A First Ontological Model for the Description of the Art Market in the Semantic Web

Abstract

This dissertation presents the first version of a project at the Fondazione Federico Zeri, aimed at modelling the art market starting from the recognition of the peculiarities of this sector and relying on the data collected by this institute during its research activities on its documentary collection. Specifically, this study describes the development of an ontology, able to describe agents, events and sources which define the art market and enable its investigation. The recognition of existing conceptual models is hence followed by the description of the adopted methodology, based on the protocol SAMOD. The central section provides a general overview of the final ontology, integrating the results of a preliminary study. Lastly, the appendix lists motivating scenarios, examples and competency questions collected during the first SAMOD iterations, as well as a first alignment with existing models.