Amsterdam Museum

Amsterdam Museum

The dataset of the Amsterdam Museum consists of metadata and images from the collection of the city of Amsterdam.

This dataset is already in the master branch and production API. For more information and the implemented Mapping: http://docs.opencultuurdata.nl/user/datasets.html

The dataset is available in three different ways: with the Adlib API that produces XML data via the OAI/PMH protocol and as Linked Open Dataset. See below for details of the various accesses.

All object descriptions (metadata) are available under CC0 and images (content) are Public Domain. This means that the data may be copied, modified, distributed and executed without the permission of the Amsterdam Museum. The museum appreciates it to be referred to as the source of information. The source attribution is: Amsterdam Museum.

Adlib API

http://amdata.adlibsoft.com/wwwopac.ashx

The database can be searched using the Adlib API with the result of XML files. The data objects are more extensive than those that are harvested using the OAI-PMH.

There is a separate website with documentation on the Adlib API: http://api.adlibsoft.com/site/

Examples of searches are: http://amdata.adlibsoft.com/wwwopac.ashx?database=AMcollect&search=creator=Helst*&=XMLTypegrouped

The library database is open for reuse and is called AMlibrary:

http://amdata.adlibsoft.com/wwwopac.ashx?database=AMlibrary&search=title=Helst*&=XMLType=grouped

In the collection database (AMcollect) the following fields are available:

field	description
priref	The priref is the recordnummer of the object and the unique identifier in the database
object_number	Every object has a unique objectnumber
title	The title of the object. An object can have multiple titles.
creator	The maker(s) of the object.
	Person names are adopted like ëfirst name, last name'
production.date.start	The start date of the manufacture.
production.date.end	The end date of the manufacture. If this is the same as the start date, it involves an exact date.
object_name	Keyword that describes the type of object
object_category	The sub-collection of which the object is part of.
description	Description of the object.
content.motif.general	Keywords with which the image is being described.
content.subject
content.person.name	Name of the depicted person
association.subject	Keyword with which the context of the object is being described
association.person.name	Name of a person who is connected to the object
material	Keyword with which the material is indicated
technique	Keywords with which the technique is indicated
dimension	Information about the dimensions of the object
related_object.reference	A link to the objectnumber of a different object within the dataset
acquisition.date	The date of the acquisition of the object
acquisition.method	The way the object has ended up in the collection.
AHMteksten	Texts about the object. These can be multiple texts, in Dutch as well as English.
documentation	Information of the publication in which the object is mentioned. The title of the publication is a link tot the library database (AMlibrary).
reproduction	Link to the image of the object.
	http://ahm.adlibsoft.com/ahmimages/
	replace '....\dat\collectie\images' in the object records with the above (and replace the slashes)

OAI-PMH

http://ahm.adlibsoft.com/oaix/oai.ashx

Via the OAI-PMH protocol, the entire collection can be queried as XML file. http://ahm.adlibsoft.com/oaix/oai.ashx?verb=ListRecords&metaDataPrefix=oai_dc

The following information is available according to Dublin Core:

field	description
dc:identifier	Every object has a unique object number. Besides, every record has a separate record number.
dc:title	Title of the object. An object can have multiple titles.
dc:creator	The maker(s) of the object. Person names are recorded as ëlast name, first nameí.
dc:subject	Keywords that describe the image and/or the context of the object.
dc:description	A††description of the object.
dc:date	The dating of the object.
dc:type	Keyword with which the type of object is described.
dc:format	The information with regard to the dimensions of the object
dc:language	Except for some texts, all our metadata is in Dutch. Dutch is standard here.
dc:rights	Creditline
dc:publisher	Amsterdam Museum
content.motif.general	Keywords with which the image is being described.
content.subject
content.person.name	Name of the depicted person
association.subject	Keyword with which the context of the object is being described
association.person.name	Name of a person who is connected to the object
material	Keyword with which the material is indicated
technique	Keywords with which the technique is indicated
dimension	Information about the dimensions of the object
related_object.reference	A link to the objectnumber of a different object within the dataset
acquisition.date	The date of the acquisition of the object
acquisition.method	The way the object has ended up in the collection.
AHMteksten	Texts about the object. These can be multiple texts, in Dutch as well as English.
documentation	Information of the publication in which the object is mentioned. The title of the publication is a link tot the library database (AMlibrary).
reproduction	Link to the image of the object.
	http://ahm.adlibsoft.com/ahmimages/
	replace '....\dat\collectie\images' in the object records with the above (and replace the slashes)

Linked Open Data

In 2011, based on an OAI harvest a Linked Open Data set based on the Europeana Data Model (EDM) made available by the university:

http://ckan.net/package/amsterdam-museum-as-edm-lod

Questions

Questions or comments about our data, please mail to Judith van Gent [email protected]