Improving data quality by rules: a numismatic example

  • The archaeological data dealt with in our database solution Antike Fundmünzen in Europa (AFE), which records finds of ancient coins, is entered by humans. Based on the Linked Open Data (LOD) approach, we link our data to Nomisma.org concepts, as well as to other resources like Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE). Since information such as denomination, material, etc. is recorded for each single coin, this information should be identical for coins of the same type. Unfortunately, this is not always the case, mostly due to human errors. Based on rules that we implemented, we were able to make use of this redundant information in order to detect possible errors within AFE, and were even able to correct errors in Nomimsa.org. However, the approach had the weakness that it was necessary to transform the data into an internal data model. In a second step, we therefore developed our rules within the Linked Open Data world. The rules can now be applied to datasets following the Nomisma. org modelling approach, as we demonstrated with data held by Corpus Nummorum Thracorum (CNT). We believe that the use of methods like this to increase the data quality of individual databases, as well as across different data sources and up to the higher levels of OCRE and Nomisma.org, is mandatory in order to increase trust in them.
Metadaten
Author:Karsten TolleORCiDGND, David Wigg-WolfORCiDGND
URN:urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-576916
DOI:https://doi.org/10.15496/publikation-43217
Parent Title (English):Proceedings of the 2017 CAA Annual Meeting
Publisher:University Press
Place of publication:Tübingen
Document Type:Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Date of Publication (online):2020/11/11
Year of first Publication:2017
Publishing Institution:Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg
Release Date:2022/07/21
Tag:Datenqualität; Ungewissheit
SWRL; data quality; uncertainty
Page Number:10
HeBIS-PPN:510764193
Institutes:Informatik und Mathematik / Informatik
Dewey Decimal Classification:0 Informatik, Informationswissenschaft, allgemeine Werke / 00 Informatik, Wissen, Systeme / 004 Datenverarbeitung; Informatik
7 Künste und Unterhaltung / 73 Bildhauerkunst, Keramik, Metallkunst / 730 Plastische Künste; Bildhauerkunst
9 Geschichte und Geografie / 93 Geschichte des Altertums (bis ca. 499), Archäologie / 930 Geschichte des Altertums bis ca. 499, Archäologie
Sammlungen:Universitätspublikationen
Licence (German):License LogoCreative Commons - Namensnennung-Nicht kommerziell - Keine Bearbeitung 4.0