Abstract: Linking and integrating are the key components for the sharing, reusing and co-creation of cultural heritage data resources. It helps to coordinate the internal and external resources of cultural institutions, and it is instrumental in the multi-dimensional disclosure and value mining of cultural heritage features. Firstly, this article introduces three typical CIDOC CRM based data models (EDM, BioCRM and Linked Art) used in foreign cultural heritage projects. Secondly, taking the event as ceater the three models are compared and analyzed in semantic description and application. Thirdly, based on these three models, it proposes an event-oriented cultural heritage data resource linking and integrating framework with an example of the Red Army Long March event. Finally, referring to foreign practices and combined with China’ s reality, it summaries four implementation suggestions for developing cultural heritage data resources.

Key words: Cultural heritage data recourses, Data model, Event-centric, Linking and integrating, Linked data