Knowledge exploration in historical artefact record keeping

This article presents a modern generation of information systems in the area of historical artefact record keeping, based on ontology modelling techniques. The weaknesses of classical database-oriented systems are described and compared with ontology-based solutions. Advanced knowledge exploration based on knowledge technologies like operational knowledge processing languages enable to perform tasks that were unachievable by the former approaches. Practical domain modelling discussion and examples are included, as well as a suggested future research topics.