sea change @ dm2efinal conference, pisa, dec 11
DESCRIPTION
Results from the Open Humanities Awards SEACHANGE project, presented at the DM2E final conference in Pisa, December 11, 2014.TRANSCRIPT
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SEA CHANGELinking Data about the Past through Geography
Rainer Simon @aboutgeoAustrian Institute of Technology
Leif Isaksen, Pau de SotoUniversity of Southampton
Elton BarkerThe Open University
December 11 2014 | DM2E Final Event, Pisa, Italy
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Early Geospatial Documents
Maps and geographic writingpredating 1492.
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The problem:Data is “semantically opaque”.Geographical context evident to humans,but not machines.
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Two public workshops to• trial our geo-annotation tool RECOGITO• reach out to the community• turn some raw data into Linked Open Data…• …and have fun doing it!
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RECOGITO Geo-Annotation Tool
http://pelagios.org/recogito/docs
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Workshop #1
University of Heidelberg, October 31.27 students of Geography & Archaeology.
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Workshop #1
University of Heidelberg, October 31.Classical & Medieval Latin texts, Medieval maps.
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Some Numbers…
• 2.650 places identified in text• 2.500 places identified in maps• 830 map transcriptions• 140 gazetteer resolutions• 490 other actions (edits, comments, deletions,…)
6.620 contributions total on that day!
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Ptolemy, Nicolaus Tedescho & Francesco Berlinghieri: Tabvla secvnda de Evropa (1482).
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Workshop #2
University of Applied Sciences Mainz, December 4.22 students, mixed background (engineering/archaeology).
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Workshop #2
University of Applied Sciences Mainz, December 4.Medieval travel writing & 14th/15thC. maritime maps.
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More Numbers…
• 2.600 places identified in text• 3.200 places identified in maps !• 620 map transcriptions• 544 gazetteer resolutions !• 537 other actions (edits, comments, deletions,…)
7.511 contributions total on that day!
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Workshops, Part II: Data Re-Use
Tutorials for using our data without our tools.Example 1: Exploring Medieval itineraries in GIS.
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Workshops, Part II: Data Re-Use
Example 2: Hacking with our data – maps, timelines, networks.
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So… What‘s Next?
Introducing PELAGIOS
• Linking Data about the past based on the notion of Place
• Connectivity through Common References
• 40+ partners from 6 countries
• Heterogenous resources: images, texts, databases, etc.
• De-centralized: publish your own data, share the principles
(and there’s some RDF involved, too…)
• We are currently working on an API for search & discovery
http://pelagios-project.blogspot.co.uk
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So many ways to get involved :-)
• Download our data from Recogito• Experiment with our API (warning: unfinished)• Become a Recogito editor• Become a Pelagios partner!
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Thank you for your attentionhttp://pelagios-project.blogspot.co.ukhttp://pelagios.org/recogitohttp://github.com/pelagios@pelagiosproject
Grateful acknowledgement to JISC, AHRC, the DM2E project, theAndrew W. Mellon Foundationand all Pelagios partners.