Extending the Intermediate Data Structure (IDS) for longitudinal historical databases to include geographic data

The Intermediate Data Structure (IDS) is a standardised database structure for longitudinal historical databases. Such a common structure facilitates data sharing and comparative research. In this study, we propose an extended version of IDS, named IDS-Geo, that also includes geographic data. The ge...

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Main Authors: Finn Hedefalk, Lars Harrie, Patrick Svensson
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Published: International Institute of Social History 2014-09-01
Series:Historical Life Course Studies
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10622/23526343-2014-0003?locatt=view:master
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description The Intermediate Data Structure (IDS) is a standardised database structure for longitudinal historical databases. Such a common structure facilitates data sharing and comparative research. In this study, we propose an extended version of IDS, named IDS-Geo, that also includes geographic data. The geographic data that will be stored in IDS-Geo are primarily buildings and/or property units, and the purpose of these geographic data is mainly to link individuals to places in space. When we want to assign such detailed spatial locations to individuals (in times before there were any detailed house addresses available), we often have to create tailored geographic datasets. In those cases, there are benefits of storing geographic data in the same structure as the demographic data. Moreover, we propose the export of data from IDS-Geo using an eXtensible Markup Language (XML) Schema. IDS-Geo is implemented in a case study using historical property units, for the period 1804 to 1913, stored in a geographically extended version of the Scanian Economic Demographic Database (SEDD). To fit into the IDS-Geo data structure, we included an object lifeline representation of all of the property units (based on the snapshot time representation of single historical maps and poll-tax registers). The case study verifies that the IDS-Geo model is capable of handling geographic data that can be linked to demographic data.
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spelling doaj-art-3c58385482e94e88a131bd5144d03b062025-02-02T18:06:40ZengInternational Institute of Social HistoryHistorical Life Course Studies2352-63432352-63432014-09-0112746Extending the Intermediate Data Structure (IDS) for longitudinal historical databases to include geographic dataFinn Hedefalk0Lars Harrie1Patrick Svensson2Department of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science, Lund UniversityDepartment of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science, Lund UniversityCentre for Economic Demography, Lund UniversityThe Intermediate Data Structure (IDS) is a standardised database structure for longitudinal historical databases. Such a common structure facilitates data sharing and comparative research. In this study, we propose an extended version of IDS, named IDS-Geo, that also includes geographic data. The geographic data that will be stored in IDS-Geo are primarily buildings and/or property units, and the purpose of these geographic data is mainly to link individuals to places in space. When we want to assign such detailed spatial locations to individuals (in times before there were any detailed house addresses available), we often have to create tailored geographic datasets. In those cases, there are benefits of storing geographic data in the same structure as the demographic data. Moreover, we propose the export of data from IDS-Geo using an eXtensible Markup Language (XML) Schema. IDS-Geo is implemented in a case study using historical property units, for the period 1804 to 1913, stored in a geographically extended version of the Scanian Economic Demographic Database (SEDD). To fit into the IDS-Geo data structure, we included an object lifeline representation of all of the property units (based on the snapshot time representation of single historical maps and poll-tax registers). The case study verifies that the IDS-Geo model is capable of handling geographic data that can be linked to demographic data.http://hdl.handle.net/10622/23526343-2014-0003?locatt=view:masterIDSIDS-GeoGeographic DataLongitudinal Historical DataStandardisationData ModelXML
spellingShingle Finn Hedefalk
Lars Harrie
Patrick Svensson
Extending the Intermediate Data Structure (IDS) for longitudinal historical databases to include geographic data
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IDS
IDS-Geo
Geographic Data
Longitudinal Historical Data
Standardisation
Data Model
XML
title Extending the Intermediate Data Structure (IDS) for longitudinal historical databases to include geographic data
title_full Extending the Intermediate Data Structure (IDS) for longitudinal historical databases to include geographic data
title_fullStr Extending the Intermediate Data Structure (IDS) for longitudinal historical databases to include geographic data
title_full_unstemmed Extending the Intermediate Data Structure (IDS) for longitudinal historical databases to include geographic data
title_short Extending the Intermediate Data Structure (IDS) for longitudinal historical databases to include geographic data
title_sort extending the intermediate data structure ids for longitudinal historical databases to include geographic data
topic IDS
IDS-Geo
Geographic Data
Longitudinal Historical Data
Standardisation
Data Model
XML
url http://hdl.handle.net/10622/23526343-2014-0003?locatt=view:master
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