Abstract
The Semantic Technologies for Archaeological Resources (STAR) project has been investigating the use of a number of emerging semantic web technologies for developing interoperability between existing data from archaeological projects in legacy systems and new project data entered in new systems, along with other data sets from previously unrelated archaeological recording systems. Initial work began at English Heritage based on the CIDOC CRM ontology for cultural heritage and the creation of archaeological domain specific extensions to the CIDOC CRM ontology for the modeling of more specific archaeological information recorded during the evaluation, excavation and post-excavation processes. The CRM modeling work has now been mapped to a number of
different data sets from various derivations beginning with some from English Heritage projects, but in addition including data from other organizations in a number of different data structures and distinct formats. Work has also been carried out to incorporate domain thesauri into the project’s ontological framework and the development of tools. The conceptual modeling and mappings have then been used to generate RDF triple statements using a semi-automated process, and a purpose-built data-extraction tool with the
resulting RDF statements held in a triple store. The archaeological extensions (referred to as CRM-EH) have been made available in RDF format from the STAR web site. This paper will set out some of the most recent findings from the STAR project, including presentation of the latest web service interfaces. It will also look at some of the main pros and cons encountered in the project work to date and try to assess the degree of interoperability provided between the different data sets and some of the cost-benefits associated with mapping the various datasets using the Conceptual Reference Models.
different data sets from various derivations beginning with some from English Heritage projects, but in addition including data from other organizations in a number of different data structures and distinct formats. Work has also been carried out to incorporate domain thesauri into the project’s ontological framework and the development of tools. The conceptual modeling and mappings have then been used to generate RDF triple statements using a semi-automated process, and a purpose-built data-extraction tool with the
resulting RDF statements held in a triple store. The archaeological extensions (referred to as CRM-EH) have been made available in RDF format from the STAR web site. This paper will set out some of the most recent findings from the STAR project, including presentation of the latest web service interfaces. It will also look at some of the main pros and cons encountered in the project work to date and try to assess the degree of interoperability provided between the different data sets and some of the cost-benefits associated with mapping the various datasets using the Conceptual Reference Models.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Making History Interactive. Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology (CAA) |
| Subtitle of host publication | Proceedings of the 37th International Conference, Williamsburg, Virginia, United States of America, March 22-26 |
| Editors | Bernard Frischer, Jane Webb Crawford, David Koller |
| Place of Publication | Oxford |
| Publisher | British Archaeological Reports |
| Pages | 227-233 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781407305561 |
| Publication status | Published - 2010 |
| Event | CAA2009 - Location unknown - please update Duration: 22 Mar 2009 → 22 Mar 2009 |
Publication series
| Name | BAR International Series S2079 |
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| Publisher | British Archaeological Reports |
Conference
| Conference | CAA2009 |
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| Period | 22/03/09 → 22/03/09 |
Keywords
- semantic interoperability
- ontology
- conceptual reference modeling
- CIDOC CRM
- CRM-EH
- SKOS