Heritage Leiden and Surroundings API (image bank)
Description
The image bank of Heritage Leiden and Surroundings contains a wide range of images: from original etchings from Rembrandt to born digital material of today.
Partners, application developers and other interested parties can query the data in the image bank via an open-search API (Application Programming Interface). For example, to use metadata and images for apps and web applications. The set currently consists of a small 80,000 records, but is continuously expanded and updated. Through the API, these changes and additions are readily available.
You can find the description document of the API at http://www.archiefleiden.nl/api/opensearch/description-document
Below is an overview of the fields to be asked and the corresponding Dublin Core mapping:
opensearch.mapping.Description=dc_description
opensearch.mapping.Copyright=dc_rights
opensearch.mapping.Placename=dc_coverage
opensearch.mapping.Technical=dc_type
opensearch.mapping.Date_making=dc_created
opensearch.mapping.Maker=dc_creator
opensearch.mapping.Formaat=dc_format
opensearch.mapping.Trefword=dc_subject
opensearch.mapping.Date_period block=dc_date
opensearch.mapping.collectionname=dc_isPartOf
opensearch.mapping.Type_document=dc_type
Example query specific field: Q=Plaatsnaam:leiden
Questions about this dataset? Send an email to w.hasselo@erfgoedleiden.nl
Resources
| Name |
Format |
Description |
Link |
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55 |
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https://www.erfgoedleiden.nl/api/opensearch/description-document |
Tags
- afbeeldingen
- erfgoed
- leiden
- foto
- api
- cultuur