Identifying the Knights. Database Management and Authority Files for Person and Family Names in HMML’s Reading Room
Identifying the early modern members of the Order of Saint John of Jerusalem remains difficult due to the lack of an online database or any other search tool including the members of the Order from each of the Langues. This situation is compounded by the diverse languages, naming traditions, and by...
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| Publicado no: | URI:https://journals.openedition.org/cdlm, |
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| Formato: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| Idioma: | Anglais |
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Cahiers de la Méditerranée
2023
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| Acesso em linha: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Resumo: | Identifying the early modern members of the Order of Saint John of Jerusalem remains difficult due to the lack of an online database or any other search tool including the members of the Order from each of the Langues. This situation is compounded by the diverse languages, naming traditions, and by the repeated use of first names and family names by successive generations in aristocratic families. To overcome this challenge when cataloging archival material, the Malta Study Center has adopted the Resource Description and Access (RDA) standards to catalogue the collections that have been microfilmed or digitized by the Malta Study Center since 1973. The use of authority files for personal and family names in modern databases, such as the HMML Reading Room, will provide researchers with advanced metadata resources to find members of the Order across different libraries and archives. |
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