HoMER Venue Research Index

The HoMER Venue Research Index is a demo web application that lists venues (predominantly cinema related) from various datasets made by HoMERites (part of the HoMER Network, https://homernetwork.org/).

The goal of this application is to provide a central place for researchers to find and share research output (articles, books, websites, datasets, etc.) in which these venues are discussed. At the same time, it serves as a demonstration of the use of the HoMER Vocabulary of Moviegoing, a shared vocabulary for cinema research, promoting the use of shared vocabularies in cinema research.

The website was presented as part of a HoMER Vocabulary Workshop at the HoMER Annual Conference 2025, held in Istanbul, Turkey. See: https://homernetwork.github.io/venues/

Contribute venue data

1. Start with a copy of the template file located at static/template.tsv
2. Fill in the required information for each venue
3. Save your completed file as your-dataset-name.tsv in the static directory, or send it to us for inclusion. You can also open an issue and attach your file there. Please provide metadata for your set of venues. See the section below for details on required fields.
4. In case you want to make a PR to the repository, please also generate a JSON-LD file from your TSV file. See the section below for details on how to do this.

TSV Template Fields

Field	Description	Example	Required
id	Unique identifier for the venue	http://www.cinemacontext.nl/id/B000016	Optional
name	Name of the venue	Kriterion	Required
description	Detailed description	Filmtheater Kriterion, officieel...	Optional
additionalTypeId	ID for venue type, split multiple values by semicolon (;)	cinema	Optional
additionalTypeName	Type of venue, split multiple values by semicolon (;)	Art house cinema	Optional
startDate	Date when venue opened (YYYY-MM-DD)	1945-11-06	Required
endDate	Date when venue closed (YYYY-MM-DD)	(Empty when still in operation)	Optional
addressLocality	City	Amsterdam	Optional
addressRegion	Province/state code	NH	Optional
postalCode	Postal code	1012	Optional
streetAddress	Street address	Roetersstraat 170	Optional
latitude	Geographic latitude	52.3625	Required
longitude	Geographic longitude	4.910556	Required
citation	Bibliographic reference, split multiple values by semicolon (;)	Cinema Context	Optional
sameAs	External identifier URL, split multiple values by semicolon (;)	http://www.cinemacontext.nl/id/B000016	Optional

Dataset Metadata Fields

Example dataset entry in static/index.json:

{
	"@id": "cinema-context",
	"@type": "Dataset",
	"name": "Cinema Context",
	"description": "Cinema Context is a database of Dutch cinema and film culture.",
	"citation": "Cinema Context. n.d. Cinema Context. https://www.cinemacontext.nl/",
	"url": "https://www.cinemacontext.nl/",
	"distribution": [
		{
			"@type": "DataDownload",
			"encodingFormat": "text/tab-separated-values",
			"contentUrl": "cinema-context.tsv"
		},
		{
			"@type": "DataDownload",
			"encodingFormat": "application/ld+json",
			"contentUrl": "cinema-context.jsonld"
		}
	],
	"dateModified": "2025-03-20",
	"isBasedOn": "cinema-context.tsv"
}

Converting TSV to JSON-LD

Run the following command to convert your TSV file to JSON-LD:

node scripts/tsv_to_jsonld.ts

This will convert your TSV file into the right format so that it can be shown on the website.

Development of the website

This website is built using SvelteKit. To contribute to the development of the website, follow these steps:

1. Clone/fork the repository
2. Install the dependencies: npm install
3. Start the development server: npm run dev
4. Make your changes and test them locally: npm run build && npm run preview
5. Commit your changes and push them to the repository
6. Create a pull request

Contact

For any questions or contributions, please open an issue, or email [email protected].