TY - JOUR
T1 - The Aggregate Dutch Historical Censuses
AU - Ashkpour, Ashkan
AU - Meroño-Peñuela, Albert
AU - Mandemakers, Kees
PY - 2015/10/2
Y1 - 2015/10/2
N2 - Historical censuses have an enormous potential for research. In order to fully use this potential, harmonization of these censuses is essential. During the last decades, enormous efforts have been undertaken in digitizing the published aggregated outcomes of the Dutch historical censuses (1795-1971). Although the accessibility has been improved enormously, researchers must cope with hundreds of heterogeneous and disconnected Excel tables. As a result, the census is still for the most part an untapped source of information. The authors describe the main harmonization challenges of the census and how they work toward one harmonized dataset. They propose a specific approach and model in creating an interlinked census dataset in the Semantic Web using the Resource Description Framework technology.
AB - Historical censuses have an enormous potential for research. In order to fully use this potential, harmonization of these censuses is essential. During the last decades, enormous efforts have been undertaken in digitizing the published aggregated outcomes of the Dutch historical censuses (1795-1971). Although the accessibility has been improved enormously, researchers must cope with hundreds of heterogeneous and disconnected Excel tables. As a result, the census is still for the most part an untapped source of information. The authors describe the main harmonization challenges of the census and how they work toward one harmonized dataset. They propose a specific approach and model in creating an interlinked census dataset in the Semantic Web using the Resource Description Framework technology.
KW - harmonization
KW - historical censuses
KW - historical demography
KW - RDF
KW - Semantic Web
KW - social and economic history
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U2 - 10.1080/01615440.2015.1026009
DO - 10.1080/01615440.2015.1026009
M3 - Article
VL - 48
SP - 230
EP - 245
JO - Historical Methods
JF - Historical Methods
SN - 0161-5440
IS - 4
ER -