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 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 ‘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:

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 ‘last name, first name’.
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

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