Europeana Data Model
On this page you find all the documentation you need about the Europeana Data Model (EDM).
General EDM factsheet and Presentation
The EDM Factsheet and an EDM presentation sum up the rationale and expected benefits of EDM.
EDM Primer
The EDM Primer is the 'story' of EDM and explains how the classes and properties may be used together to model data and support Europeana functionality.
EDM Mapping guidelines
The EDM - Mapping guidelines give guidance for providers wanting to map their data to EDM. They contain definitions of the properties, information about the data types that can be used as values and the obligation level of each property. This documentation also has an example of original data, the same data converted to EDM and diagrams showing the distribution of the properties amongst the classes, as well as other EDM examples specific for content and metadata tiers. The full set of EDM classes and properties are being implemented incrementally, this documentation shows those that are currently available.
EDM definitions
The EDM (definitions) section shows which properties apply to which class and states the data types and obligation of the values. Please refer also to the EDM - Mapping guidelines for additional details about the classes and properties used in EDM.
EDM namespace classes and properties
The EDM namespace classes and properties (definitions) section provides the authoritative definitions of all classes and properties in the EDM namespace. It covers elements used in EDM used by data providers, used internally by Europeana, and all the elements defined in the EDM profiles.
EDM XML Schema and EDM validation in Oxygen
The XML Schema for the Europeana Data Model allows for automatic validation of EDM metadata. The EDM mapping rules are defined against the official release of the EDM XML Schema and the required Schematron rules (embedded in the schema). You can download the latest versions of the EDM Schema files directly from GitHub (NB: this is a working version and should be used with caution!). The EDM Validation document explains how to make use of the validation rules with the Oxygen XML editor.
For further information, please contact info@europeana.eu using 'EDM' as the email subject line.
Related EDM documentation can also be found below: