From Index to Interoperability: The Desideratum of Authority Files in Large-Scale Digital Projects

Authors

  • Brent Nelson University of Saskatchewan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22230/src.2014v5n4a192

Keywords:

Keywords, Open data, Linked data, Indexing, Network analysis

Abstract

Networked knowledge has long been an elusive desideratum of the digital humanities. This article argues the desirability and feasibility of linking person-entity references between a well defined and closely related set of digital projects related to early modern knowledge networks.

Author Biography

Brent Nelson, University of Saskatchewan

Brent Nelson is Associate Professor in the Department of English at the University of Saskatchewan, 105 Administration Place, Saskatoon, SK, Canada S7N 5A2. Email: brent.nelson@usask.ca

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Published

2014-12-18

Issue

Vol. 5 No. 4 (2014): INKE, Whistler 2014

Section

Articles

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