Philippe Michon

Semantic Web Analyst

Main areas of work and/or specializations

• knowledge modelling
• linked open data
• semantic Web

Biography

Philippe Michon holds a B.A. in Historical Science and Heritage Studies from Laval University and an M.A. in History with a computer science profile from the University of Sherbrooke. After completing his studies, he worked as a consultant for the Quebec Ministry of Culture and Communications and the Observatory of Culture and Communications of Quebec. Over the course of these jobs, he became interested in the democratization of metadata and, more specifically, in linked open data (LOD) in the cultural heritage sector.

Philippe joined the Canadian Heritage Information Network team in 2018. He is responsible for developing the semantic models underlying the online publication of Nomenclature for Museum Cataloging, Artefacts Canada and Creators in Canada. He is also involved in the development of tools based on the principles and technologies associated with LOD, such as CRITERIA, CIDOC CRM diagramming libraries and Laval University’s Répertoire de vedettes-matière (RVM). As part of his duties, he is an editor of the CIDOC CRM ontology and a member of the CIDOC CRM Special Interest Group.