OntoExhibit

Introduction back to ToC

OntoExhibit is being aligned with reference ontologies, specifically with CIDOC-CRM (7.2.1.) and FRBRoo (3.0). These ontologies have informed the definition of some of the classes and properties, while new classes and properties are being created to respond to the requirements of the art exhibition domain as defined in section 1. This is not a CIDOC-CRM specification as such, as only a few entities and properties have been adopted to facilitate alignment. OntoExhibit presents a conceptual structure and a hierarchy of classes different from that of CIDOC-CRM, which is better suited to the current configuration of the art exhibition domain and to the conceptualization of this phenomenon as a complex cultural ecosystem (Rodríguez Ortega, in press).

• Referenced ontologies
  • frbroo: https://www.iflastandards.info/fr/frbr/frbroo.html
  • cidoc-crm: http://www.cidoc-crm.org/cidoc-crm
• Referenced ontology design patterns
  • agentRole: http://www.ontologydesignpatterns.org/cp/owl/agentrole.owl

OntoExhibit: Overview back to ToC

This ontology has the following classes and properties.

Classes

• academy of fine arts
• actant
• activity
• affiche
• affiliation
• agent of destruction
• alma mater
• approximate date
• architectural work manifestation
• archive
• arquitectural project
• art center
• art competition
• art dealer
• Art Exhibition Digital Platform
• art fair
• art gallery
• art review
• art school
• artists group
• artwork
• assessment
• assessment assignment
• assignment
• assingment critique
• Assistant
• assistant curator
• attendant
• auction
• auction house
• author
• beginning of activity
• beginning of existence
• biennial
• biological event
• biological object
• birth
• brochure
• building
• caption
• catalogue
• chapter
• closing
• collaborator
• collective human actant
• collector
• comment
• Commissioner
• communication activity
• communication dispostif
• community
• company
• complementary topic
• computational development
• computational object
• concept
• conception
• conceptual object
• conceptual work
• conference
• conmemorative event
• consultant
• coordinator
• corporate body
• corporate body unit
• corporate visual branding
• creation
• creator
• critique
• cultural center
• Cultural Institution
• cultural work manifestation
• curation
• curator
• curatorial discourse
• curatorial project
• curatorial proposal
• data base
• date
• death
• designer
• destruction
• developer
• diagramme
• digital place
• Digital Platform
• digital site
• disciple
• discourse
• dispositif
• dissolution
• documenta
• documentation dispositif
• editor
• educational institution
• emotional reaction
• emplazamiento
• end of activity
• end of existence
• event
• exact date
• executive position
• exhibition
• exhibition curatorial project
• exhibition idea
• exhibition making
• exhibitionary event
• expansion dispositif
• expositor
• family workshop
• film proyection
• foundation
• foundation (institution)
• founder
• funder
• government organization
• graphic designer
• group
• guided tour
• hashtag
• headquarters
• hoja de sala
• human actant
• illustrator
• infoographic
• information object
• institution
• institutional communication dispositif
• institutional documentation dispositif
• institutional expansion dispositif
• institutional mediation dispositif
• instructor
• interpretation
• interpretation assignment
• interpretation center
• label
• lecture
• lecturer
• lender
• library
• linguistic information object
• literaty work
• main topic
• material object
• media company
• mediation dispositif
• meeting
• member
• membership
• museographer
• museographic collection
• museographic firm
• museum
• music event
• narrative structure
• narrative/discursive unit
• natural landscape
• natural object
• newspaper
• non-human actant
• non-institucional communication dispositif
• non-institutional documentation dispositif
• non-institutional expansion dispositif
• non-institutional mediation dispositif
• non-produced material object
• non-propositional object
• object
• open day
• opening
• ordering structure
• organizer
• outdoor area
• owner
• participant
• person
• physical site
• place
• place of activity
• planned activity
• prelimiary propositional object
• preliminary ideas
• press conference
• press release
• produced material object
• producer
• production
• professional association
• project director
• promoter
• proposition
• proposition assignment
• propositional entity
• propositional object
• public
• publication
• Publisher
• página web
• representation
• research assistant
• residency
• role
• scholarly-critique work
• scholarly-educational activity
• secondary center
• seminar
• sinopsis
• site
• social digital place
• social interaction
• social publication
• spatial unit
• sponsor
• techno-actant
• techno-place
• technological corporation
• territorial entity
• theme
• thesis
• time range
• time-span
• title
• tour
• triennial
• university
• urban space
• vernissage
• visitor
• visual identity
• visual information object
• visual organization schema
• Website
• work manifestation
• workshop

