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Applying the semantic web: The VICODI experience in creating visual contextualization for history

Lookup NU author(s): Dr Kornelis Oosthoek

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Abstract

Semantic Web applications in the humanities that visualize knowledge are still few and far between. The Visual Contextualization of Digital Content (VICODI) project brought together Semantic Web technologies with the concepts of contextualization and visualization of knowledge, an approach which we term visual contextualization. The goal was to enhance users' understanding of digital content in the domain of history. It succeeded in doing this by creating an ontology-based web portal of European history where extra historical knowledge or 'context' is added to resources and visualized through textual hyperlinks and interactive Scalable Vector Graphics historical maps. VICODI also created a history-specific ontology. In this article the novel approach of visual contextualization is introduced in conjunction with a detailed explanation of the core elements of the VICODI portal. The article also addresses several of the problems encountered in developing a Semantic Web application for a humanities domain. © The Author. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of ALLC and ACH. All rights reserved.

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Author(s): Nagypal G, Deswarte R, Oosthoek J

Publication type: Article

Publication status: Published

Journal: Literary and Linguistics Computing

Year: 2005

Volume: 20

Issue: 3

Pages: 327-349

Print publication date: 01/09/2005

ISSN (print): 0268-1145

ISSN (electronic): 1477-4615

Publisher: Oxford University Press

URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/llc/fqi037

DOI: 10.1093/llc/fqi037

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