In a pilot project, structured, linked data was collected on 1,753 collection objects and 7,635 index card entries from the Mineralogical Collections of the TU Berlin. High-quality documentary photographs were taken of 206 mineral specimens. The Digital Network for Collections provided a “data hotel” for storage.
We are using this demonstrator to explore how to present decentralized object data on our collection platform. In the future, we will make objects from various collections available and searchable via the platform.
The objects presented here represent only a fraction of the TU Berlin’s Mineralogical Collections, which comprise over 100,000 items. The data is initially available as a working version and will be continuously revised.