Object Properties

• assesment Assigned By
• assigns Assesment To
• assigns Critique
• assigns Interpretation To
• assigns Proposition To
• assings Assesment
• assings Critique To
• assings Interpretation
• assings Proposition
• Collaborates With
• commemorates
• comprises Proposition
• conveys
• critique Assigned By
• develops Curatorial Discourse
• develops Exhibition Curatorial Discourse
• displays
• embodies
• embodies Curatorial Discourse
• executive Position Helds By
• executive Position Helds In
• expands Curatorial Discourse
• expands Proposition
• has Affiliated
• has Affiliation
• has Affiliation Time Range
• has Agent Of Destruction
• has Alma Mater
• has Assesment Assigned
• has Assesment Assignment
• has Assistant Curator
• has Associated Activity
• has Attendant
• has Author
• has Aution House Organizer
• has Birth
• has Branch
• has Celebrated Figure
• has Celebrated Theme
• has Closing
• has Collaborator
• has Comissioner
• has Communication Dispositif
• has Communication Resource
• has Company Developer
• has Complementary Topic
• has Computational Development
• has Conception
• has Conception Author
• has Conmemorative Work
• has Consultant
• has Coordinator
• has Corporate Body Unit
• has Creation
• has Creator
• has Critique Assigned
• has Critique Assignment
• has Curation
• has Curator
• has Curator Involved
• has Death
• has Destruction
• has Developer
• has Digital Analogous
• has Digital Place For Activity
• has Digital Place Of Location
• has Digital Site
• has Digital Version
• has Dissolution
• has Documentation Dispositif
• has Documentation Resource
• has Ending Date
• has Executive Position Time Range
• has Exhibiting Actant
• has Exhibition
• has Exhibition Making
• has Exhibition Making Coordinator
• has Exhibitor
• has Expansion Dispositif
• has Expansion Resource
• has Foundation
• has Founder
• has Funder
• has Graphic Designer
• has Headquarters
• has Headquarters Time Range
• has Instructor
• has Interpretation Assigned
• has Interpretation Assingment
• has Lecturer
• has Lender
• has Location
• has Location Time Range
• has Main Topic
• has Manifestation
• has Mediation Dispositif
• has Mediation Resource
• has Member
• has Membership
• has Membership Time Range
• has Museographer
• has Narrative Structure
• has Narrative/ Thematic Unit
• has Opening
• has Organizer
• has Owner
• has Parent Activity
• has Parent Digital Place
• has Parent Organization
• has Participant
• has Place For Activity
• has Place Of Activity
• has Place Of Activity Time Range
• has Place Of Birth
• has Place Of Conception
• has Place Of Creation
• has Place Of Curation
• has Place Of Deadth
• has Place Of Destruction
• has Place Of Dissolution
• has Place Of Exhibition Making
• has Place Of Foundation
• has Place Of Location
• has Place Of Production
• has Place Of Publication
• has Place Of Residency
• has Preliminary Ideas
• has Preliminary Propositional Object
• has Production
• has Production Author
• has Project Director
• has Proposition Assigned
• has Proposition Assignment
• has Publication
• has Publisher
• has Recording
• has Reenactment
• has Related Conceptualization Material
• has Representation
• has Representation Time Range
• has Residency
• has Residency Time Range
• has Role
• has Secondary Center
• has Secondary Center Range Time
• has Site For Secondary Center
• has Site Of Residency
• has Source Of Information
• has Spatial Unit
• has Sponsor
• has Starting Date
• has Theme
• has Time Range
• has Time Span
• has Title
• has Venue
• has Vernissage
• has Version
• has Visitor
• has Visual Identity
• holds Executive Position
• hosts Operation Of
• hosts Propositional Object
• includes Concept
• includes Proposition
• includes Propositional Object
• interpretation Assigned By
• is Affiliated With
• is Affiliation Of
• is Affiliation Time Range Of
• is Agent Of Destruction Of
• is Alma Mater Of
• is Assesment Assigned Of
• is Assisant Curator Of
• is Associated Activity Of
