Organizing Performing Arts Records of Korean Traditional Music as Linked Open Data

This study analyzed the processes for publishing and providing archival records of Korean music performance materials in the form of linked open data. The subject of the analysis was records of performing arts materials in the Gugak Archive, which manages and services Korean traditional music performance materials. In the analysis, the research team considered if the results applied to performing arts fields and reflected the characteristics of Korean traditional musical performances and if the records could be published as linked data. The criteria for linked data was set by identifying the resource, designing the data structure, and linking related external data necessary for structuring semantic web data. The study's results could be used in collaboration with cooperate with related organizations that provide Korean traditional performing arts materials or in the improvement of Korean traditional music archives through linked data.