The database is progressively enriched with new data sets, processed and integrated in successive batches. The data is in xml-ead and xml-tei format, after a phase of alignment with existing data and enrichment according to authority records (Rameau, VIAF, SUDOC, IdRef, etc.).
Here are the main evolutions of the successive versions of the World Horse Library, as well as the main lines of the roadmap for future developments.
The current data perimeter (December 2022):
- G.-R. Mennessier de La Lance, Essai de Bibliographie Hippique (1915-1921) (December 2018)
- Historical Library of the Ministry of Agriculture, “horse” collections (December 2019)
- Italie – Mario Gennero et Patrizia Arquint (June 2021)
- IFCE (French Institute of Horse and Riding) (A-J) (March 2023)
- F.-H. Huth, Works on the Horse and Riding (1887) (A-F) (January 2023)
- J.-L. Gouraud, Bibliographie équestre (2018) (A-J) (March 2023)
- The Fairman Rogers collection at the University of Pennsylvania (partial) (March 2023)
- La Bibliothèque Mondiale du Cheval (partial) (March 2023)
For the next rounds of data integration, we are preparing the following resources:
- IFCE (French Institute of Horse and Riding) (continuation)
- F.-H. Huth, Works on Horses and Riding (1887) and Works on Horsemanship and Fencing (1890) (continued)
- J.-L. Gouraud, Bibliographie équestre (2018-2022), (continuation)
- “Horse” Collection of the Deauville Media Library
- Collection “Horse” of the National Veterinary School of Maisons-Alfort
- Torrecilla, Index of Spanish and Portuguese equestrian bibliography (1921)
- The Fairman Rogers collection at the University of Pennsylvania (continuation)