• is Attendant Of
• is Auction House Organizer Of
• is Author Of
• is Based On Exhibition Idea
• is Birth Of
• is Branch Of
• is Celebrated Figure Of
• is Celebrated Theme Of
• is Celebrated Through
• is Closing Of
• is Collaborator Of
• is Comissioner Of
• is Commemorated By
• is Communication Dispositif Of
• is Company Developer Of
• is Complementary Topic Of
• is Computational Development Of
• is Concept Included In
• is Conception Author Of
• is Conception Of
• is Conmemorative Work Of
• is Consultant Of
• is Conveyed By
• is Coordinator Of
• is Corporate Body Unit Of
• is Creation Of
• is Creator Of
• is Critique Assigned Of
• is Curation Of
• is Curator Involved In
• is Curator Of
• is Curatorial Discourse Embodied By
• is Curatorial Discourse Expanded By
• is Curatorial Discourse Of
• is Daugther Of
• is Death Of
• is Destruction Of
• is Developer Of
• is Digital Analogous Of
• is Digital Place For Activity Of
• is Digital Place Of Location Of
• is Digital Site Of
• is Digital Version Of
• is Disciple Of
• is Displayed At
• is Dissolution Of
• is Documentation Dispositif Of
• is Embodied By
• is Ending Date Of
• is Executive Position Of
• is Executive Position Time Range Of
• is Exhibiting Actant In
• is Exhibition Idea Of
• is Exhibition Making Coordinator Of
• is Exhibition Making Of
• is Exhibition Of
• is Exhibiton Curatorial Discourse Of
• is Exhibitor In
• is Expansion Dispositif Of
• is Father Of
• is Foundation Of
• is Founder Of
• is Friend Of
• is Funder Of
• is Graphic Designer Of
• is Headquartered At
• is Headquarters Of
• is Headquarters Time Range Of
• is Instatiated As
• is Instatiation Of
• is Instructor Of
• is Interpretation Assigned Of
• is Lecturer Of
• is Lender Of
• is Located At
• is Location Of
• is Location Time Range Of
• is Main Topic Of
• is Manifestation Of
• is Marketed By
• is Master Of
• is Mediation Dispositif Of
• is Member Of
• is Membership Of
• is Membership Time Range Of
• is Mentioned In
• is Mother Of
• is Museographer Of
• is Narrative Structure Of
• is Narrative/ Thematic Unit Of
• is Opening Of
• is Organizer Of
• is Owner Of
• is Parent Activity Of
• is Parent Digital Place Of
• is Parent Organzation Of
• is Participant Of
• is Place For Activity Of
• is Place Of
• is Place Of Activity Of
• is Place Of Activity Time Range Of
• is Place Of Birth Of
• is Place Of Conception Of
• is Place Of Creation Of
• is Place Of Curation Of
• is Place Of Deadth Of
• is Place Of Destruction Of
• is Place Of Dissolution Of
• is Place Of Exhibition Making Of
• is Place Of Foundation Of
• is Place Of Location Of
• is Place Of Production Of
• is Place Of Publication Of
• is Place Of Residency Of
• is Preliminary Ideas Of
• is Preliminary Propositional Object Of
• is Production Author Of
• is Production Of
• is Project Director Of
• is Proposition Assigned Of
• is Proposition Comprised In
• is Proposition Expanded By
• is Proposition Included In
• is Propositional Object Included In
• is Publication Of
• is Publisher Of
• is Recording Of
• is Reenactment Of
• is Related Conceptualization Material Of
• is Representation Of
• is Representation Time Range Of
• is Represented By
• is Residency Of
• is Residency Time Range Of
• is Role Of
• is Secondary Center Of
• is Secondary Center Time Range Of
• is Site For Secondary Center Of
• is Site Of Headquarters Of
• is Site Of Residency Of
• is Son Of
• is Source Of Information Of
• is Spatial Unit Of
• is Sponsor Of
• is Starting Date Of
• is Territorial Location Of
• is Theme Of
• is Time Range Of
• is Time Span Of
• is Title Of
• is Venue Of
• is Vernissage Of
• is Version Of
• is Visitor Of
• is Visual Identity Of
• ishosted At
• markets
• mentions
• operates In
• proposition Assigned By
• represents
• serve As Celebration Of
• serve As Communication Resource Of
• serves As Documentation Resource Of
• serves As Expansion Resource Of
• serves As Mediation Resource Of
• takes Place At
• was Produced By
• was The Producer Of

