenda

13:30-14:00: Welcome, agenda, intros

14:20-14:35: Recap where Europeana and the Network stand with EDM, What we have achieved with EDM, why it is important From EDM whitepaper http://pro.europeana.eu/blogpost/the-europeana-data-model-a-living-model-5-years-on

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14:35-14:45: Current plans for EDM at Europeana Short-term plans from DSI milestone: Medium term plans from EDM roadmap http://pro.europeana.eu/files/Europeana_Professional/Projects/Project_list/Europeana_DSI/Milestones/europeana-dsi-ms29-edm-development-plan.pdf

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14:45-15:00 Feedback from audience

15:00-15:30: Setting the unconference. Lightening presentations on data modeling from the participants (to be provided in advance).

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15:30-15:45 Break

15:50-16:20 1^st round table session

16:20-16:50 2^nd round table session (participants move from one table to another)

16:50-17:30 reporting from round tables, general discussion Including Prioritization

18:00-21:00: dinner, summing-up main points and next steps.

Preparatory readings

• White Paper Enhancing the Europeana Data Model (EDM)
• EDM development roadmap

Participants