ARIADNE Research Infrastructure
Published January 2017 | Version v1
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D15.3 Report on Semantic Annotation and Linking

Authors/Creators

  • 1. University of South Wales

Contributors

  • 1. ROR icon Athena Research and Innovation Center In Information Communication & Knowledge Technologies
  • 2. ROR icon Data Archiving and Networked Services
  • 3. ROR icon Swedish National Data Service
  • 4. ROR icon University of South Wales
  • 5. ROR icon Salzburg Research Forschungsgesellschaft mbH (Austria)

Description

The review and development work described in this report focuses on the aspects of semantic linking and annotation particularly relevant to ARIADNE. Semantic linking within ARIADNE is considered within the spatial, temporal and subject dimensions. The subject dimension is considered in depth, starting with a review of linking tools considered relevant to ARIADNE followed by a discussion of the ARIADNE approach and the vocabulary mapping tools used within ARIADNE. The Getty AAT proved an appropriate vocabulary mapping hub that afforded a multilingual search capability in the ARIADNE Portal via the semantic enrichment of partner subject metadata with derived AAT concepts.

A case study conducted an exploratory investigation of the semantic integration of extracts from archaeological datasets with information extracted via NLP across different languages. The investigation followed a broad theme relating to wooden material including shipwrecks, with a focus on types of wooden material, samples taken, wooden objects with dating from dendrochronological analysis, etc. The Demonstrator is available for general use. The user is shielded from the complexity of the underlying semantic framework (based on the CIDOC CRM and Getty AAT) by the Web application user interface. The Demonstrator highlights the potential for archaeological research that can interrogate grey literature reports in conjunction with datasets. Queries concern wooden objects (e.g. samples of beech wood keels), optionally from a given date range, with automatic expansion over hierarchies of wood types.

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Funding

European Commission
ARIADNE - Advanced Research Infrastructure for Archaeological Dataset Networking in Europe 313193

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