The Initiative Linking and Uniting Knowledge of Music, Dance and the Dramatic Arts in Visual Culture by Association RIdIM
Association RIdIM launches the open access initiative entitled Linking and Uniting Knowledge of Music, Dance and the Dramatic Arts in Visual Culture, and thus designed the framework for the establishment of the first and unique network and platform for open data exchange and knowledge sharing with other organisations and institutions under the leadership of Association RIdIM and with the RIdIM Database as both a vital tool within the set of resources available as well as the central hub.
Dependent upon the current state of metadata and images of the partner organisation, the exchange of knowledge and data with the database of Association RIdIM operates one of three solutions benefitting collaborative partnership:
- Solution A. This programme applies to all partners that have not yet developed a database solution and whose data are stored either in paper copy or not recorded at all. Thus Solution A requires the inputting of the raw data material to the RIdIM database.
- Solution B. This solution covers all partners that have already developed their own database but decided to migrate their data source material to the RIdIM database or partners that wish to export data periodically to the RIdIM database. In these cases a special migration software needs to be written for each partner project in order to export data to the RIdIM database.
- Solution C. This solution applies to all project partners that have already developed their own database that allows the development of an interface solution i.e. the development of a portal that brings information together from different sources in a uniform way and provides access to the data sets of the partner project.
It is an essential aspect of these collaborative initiatives that the relationship thus fostered be mutually beneficial. In all cases the data remains the possession of the partner and all partners work with Association RIdIM respecting the Association’s commitment to provision of the data free of charge.
Partner Organisations and Institutions
The Performing Arts Index
The Performing Arts Index (PAI) is a reference resource for the visual history of the performing arts. Encompassing performance traditions from all countries and periods, PAI is culled from the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s comprehensive collection. The data set, comprising of more than 5,000 records with comprehensive information and images, was assigned to Association RIdIM by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Department of Musical Instruments, and is currently being integrated into the RIdIM Database Search and selection on the pool will soon be available.
RIdIM Germany
The RIdIM Working Group in Germany was established in 1979 as part of the German Working Group of the Répertoire International des Sources Musicales (RISM). It is based at the Bavarian State Library in Munich, and is funded by German state and federal governments through the Union of the German Academies of Sciences and Humanities, established in Mainz.
The core objective of the German RIdIM Working Group in Munich consists of the cataloguing of visual source material as preserved in major German museums, collections and libraries. The database currently holds over 20,000 items.
The collaboration between Association RIdIM and the German RIdIM Working Group applies a modified version of Solution C that results in regular migrations of metadata into the RIdIM Database.
Official Press Release, Cooperation Association RIdIM : RIdIM Germany