Abstract
The CIDOC Conceptual Reference Model (CRM) is a formal ontology to enable information integration and exchange for cultural heritage data. Today's museums' disparate, localized information can be transformed into global information resource by using ontology such as the CIDOC CRM. But museum experts may find that ontology is not familiar to them. This paper introduces the key concepts and functions of the CIDOC CRM, and shows how to model museum information with examples.
