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Semantic Annotation and Search of Cultural-Heritage Collections: The Multimedian E-Culture Demonstrator

7 Pages Posted: 10 Jul 2018 Publication Status: Accepted

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Guus Schreiber

VU University Amsterdam - Web & Media Group

Alia Amin

Center for Mathematics and Computer Science (CWI)

Lora Aroyo

VU University Amsterdam - Department of Computer Science

Mark van Assem

VU University Amsterdam

Victor de Boer

Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision; VU University Amsterdam - Department of Computer Science

Linda Hardman

Center for Mathematics and Computer Science (CWI)

Michiel Hildebrand

Center for Mathematics and Computer Science (CWI)

Borys Omelayenko

VU University Amsterdam

Jacco van Osenbruggen

Center for Mathematics and Computer Science (CWI)

Anna Tordai

VU University Amsterdam

Jan Wielemaker

University of Amsterdam

Bob Wielinga

University of Amsterdam

Abstract

In this article we describe a SemanticWeb application for semantic annotation and search in large virtual collections of cultural-heritage objects, indexed with multiple vocabularies. During the annotation phase we harvest, enrich and align collection metadata and vocabularies. The semantic-search facilities support keyword-based queries of the graph (currently 20M triples), resulting in semantically grouped result clusters, all representing potential semantic matches of the original query. We show two sample search scenario’s. The annotation and search software is open source and is already being used by third parties. All software is based on establishedWeb standards, in particular HTML/XML, CSS, RDF/OWL, SPARQL and JavaScript.

Keywords: Semantic Search, Digital Heritage, Semantic Annotation, Virtual Collections

Suggested Citation

Schreiber, Guus and Amin, Alia and Aroyo, Lora and van Assem, Mark and de Boer, Victor and Hardman, Linda and Hildebrand, Michiel and Omelayenko, Borys and van Osenbruggen, Jacco and Tordai, Anna and Wielemaker, Jan and Wielinga, Bob, Semantic Annotation and Search of Cultural-Heritage Collections: The Multimedian E-Culture Demonstrator (2008). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3199403 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3199403

Guus Schreiber (Contact Author)

VU University Amsterdam - Web & Media Group ( email )

De Boelelaan 1081a
Amsterdam, 1081
Netherlands

Alia Amin

Center for Mathematics and Computer Science (CWI) ( email )

P.O. Box 94079
Amsterdam, NL-1090 GB
Netherlands

Lora Aroyo

VU University Amsterdam - Department of Computer Science ( email )

De Boelelaan 1081
1081 HV Amsterdam
Netherlands

HOME PAGE: http://lora-aroyo.org

Mark Van Assem

VU University Amsterdam

De Boelelaan 1105
Amsterdam, ND North Holland 1081 HV
Netherlands

Victor De Boer

Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision ( email )

Media Parkboulevard 1
Hilversum, North Holland 1217 WE
Netherlands

VU University Amsterdam - Department of Computer Science ( email )

De Boelelaan 1081
1081 HV Amsterdam
Netherlands

Linda Hardman

Center for Mathematics and Computer Science (CWI)

P.O. Box 94079
Amsterdam, NL-1090 GB
Netherlands

Michiel Hildebrand

Center for Mathematics and Computer Science (CWI)

P.O. Box 94079
Amsterdam, NL-1090 GB
Netherlands

Borys Omelayenko

VU University Amsterdam

De Boelelaan 1105
Amsterdam, ND North Holland 1081 HV
Netherlands

Jacco Van Osenbruggen

Center for Mathematics and Computer Science (CWI)

P.O. Box 94079
Amsterdam, NL-1090 GB
Netherlands

Anna Tordai

VU University Amsterdam

De Boelelaan 1105
Amsterdam, ND North Holland 1081 HV
Netherlands

Jan Wielemaker

University of Amsterdam

Spui 21
Amsterdam, 1018 WB
Netherlands

Bob Wielinga

University of Amsterdam

Spui 21
Amsterdam, 1018 WB
Netherlands

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