Amsterdam Museum

Amsterdam Museum

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

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) to be made available under CC0 and images (content) are Public Domain. This means that the data may be copied, modified, distributed and executed., Without the consent of the Amsterdam Museum The museum appreciates to be used as a source of information. Called The source is Amsterdam Museum.

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

The database can be searched with the result XML files. Using the Adlib API The data objects are more extensive than those 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 hot AMlibrary:

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

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

veld	beschrijving
<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 ‘first 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> <content.subject>	Keywords with which the image is being described.
<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 as a XML file to query. http://ahm.adlibsoft.com/oaix/oai.ashx?verb=ListRecords&metaDataPrefix=oai_dc

The following information applies to Dublin Core available:

veld	beschrijving
dc:identifier	Ieder object heeft een uniek objectnummer. Daarnaast heeft ieder record een apart recordnummer.
dc:title	Titel van het object. Een object kan meerdere titels hebben.
dc:creator	De vervaardiger(s) van het object. Persoonsnamen zijn als ‘achternaam, voornaam’ opgenomen.
dc:subject	Trefwoorden die de afbeelding en/of de context van het object beschrijven.
dc:description	Een  beschrijving van het object.
dc:date	De datering van het object.
dc:type	Trefwoord waarmee het soort object wordt omschreven.
dc:format	De gegevens mbt de afmetingen van het object
dc:language	Behalve sommige teksten zijn alle onze metadata is het Nederlands. Standaard staat hier NL.
dc:rights	Creditline
dc:publisher	Amsterdam Museum

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