scholarly journals Representing and Validating Cultural Heritage Knowledge Graphs in CIDOC-CRM Ontology

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (11) ◽  
pp. 277
Author(s):  
Ghazal Faraj ◽  
András Micsik
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Optimal Choice ◽  
Formal Structure ◽  
Migration Process ◽  
Historic Data ◽  
Cidoc Crm ◽  
Knowledge Graphs ◽  
Mapping Models ◽  
Heritage Collections

In order to unify access to multiple heterogeneous sources of cultural heritage data, many datasets were mapped to the CIDOC-CRM ontology. CIDOC-CRM provides a formal structure and definitions for most cultural heritage concepts and their relationships. The COURAGE project includes historic data concerning people, organizations, cultural heritage collections, and collection items covering the period between 1950 and 1990. Therefore, CIDOC-CRM seemed the optimal choice for describing COURAGE entities, improving knowledge sharing, and facilitating the COURAGE dataset unification with other datasets. This paper introduces the results of translating the COURAGE dataset to CIDOC-CRM semantically. This mapping was implemented automatically according to predefined mapping rules. Several SPARQL queries were applied to validate the migration process manually. In addition, multiple SHACL shapes were conducted to validate the data and mapping models.

Using ISO and Semantic Web standard for building a multilingual terminology e-Dictionary: A use case of Chinese ceramic vases

2021 ◽  
pp. 016555152110221
Author(s):  
Tong Wei ◽  
Christophe Roche ◽  
Maria Papadopoulou ◽  
Yangli Jia
Keyword(s):  
Semantic Web ◽  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Use Case ◽  
Knowledge Infrastructure ◽  
Ming And Qing Dynasties ◽  
New Perspective ◽  
Digital Protection ◽  
Protection Of Cultural Heritage

Cultural heritage is the legacy of physical artefacts and intangible attributes of a group or society that is inherited from past generations. Terminology is a tool for the dissemination and communication of cultural heritage. The lack of clearly identified terminologies is an obstacle to communication and knowledge sharing. Especially, for experts with different languages, it is difficult to understand what the term refers to only through terms. Our work aims to respond to this issue by implementing practices drawn from the Semantic Web and ISO Terminology standards (ISO 704 and ISO 1087-1) and more particularly, by building in a W3C format ontology as knowledge infrastructure to construct a multilingual terminology e-Dictionary. The Chinese ceramic vases of the Ming and Qing dynasties are the application cases of our work. The method of building ontology is the ‘term-and-characteristic guided method’, which follows the ISO principles of Terminology. The main result of this work is an online terminology e-Dictionary. The terminology e-Dictionary could help archaeologists communicate and understand the concepts denoted by terms in different languages and provide a new perspective based on ontology for the digital protection of cultural heritage. The e-Dictionary was published at http://www.dh.ketrc.com/e-dictionary.html .

scholarly journals Indoor/outdoor particulate matter concentrations and microbial load in cultural heritage collections

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mihalis Lazaridis ◽  
E. Katsivela ◽  
I. Kopanakis ◽  
L. Raisi ◽  
G. Panagiaris
Keyword(s):  
Particulate Matter ◽  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Microbial Load ◽  
Heritage Collections

scholarly journals Pattern-based design applied to cultural heritage knowledge graphs

Semantic Web ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 1-45
Author(s):  
Valentina Anita Carriero ◽  
Aldo Gangemi ◽  
Maria Letizia Mancinelli ◽  
Andrea Giovanni Nuzzolese ◽  
Valentina Presutti ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Design Patterns ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Knowledge Graph ◽  
Unit Testing ◽  
Domain Specific ◽  
Rigorous Testing ◽  
Ontology Design ◽  
Domain Specific Knowledge ◽  
Knowledge Graphs

Ontology Design Patterns (ODPs) have become an established and recognised practice for guaranteeing good quality ontology engineering. There are several ODP repositories where ODPs are shared as well as ontology design methodologies recommending their reuse. Performing rigorous testing is recommended as well for supporting ontology maintenance and validating the resulting resource against its motivating requirements. Nevertheless, it is less than straightforward to find guidelines on how to apply such methodologies for developing domain-specific knowledge graphs. ArCo is the knowledge graph of Italian Cultural Heritage and has been developed by using eXtreme Design (XD), an ODP- and test-driven methodology. During its development, XD has been adapted to the need of the CH domain e.g. gathering requirements from an open, diverse community of consumers, a new ODP has been defined and many have been specialised to address specific CH requirements. This paper presents ArCo and describes how to apply XD to the development and validation of a CH knowledge graph, also detailing the (intellectual) process implemented for matching the encountered modelling problems to ODPs. Relevant contributions also include a novel web tool for supporting unit-testing of knowledge graphs, a rigorous evaluation of ArCo, and a discussion of methodological lessons learned during ArCo’s development.

Back to basics

2018 ◽  
Vol 34 (3) ◽  
pp. 188-199 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shannon Lucky ◽  
Craig Harkema
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Academic Libraries ◽  
Community Organizations ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Research Libraries ◽  
Community Needs ◽  
Strategic Goals ◽  
Active Research ◽  
Allocation Decisions ◽  
Heritage Collections

Purpose To describe how academic libraries can support digital humanities (DH) research by leveraging established library values and strengths to provide support for preservation and access and physical and digital spaces for researchers and communities, specifically focused on cultural heritage collections. Design/methodology/approach The experiences of the authors in collaborating with DH scholars and community organizations is discussed with references to the literature. The paper suggests how research libraries can use existing expertise and infrastructure to support the development of digital cultural heritage collections and DH research. Findings Developing working collaborations with DH researchers and community organizations is a productive way to engage in impactful cultural heritage digital projects. It can aid resource allocation decisions to support active research, strategic goals, community needs and the development and preservation of unique, locally relevant collections. Libraries do not need to radically transform themselves to do this work, they have established strengths that can be effective in meeting the challenges of DH research. Practical implications Academic libraries should strategically direct the work they already excel at to support DH research and work with scholars and communities to build collections and infrastructure to support these initiatives. Originality/value The paper recommends practical approaches, supported by literature and local examples, that could be taken when building DH and community-engaged cultural heritage projects.

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