crossresource

Crossresource is a design pattern in information systems and linked data that refers to the intentional linkage of resources across different domains to enable cross-domain discovery, retrieval, and integration. It emphasizes establishing explicit connections between a resource and related resources outside its own dataset, creating a networked information space. A crossresource approach treats identifiers, metadata, and access interfaces as first-class properties that travel with the linked resources, allowing clients to traverse a graph to related data.

Implementation commonly relies on web standards such as URIs, RDF, and linked data practices. Techniques include cross-resource relationships (for example, sameAs or related), exposing machine-readable metadata in JSON-LD or RDF, and supporting cross-resource queries via SPARQL or federated APIs. Crossresource also benefits from maintaining provenance and versioning information to preserve trust across domains.

Applications include digital libraries linking records to full text and other entities, multimedia archives connecting assets to captions and rights, and scientific infrastructures connecting datasets, publications, and software to support reuse and reproducibility. By enabling cross-resource navigation, such systems improve discoverability, data enrichment, and interoperability, while governance considerations such as licensing, attribution, and data quality must be addressed.