Ready-to-Go
Deploy Linked.Art semantic data — easily and correctly
Ogee Arches is a complete package for the Arches platform that implements the Linked.Art data model with pre-built vocabulary and full documentation.
Created by Getty Digital with Takin.solutions, Ogee provides the complete set of Linked.Art models configured and ready to use — taking the difficulty out of starting a Linked.Art project on Arches.
Use it as a starting point: extend or prune it to fit your project. It's open source and available for any institution or individual to adopt.
Getty Digital
Creating interoperable pathways between Cultural Heritage datasets.
Takin.solutions
Semantic data solutions for historical knowledge.
Standardized Data Models
Fully implemented Linked.Art semantic data models
The Linked.Art community creates standardized semantic data models using the CIDOC CRM standard — enabling accurate recording of cultural heritage objects and their relationships, integrated across institutions.
Ogee strictly follows the Linked.Art modeling patterns (current as of December 2023) and implements all eleven projected data models. Users start making Linked.Art-compatible data from day one, with the freedom to extend or limit models to their use case.
Defined Vocabulary
Pre-organized reference data to get you started
Rich semantic models need rich vocabulary — and building correct vocabulary structures from scratch is one of the biggest delays in implementation.
Ogee ships with a ready-made vocabulary in the RDM, primed with sample terms from the Getty AAT for all standardized concept types. You get a clear guide to the intention of each semantic field, with good default terms you can extend or prune.
Full Semantic Documentation
Modular documentation that explains your system semantics
Ogee is documented using Pletka, which creates modular documentation of every model and field — a shared reference for modellers, developers, and end users.
The documentation is open: adopt it, extend it, modify it using the semantic reference data modelling method, and share your Arches implementation with others.
Why Ogee?
Patterns that show the unity across diversity
The ogee is a design pattern that appears across cultures and centuries — in Islamic, Judaic, Christian, European, and contemporary art. Characterized by its double-S curve, it tessellates beautifully, linking across potentially infinite space.
It captures the spirit of Linked.Art: common patterns adopted across institutions and disciplines, enabling infinite variation while serving as a framework for integrating knowledge into a wider fabric.
Ogee Arches is a starting point, not an end point — a path into the semantic world that we hope will open up a new mosaic of information between its adopters.
