ARTSDATA.CA
A national knowledge graph for the arts
Artsdata.ca aims to empower the Canadian arts sector to actively promote a more fair and equitable digital ecosystem. This initiative is building a linked open data knowledge graph of the arts that is open and accessible to all.
About Artsdata
Vision
Build a knowledge graph that is open, accessible and community sourced. Under the stewardship of stakeholders within the arts sector, Artsdata.ca is uniquely focused on the Canadian arts sector. The objectives are to:
- Make a digital resource that reflects the values of the arts
- Build a substantial web of linked open data of arts-related information
- Provide high-quality data that is comprehensive and up to date
- Create a valuable resource for the arts sector
Benefits
The Artsdata.ca knowledge graph enables the arts sector and its organizations to:
- Gain knowledge, agency and control of descriptive event metadata
- Streamline the circulation of arts events to listings sites, recommenders and other search engines by programmatically sharing event metadata
- Optimize the use of the latest web technologies to generate new opportunities
Activities
- Promote a common data model for cultural information on performing arts events, taking advantage of existing ontologies where possible
- Onboard cohorts of Canadian arts organizations to include their descriptive metadata in Artsdata.ca
- Increase breadth and quality of the Artsdata.ca knowledge graph by adding data from a variety of sources
- Create a library of global identifiers for events, places, persons, organizations and works in the Canadian arts sector
- Link to other knowledge sources like Wikidata: leverage the use of existing global identifiers and linked open data with the goal of creating a substantial web of data
Artsdata in 2023
- Continue on-boarding arts organizations into Artsdata.ca
- Improve data quality
- Expand use of data sources including databases, websites and other open data sources
- Synchronize global identifiers between Artsdata.ca and Wikidata.org to interlink data about places, artists, organizations and works
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Data model documentation
Add your events to Artsdata.ca
Need to add structured data to your events?
To structure your events, add JSON-LD or RDFa to your web pages by following Google's instructions. You
will need technical expertise and access to your website backend.
Remember! Use the Artsdata.ca data model when structuring
your own events.
Already have structured data for events?
Let us know so we can add your events to Artsdata.ca.
Contact us
SPARQL Endpoint
Looking for a SPARQL endpoint?
Artsdata.ca works with SPARQL, a query language for linked open data and semantic graph databases. SPARQL
users can query the knowledge graph using the provided YASGUI user interface or a remote SPARQL client.
Access SPARQL
Sample SPARQL queries:
Events
Artists
Organizations
Places
Provenance
Triple Count
Meta Catalogs
SHACL Reports
Other Resources
Partners
Executive Director, Sherrie Johnson
Since inception, Sherrie Johnson has actively stewarded (with several arts organizations across the country) the
Artsdata.ca initiative through successive multi-phase grant applications.
Director of Research and Development, Frederic Julien, CAPACOA
Frederic Julien has played a crucial role in supporting the work of Artsdata.ca through CAPACOA’s complementary
Linked Digital Future Initiative.
Culture Creates
Culture Creates is a small team of arts professionals and technologists specialized in RDF-based knowledge
graphs and linked open data for the arts. Their mission is to make information on what’s happening in the arts
compatible with an AI-powered world.
Other Contributors
Artsdata.ca has many contributing supporters across Canada like the National Arts Centre, Culture Laval, SPEC du
Haut Richilieu and every cohort member and arts organization that has contributed data to this important
initiative.
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