Ontological Modelling Experiments for Exhibitions
Doctoral research mapping the structural limits of heritage ontologies applied to exhibition documentation. Case study: Feux pâles (capcMusée, 1990–91).
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- Feux pâles — Case Study The exhibition Feux pâles (capcMusée, 1990–91) as central case study: distributed authorship, co-constitutive components, recursive temporality, fictive persons and transactions.
- Feux pâles — Data / Données RDF Planned RDF serializations of the modelling experiments in Turtle and JSON-LD formats.
- Ruptures Summary — Experiment A Synthesis of the four structural ruptures identified in Experiment A: what LRMoo / FRBRoo cannot express when applied to Feux pâles.
- Ruptures Typology — Experiment B Typology of the three rupture types identified in Experiment B — forced choice, structural silence, flattening — and their correspondence with documentary requirements.
- Alternative A1 — Event-centred Mapping Event-centred alternative using F27_Work_Conception, F28_Expression_Creation, F30_Publication_Event. Partially resolves R2 but cannot name co-constitution between events.
- Alternatives A2, A3, A4 — F15_Complex_Work · F12_Nomen · R48_prototype Three further alternatives for Experiment A: F15_Complex_Work (A2), F12_Nomen for the agency (A3), R48_is_prototype_for (A4). Each resolves one rupture and opens another.
- Feux pâles — Proposed LRMoo Mapping The proposed mapping: F1_Work → 4×F2_Expression → F3_Manifestations. Surfaces all four ruptures explicitly without resolving any.
- Experiment A — Feux pâles as a Chain of Activations Can LRMoo / FRBRoo model an exhibition as a dynamic, continuously activated network? Five mapping alternatives tested, each resolving one rupture and opening another.
- Artefact n°1 — ® (barcode) The ® barcode: simultaneously an artwork, the exhibition title, and the contractual product of a legally non-existent agency. Three statuses that cannot coexist in CIDOC-CRM or OntoExhibit.
- Artefact n°4 — Klappensonnenuhr · Artefact n°85 — La Collection de M. Venzano Artefact n°4: looted artwork with unresolved restitution claim — CIDOC-CRM cannot give an honest uncertain answer on ownership. Artefact n°85: fictive collector, fictive transaction, metadata as artistic material.
- Experiment B — Three Artefacts: CIDOC-CRM vs OntoExhibit Three objects from Feux pâles mapped against CIDOC-CRM and OntoExhibit. Each chosen for its specific documentary problem: distributed authorship, uncertain provenance, fictive person.
- Documentary Requirements Seven requirements for an adequate exhibition documentary model, generated by the Feux pâles case study rather than imported from a pre-existing framework.