Linked Logainm: Enhancing Library Metadata Using Linked Data of Irish Place Names

Lopes, Nuno; Grant, Rebecca; Raghallaigh, Brian Ó; Carragáin, Eoghan Ó; Collins, Sandra; Decker, Stefan

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-14226-5_7

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“…Lopes et al described the process of creating Linked Logainm, where XML data were transformed to RDF, by linking these data to external geographic data sets like DBpedia and the Faceted Application of Subject Terminology. This data set was used to enhance the National Library of Ireland’s metadata MARCXML metadata records for its Loneld Maps Collection [127]. One year later, Ryan et al [128] referred to the same project as well highlighting its future potential for Irish heritage institutions.…”

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Linked data for libraries: Creating a global knowledge space, a systematic literature review

Gaitanou

Andreou

Sicilia

et al. 2022

Journal of Information Science

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The Semantic Web in general and the Linked Open Data Initiative, in particular, are a growing movement for organisations to make their existing data available in a machine-readable format. Thus, institutions are highly encouraged to publish, share and interlink their data publicly. The more data are opened on the Web (Open Data), the more integrated sets of data will be connected in the Semantic Web (Linked Open Data). Within this context, libraries can complement their data by linking it to other, external data sources. The purpose of this article is to identify papers that refer to linked data in libraries, emphasising the ways that linked data empower libraries to put their knowledge in the context of the open-world, thus enhancing semantic technology innovations. The study considered papers published between 2008 and 2019 in English and presents the collected literature by grouping it according to the topic each paper refers to. The results show that libraries are facing a period of continuing change which present several challenges and indicate that they are moving towards developing new practices, policies and services.

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Linked data for libraries: Creating a global knowledge space, a systematic literature review

Gaitanou

Andreou

Sicilia

et al. 2022

Journal of Information Science

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“…This allowed us to take a conservative approach by setting up our services behind a firewall and create (and exploit) outbound links; we thus benefit from all the Semantic Web technologies and the Linked Data cloud has to offer without violating our data sharing agreement and data protections legislations. Datasets relevant for this project that provide additional context include DBpedia [1] and Linked Logainm [13]. The latter is a Linked Data version of the authoritative bilingual database of Irish place names logainm.ie.…”

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“…Another goal of the IRL platform is to add contextual information from other datasets [3]. We adopted Linked Logainm [13] for information on Irish place names and links with DBpedia resources.…”

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On a Linked Data Platform for Irish Historical Vital Records

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Beyan

Grant

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Research and Advanced Technology for Digital Libraries

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Abstract. The Irish Record Linkage 1864-1913 is a multi-disciplinary project aiming to create a platform for analyzing events captured in historical birth, marriage and death records by applying semantic technologies for annotating, storing and inferring information from the data contained in those records. This enables researchers to, for instance, investigate to what extent maternal and infant mortality rates were underreported. We report on the semantic architecture, provide motivation for the adoption of RDF and Linked Data principles, and elaborate on the ontology construction process that was influenced by both the requirements of the digital archivists and historians. Concerns of digital archivists include the preservation of the archival record and following best practices in preservation, cataloguing and data protection. The historians in this project wish to discover certain patterns in those vital records. An important aspect of the semantic architecture is the clear separation of concerns that reflects those requirements -the transcription and archival authenticity of the register pages and the interpretation of the transcribed data -that led to the creation of two distinct ontologies and knowledge bases.

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“…Other developments include a collaboration with the Digital Repository of Ireland to make the dataset available as Linked Data, i.e. as exposed RDF data objects that are linked to equivalent objects in other geodatasets such as GeoNames (Lopes et al, 2013), and a project to match the dataset with Ordnance Survey Ireland so that logainm.ie data can be displayed on OSi maps, and in turn so that those maps can be used in place of Google Maps on the website (Byrne et al, 2013). As of May 2014, the English and Irish versions of the OSi medium-scale Basemap are being used on logainm.ie in place of Google Maps (Satellite View).…”

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Developing high-end reusable tools and resources for Irish-language terminology, lexicography, onomastics (toponymy), folkloristics, and more, using modern web and database technologies

Raghallaigh

Mėchura²

2014

Proceedings of the First Celtic Language Technology Workshop

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Irish, a low-resourced lesser-used language, is striving to punch above its weight when it comes to some of the digital language tools and resources available to its users. High-tech language tools and resources for Irish are being developed in a number of universities in Ireland and elsewhere, in language technology areas relating to search, parsing, proofing, speech, translation, etc. (Judge at al., 2012). This paper aims to highlight work done by researchers at Fiontar, Dublin City University (DCU), to make a number of valuable Irish-language terminological, lexicographical, onomastic, and folkloristic data stocks more readily accessible, usable, and manageable using web and database technologies. Tools built with these technologies have facilitated the re-organisation, distributed development, and more widespread dissemination of these data stocks, as well as the creation of new data stocks. These language tools, which are on a par with tools that are available to users of well-resourced languages (take for example the online interface of the multilingual terminology database of the European Union, IATE: http://iate.europa.eu/), are now enabling Irish language users, language professionals, and linguists operate in an environment similar to that of their major language counterparts. The public interfaces of all Irish-language tools and resources developed by Fiontar are made available at http://www.gaois.ie/.

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Linked Logainm: Enhancing Library Metadata Using Linked Data of Irish Place Names

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Linked data for libraries: Creating a global knowledge space, a systematic literature review

Linked data for libraries: Creating a global knowledge space, a systematic literature review

On a Linked Data Platform for Irish Historical Vital Records

Developing high-end reusable tools and resources for Irish-language terminology, lexicography, onomastics (toponymy), folkloristics, and more, using modern web and database technologies

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