name: Rijksmuseum Vocabulary
description: >-
  Domain vocabulary mapping the operational, capability, and semantic
  dimensions of the Rijksmuseum data services. Aligns the Rijksmuseum's own
  object-metadata terms with widely-adopted cultural-heritage vocabularies
  (Dublin Core, Europeana Data Model, LIDO, Linked Art, Iconclass, schema.org).
specificationVersion: '0.1'
created: '2026-05-29'
modified: '2026-05-29'

operational_dimensions:
  api_styles:
    - REST (JSON)
    - REST (XML/JSONP)
    - OAI-PMH (XML)
    - IIIF-adjacent Tile Pyramid
    - SRU (bibliographic)
  authentication:
    - API Key (query parameter `key`)
  localization:
    - nl (Dutch)
    - en (English)
  pagination:
    - p / ps (collection search; capped at 10,000)
    - page / pageSize (user sets)
    - resumptionToken (OAI-PMH)
  rate_limits:
    - per-key, 10,000 requests per day (documented)
  formats:
    - json (default)
    - jsonp (callback)
    - xml

capability_dimensions:
  read:
    - Search collection
    - Get collection object
    - Get image tile pyramid
    - List Rijksstudio user sets
    - Get Rijksstudio user set
    - Harvest objects via OAI-PMH (Dublin Core, EDM, LIDO)
  write: []
  curate:
    - Aggregate community sets (Rijksstudio)
  enrich:
    - Iconclass classification
    - Controlled vocabularies (actors, places, concepts, events)
    - Colour palette (32-colour normalised)
    - Linked Art / EDM modelling

domain_terms:
  artworks:
    - Schilderij / Painting
    - Prent / Print
    - Tekening / Drawing
    - Beeldhouwwerk / Sculpture
    - Foto / Photograph
    - Toegepaste kunst / Decorative arts
  materials:
    - Doek / Canvas
    - Olieverf / Oil paint
    - Papier / Paper
    - Brons / Bronze
    - Aquarel / Watercolour
  techniques:
    - Schilderkunst / Painting
    - Etsen / Etching
    - Gravure / Engraving
    - Houtsnede / Woodcut
    - Lithografie / Lithography
  classification_systems:
    - Iconclass
    - AAT (Art & Architecture Thesaurus)
    - Wikidata
    - Geonames

semantic_alignments:
  schema_org:
    ArtObject: schema:VisualArtwork
    Maker: schema:Person
    UserSet: schema:Collection
    Exhibition: schema:ExhibitionEvent
    Dimension: schema:QuantitativeValue
  dublin_core:
    title: dc:title
    creator: dc:creator
    subject: dc:subject
    description: dc:description
    date: dc:date
    type: dc:type
    format: dc:format
    identifier: dc:identifier
    language: dc:language
    publisher: dc:publisher
    rights: dc:rights
    coverage: dc:coverage
  europeana_edm:
    ArtObject: edm:ProvidedCHO
    WebImage: edm:WebResource
    Aggregation: ore:Aggregation
  linked_art:
    ArtObject: la:HumanMadeObject
    Maker: la:Person
    Place: la:Place
    Material: la:Material

provider_context:
  governance: open-data
  steward: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
  policy_url: https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/data/policy
  programme: RijksData
  data_principles:
    - FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable)
  licensing:
    images: Public Domain Mark (for most public-domain works)
    metadata: Open (governed by the museum's data policy)
  scale:
    object_metadata_records: 800000
    public_domain_images: 600000
    bibliographic_records: 320000
    actor_records: 160000
    vocabulary_terms: 70000