Conceptual Modeling of Prosopographic Databases Integrating Quality Dimensions

Jacky Akoka (1, 2) , Isabelle Comyn-Wattiau (3) , Stéphane Lamasse (4) , Cedric Du Mouza (1)

1 CEDRIC - Centre d'études et de recherche en informatique et communications
2 IMT-BS - Institut Mines-Télécom Business School
3 ESSEC Business School
4 LAMOP - Laboratoire de Médiévistique Occidentale de Paris

Prosopographic databases, which allow the study of social groups through their bibliography, are used today by a significant number of historians. Computerization has allowed intensive and large-scale exploitation of these databases. The modeling of these proposopographic databases has given rise to several data models. An important problem is to ensure a level of quality of the stored information. In this article , we propose a generic data model allowing to describe most of the existing prosopographic databases and to enrich them by integrating several quality concepts such as uncertainty, reliability, accuracy or completeness.

Mots clés: Conceptual modeling; prosopographical database; quality

Domaines: Informatique [cs]; Autre [cs.OH]

Jacky Akoka, Isabelle Comyn-Wattiau, Stéphane Lamasse, Cedric Du Mouza. Conceptual Modeling of Prosopographic Databases Integrating Quality Dimensions. Journal of Data Mining and Digital Humanities, In press. ⟨hal-01966374v1⟩