CoReWIKI and Semantic Web

A node for cultural heritage standards

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Which web is what?

"the semantic web is never going to get here. Instead we'll pour more semanticness into the existing web" – http://twitter.com/dmje/statuses/785062078,

referring to Weaving a Web of Data (MW2008 workshop)

“The web has immense semantic value already. However, for a specific purpose the correlative semantic relations have to be extracted from the surrounding noise and to be expressed in a formal structure or model.”– http://museums.wikia.com/wiki/User_talk:Jpbowe

n#Semantic_Web_and_Wikis

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Standards for cultural heritage information

Museums as example– documentation– procedures– data structure– terminology– …

different– cultures– levels– scopes

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CIDOC Conceptual Reference Model

CIDOC: International Committee on Documentation, International Council of Museums

International standard (ISO 21127:2006)– controlled exchange of cultural heritage

information – formal ontology for archives, libraries and

museums – implementations and utilizations still rare

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Collaborative communities

Content– Terms– Definitions– Links (+ Semantic MediaWiki)– Media– Categories– Portals

Contributors & communities– People– Projects– Institutions– Initiatives

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Beauty and the Beast

Standards– Authority– Hierarchy– Institution

Wiki– Communit

y– Network– Individual

CoReWIKI

precision flexibility

ArchivesLibrariesMuseumsIntangibleheritage

Semantic Web

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Content & instruments

Concepts (theory)– Standards

• Vocabularies• Formats• Methods• Implementations

Projects & experiences (practice)

Connections Repository for

– Documentations– Publications– References

Communication (forum, talk)

Collaboration Description Reference

– internal• CoRe• other parts• Semantic links

– external

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Function, role, task

Language– Type

• Lingua franca• Standard• Regional

– Function• Communicate• Collaborate• Exchange

– Dynamics

CoReWIKI– Types and levels of

expert knowledge– Communicate,

collaborate & exchange information

– Flexible tool

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Examplehttp://webscience.org/cluster.php

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Benefits and needs

Efficient node and repository

Flexible and extendable knowledge base

Combines restrictions and accuracy of standards with collaborative environment

Individual commitment Institutional care and

support Publicity Resources

Thank you

Comments and collaboration welcome

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Contact

http://www.swnyc.org/index.php?title=New_York_Semantic_Web_Meetup

MuseumsWikihttp://museums.wikia.com/wiki/Thomas_Tunsch

– http://www.linkedin.com/in/tunsch