Linked Heritage Glossary

A procedure where elements in a structured data set (e.g. in a metadata schema) are linked to elements in another data set. It is supported by crosswalks that provide a mapping of metadata elements from one metadata schema to another. Supporting the ability to retrieve the same or similar content in different data source, crosswalks support the so called semantic interoperability.

The Linked Heritage Technology Platform, MINT, implements an aggregation infrastructure offering a crosswalk mechanism to support the following critical activities:

• harvesting and aggregating metadata records whether by standard and proprietary schemas
• migrating from content providers' model to a reference model
• transforming records from the Linked Heritage model to the Europeana Semantic Elements (ESE) and the Europeana Data Model (EDM).

Explore further the Linked Heritage learning objects: MINT Services and Terminology.