Data Properties

• access type
• activity status
• activity type
• address
• appellation
• awards
• budget
• contenido
• degree
• description
• email
• executive position type
• gender
• geo:lat
• geo:long
• identifier
• ISIC4 category
• name
• number of attendants
• number of visitors
• ownership type
• person name
• phone
• population
• professional activity
• program
• social network profile
• software version
• status
• sustrate
• technical specifications
• techno-place type
• ticket price
• url
• webpage

Annotation Properties

• abstract
• code Repository
• contributor
• created
• creator
• description
• equivalent Class
• funder
• funding
• logo
• modified
• preferred Namespace Prefix
• preferred Namespace Uri
• references
• rights
• same As
• title
• version I R I

OntoExhibit: Description back to ToC

OntoExhibit consists of an OWL 2 (Ontology Web Language) ontology designed to facilitate the adoption of FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable) principles in managing information associated with the art exhibition domain, as a fundamental mean to guarantee its standardization, interoperability, reusability, and the extraction of new and strategic knowledge within this cultural sector. Within this context, OntoExhibit is conceived as a comprehensive ontology designed to address the needs and requirements of a range of target scenarios: 1. art historians and researchers engaged in exhibition and curatorial studies; 2. cultural heritage professionals involved in recording and documenting art exhibitions; 3. museum and independent curators; 4. gallery owners; and 5. CCI and tourism stakeholders.

OntoExhibit is the result of transforming and extending the conceptual model underlying Expofinder, a relational database developed within the Exhibitium project (Rodríguez-Ortega, Cruces-Rodríguez, 2019). The Expofinder model adheres to the traditional conception of the exhibition field: a network made up of the relationships that exhibitions establish among heterogeneous actors (artists, curators, institutions, etc.) and the cultural objects displayed. This model served as the starting point for the design and construction of the OntoExhibit model, which is an enhanced version born out of a refined conceptualization of the exhibition field. This development was informed by extensive conversations and dialogues with a diverse community of researchers, curators, gallery owners, and art critics.

OntoExhibit interprets the art exhibition domain as a complex cultural ecosystem, comprising a diverse array of actors (including both human and non-human entities) intertwined through discursive and social practices. These practices create a complex web of semantic layers that imbue the domain with symbolic values. OntoExhibit thus approaches the phenomenon of art exhibitions in its double condition: as a distinct discursive, social, and cultural production emerging from a set of practices and interactions, and as an active producer/generator of discourses and public spheres. These public spheres, in turn, are shaped by discursive and social practices that also convey meanings and generate symbolic value, which can influence subsequent exhibitions. This creates a dynamic and continuous cycle of cultural impact and significance.

According to this conceptualization, OntoExhibit aims to deepen our understanding of the structures, networks, and behavioral patterns within this cultural ecosystem; unravel its social, discursive, and semantic intricacies; and enhance our insights into the engagement of individuals and communities with cultural heritage through exhibitions. To this end, OntoExhibit integrates traditional modeling approaches of the art exhibition domain with new extensions.

Cross-reference for OntoExhibit classes, object properties and data properties back to ToC

This section provides details for each class and property defined by OntoExhibit.