postdata project presentation
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The target of this study
Traditional Research Digital Humanities
Counting syllables with fingers Automatic syllable counter
Comparing 2-3 poems at the same time
Comparing thousands of poems in parallel
Looking for similar evidences by reading all papers and books
Finding multiple evidences through one search engine
Individual researchCollaborative, interdisciplinary research
POSTDATA Vision is to ease humanists research through its digital tranformation
Challenge Barriers Project Methodology Impact
Philological barriers are caused by different ways of conceptualization
Alexandrines
4x(7pp+7p) (Classic Latin)
12A12A12A12A (Romance)
Goliardic
Challenge Barriers Project Methodology Impact
Technological barriers are caused by lack of standardization and interoperability
Challenge Barriers Project Methodology Impact
POSTDATA is the key to link existing technologies making them interoperable
Standardization
Interoperability
Collaboration
Challenge Barriers Project Methodology Impact
POSTDATA is structured in three axes
Philology
Abstract model of philological shared elements
Technology
Ontology for Poetry as Linked Open Data
Society
Platform for Poetry storage and analysis
Challenge Barriers Project Methodology Impact
Philological standardization is the starting point
Challenge Barriers Project Methodology Impact
POSTDATA looks for an abstract model with common elements across the different poetic systems
Latin poetry
Spanish poetry
Galicianpoetry
Italianpoetry
French poetry
Occitanpoetry
Challenge Barriers Project Methodology Impact
Concepts are transformed into an ontology as Linked Open Data
Semantics
Data are expressed as RDF, the language of the semantic web
Syntax
All elements are linked and able to be linked with elements of other ontologies
Structure
This semantic layer can be added to ANY existing project, regardless of its technology
POSTDATA looks for an abstract model with common elements across the different poetic
systems
Common abstract
conceptualization
Comparative
study of poetic
terminology
Names of poems Names of stanzas Topics
AcrósticoArte MayorBaladaCanciónCanción TrovadorescaCantigaCosante O CosauteDecirEndecha …
Arte MayorCoplaCopla Castellana Copla OncenaCopla Real.Cuaderna VíaCuarteta AsonantadaCuartetaDécima …
AlbaAlegoríaAmorArrepentimientoAve MaríaBibliaCárcelCastigoConfesión …
Online
User-friendly
Different profiles
POSTDATA platform is a virtual research environment for researchers and other users
A semantic indexed repository for poetry collections
Repository
A lab to play with apps and tools
Lab
A social platform to find new projects, partners and ideas
Community
Challenge Barriers Project Methodology Impact
The workplan is structured in three phases
YEAR 1 YEAR 2 YEAR 3 YEAR 4 YEAR 5
Challenge Barriers Project Methodology Impact
Analysis and conceptualization
Design & prototyping
Implemen-tation
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Our teamwork is interdisciplinary and work under continuous training
Principal Investigator
Postdoc Postdoc Developer PhD student
Project Manager
Philological team Technical team
Students
Advisory Board
Challenge Barriers Project Methodology Impact
Impact for Public at large
Impact for Researchers
A groundbreaking project based on an interdisciplinary approach in a traditional humanities
field with innovative results
Improvement of research results
Training in Digital Humanities
Collaborative work
Collection of open-access poetry online
Guarantee of cultural preservation
Further applications (teaching, tourism…)
Challenge Barriers Project Methodology Impact
