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1 Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, R. Ramiro Barcelos, 2705, Porto Alegre – RS, Brazil
2 Federal University of Santa Catarina, R. Eng. Agronômico Andrei Cristian Ferreira, 240, Florianópolis – SC, Brazil
Abstract
We explore the similarities and differences between the two ontologies based on different conceptual models that can be used in archival knowledge organization systems. The first model, RiC-CM, was developed by the International Council on Archives and focuses on producing administrative records. It is complemented by his ontology, RiC-O, and together, they enable the identification and description of records, the agents involved in their creation and use, and the activities that the records facilitate and document. The second model, CIDOC-CRM, also an ontology, was developed by the International Council of Museums and provides guidelines for formally modeling artifacts and cultural heritage. Since archives can contain documents with artistic value, the CIDOC-CRM model can also be used to represent these records. The research investigates how concepts in the domain of the record can be defined in CIDOC-CRM and RiC-O and identify semantic approximations and divergences between the two ontologies. We analyzed its classes, attributes, relations, and relations attributes, and correspondence was proposed when possible. This ongoing work has been conducted since 2017 and seeks to understand the application of ontological models in records management and archival knowledge organization systems.