Rune inscriptions in Wikidata / Wikibase; Sampo Model and Portal Series on the Semantic Web
Channel: LD4
Date: 2021-07-21

Rune inscriptions have unique persistent identifiers since 1750 now available in Wikidata / Wikibase, Magnus Sälgö

Runestones have had persistent identifiers since 1750 which makes it easy to connect information about Runestones mentioned in books 1750 with what has been written in other books referencing runestones with the same or new persistent identifiers. This presentation will discuss how runestones in Wikidata have been connected with books form 1750 and how SPARQL federation and semantic interoperability has been used to make images available to domain specialists for crowdsourcing.

Digital Humanities in Action: Sampo Model and Portal Series on the Semantic Web, ​Eero Hyvönen​​​

This presentation addresses the problem of collaborative publication of heterogenous, distributed Cultural Heritage (CH) data on the Web. As a solution, the “Sampo” model for developing semantic portals based on Linked Open Data services is presented. The model has evolved gradually in 2002-2021 through lessons learned when developing the “Sampo series'' of CH systems, including MuseumFinland (2004), CultureSampo (2009), BookSampo (2011), WarSampo (2015), BiographySampo (2018), NameSampo (2019), WarWictimSampo (2019), MMM (2020), and AcademySampo (2021). [1] These online systems cover a wide range of application domains in CH and have attracted up to millions of users on the Semantic Web, suggesting feasibility of the proposed Sampo model.
This line of work shows a shift of focus in research on CH semantic portals from data aggregation and exploration systems (1. generation systems) to systems supporting DH research (2. generation systems) with data analytic tools, and finally to automatic knowledge discovery and Artificial Intelligence (3. generation systems). [2]

[1] More info and videos available at: https://seco.cs.aalto.fi/applications/sampo/

[2] Eero Hyvönen: Using the Semantic Web in Digital Humanities: Shift from Data Publishing to Data-analysis and Serendipitous Knowledge Discovery. Semantic Web 11 ( 1), pp. 187-193, 2020. http://www.semantic-web-journal.net/system/files/swj2214.pdf