Improving Data Quality by Rules: A Numismatic Example. Tolle, K. & Wigg-Wolf, D. November, 2020. Accepted: 2020-06-24T12:40:04Z Publisher: Universität Tübingen
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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.
@article{tolle_improving_2020,
	title = {Improving {Data} {Quality} by {Rules}: {A} {Numismatic} {Example}},
	copyright = {http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/de/deed.de},
	shorttitle = {Improving {Data} {Quality} by {Rules}},
	url = {https://publikationen.uni-tuebingen.de/xmlui/handle/10900/101838},
	doi = {10.15496/publikation-43217},
	abstract = {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.},
	language = {en},
	urldate = {2021-06-01},
	author = {Tolle, Karsten and Wigg-Wolf, David},
	month = nov,
	year = {2020},
	note = {Accepted: 2020-06-24T12:40:04Z
Publisher: Universität Tübingen},
}

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