burckhardtsource.org is a semantic digital library based on the MURUCA platform developed for burchkardt project. The aim of this project is to map and publish in a critical edition the extensive correspondence of European intellectuals with the Swiss cultural historian Jacob Burckhardt over a period of more than half a century, from 1842 to 1897.

1. Alessio Piccioli
Net7 - Internet Open Solutions
BurckhardtSource
A semantic digital library based on
MURUCA PLATFORM
Online editions - Problems anew Perspectives - International Conference
18/19 May 2012 -Maison Française d’Oxford - Oxford UK
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WE LIKE TO MIX
APPLES AND ORANGES

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PRIMO LEVI 1919 - 1987

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Elogio dell’impurezza (Sistema periodico - Zinco)
Sulle dispense stava scritto un dettaglio che alla prima lettura mi era
sfuggito, e cioè che il così tenero e delicato zinco, così arrendevole
davanti agli acidi, che ne fanno un solo boccone, si comporta invece in
modo assai diverso quando è molto puro: allora resiste ostinatamente
all’attacco.
Se ne potevano trarre due conseguenze filosofiche tra loro contrastanti:
l’elogio della purezza, che protegge dal male come un usbergo; l’elogio
dell’impurezza, che dà adito ai mutamenti, cioè alla vita.
[…]Perché la ruota giri, perché la vita viva, ci vogliono le
impurezze, e le impurezze delle impurezze.

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MENU
‣ INTRO: LOD and Semantic web
‣ MURUCA platform: 3 pillars
‣ BurckhardSource: how to build a
semantic digital library
‣ Semantic tool Examples

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WE MUST ALLOW
PEOPLE (AND THE NEXT GENERATIONS) TO
FREELY RE-USE, RE-MIX AND RE-THINK THE
KNOWLEDGE WE ENCODED INTO MACHINES

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WE CAN’T HIDE DATA BECAUSE

8. your web site
DATA IS LESS VALUABLE WHEN SILOED

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VALUE, ESPECIALLY IN SCIENCE, IS IN

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CONTEXT

11. LINKING

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THE CONTEXT;
THAT TWO DOCUMENTS TALK ABOUT THE
SAME THING

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<open access,
e-publishing>
cites
<internet,
arts & humanities>
WE TELL THEM IN A VERY SIMPLE WAY (THEY’RE
STUPID) WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT

14. Web of Data
Hyperlinks
For humans
same as agrees cites explains
For machines
cites Semantic Links
RDF Data RDF Data RDF Data RDF Data
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15. Companies
Institutions
Geo-spatial
services
Libraries
Citizens
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16. Companies
Institutions
Geo-spatial
services
Libraries
Citizens
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17. Companies
Institutions
Geo-spatial
services
Libraries
Citizens
- Semantic Web Applications:
- Access/browse a global interconnected DB
- Merge, mix data
- Perform powerful cross-domain queries
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MURUCA

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THREE PILLARS
OPEN SOURCE SEMANTIC WEB OPEN ACCESS

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A SET OF TOOLS (NOT AN OUT-OF-THE-BOX
PRODUCT) TO BUILD SCHOLARLY PLATFORMS
AND DIGITAL LIBRARIES IN THE LINKED OPEN
DATA CLOUD
WHAT?

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LED BY NET7 AND THE UNIVERSITY OF
ANCONA WITH CONTRIBUTIONS OF MANY
INSTITUTIONS WITHIN ESF COST-A32, OXFORD
UNI COMPUTING CENTER, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
OF IRELAND, UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA
4 (+1) EU RESEARCH PROJECTS:
3 STARTED JAN 2011 (AGORA, SEMLIB,
BURCKHARDT)
1 PROJECTS STARTED FEB 2012 (DM2E)
1 SUBMITTED IN APRIL 2012 (TEXTUS)
WHO?

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HELP CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS PUT THEIR
DATA ON THE SEMANTIC WEB AND USE DATA
CREATED BY OTHERS
WHY?

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HTTP://WWW.MURUCA.ORG/
WHERE?

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burckhardtsource.org

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THE “RECIPE”:
BUILDING A SCHOLARLY PLATFORM
(Semantic digital Library)
WITH MURUCA

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1. MODEL YOUR DOMAIN
2. LOAD DATA & METADATA
3. DEFINE EDITORIAL POLICIES
4. DESIGN UI
5. MAKE IT REALLY INTEROPERABLE
6. PICK AND ATTACH A LICENSE

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1.
MODEL YOUR DOMAIN

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DATABASE

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Ontologies:
vocabularies for your domain
(extend existing ones when possible)
Source Person
sub class of sub class of sub class of
sub class of
sub class of
Artistic Medium Manuscript Book Artist
Caliph
sub class of
sub class of
Mosaic
Fresco

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Ontologies:
vocabularies for your domain
(extend existing ones when possible)
Source Person
sub class of sub class of sub class of
sub class of
sub class of
Artistic Medium Manuscript Book Artist
Caliph
sub class of
type type
type
sub class of
Mosaic Divine Comedy Dante Alighieri
Fresco
type Prophet Muhammad
San Petronio
Fresco

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2.
LOAD DATA & METADATA

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DATA WORKFLOW
1. Scan original images
2. Create new record on platform
3. Upload images (optimized for web)
4. Create a first draft transcription version with WORD
5. Create a first version of the TEI-XML transcription
version
6. Review of the TEI-XML version
7. Public the annotated version

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METADATA WORKFLOW
1. Add metadata to the record according to the model
used for the DL
2. Link metadata to LOD using MEDUSA tool
3. Create a taxonomy to manage metadata connected to
the LOD
4. Public the letter
5. Annotate the letter adding comment, tags, predicates,
ecc. freely and accorting to the taxonomy and the
datamodel developed
6. Use Semantic platform and tool to access data non
only with the dedicated DL

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Dashboard

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Upload images

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TRANSCRIPTION (TEI)

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Adding Metadata

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Managing metadata in taxonomy

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Linking metadata to LOD

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Annotating text (semantic way)

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3.
DEFINE EDITORIAL POLICIES

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4.
DESIGN UI
(Tabbed & Generic are default, you can use them as
starting points)

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HOMEPAGE

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BOXVIEW

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BOXVIEW: History

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BOXVIEW: Url-shortner
(save and share your path)
http://burckhardtsource.org/box_view_url_shortener?u=f

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5 diffrent way to explore the DL

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Browse by year

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Browse by sender

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Browse by place

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Browse by map tool

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Browse by free search

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The Letter SLUG
PDF
METADATA
WIDGET
IMAGES
WIDGET PERMALINK
ANNOTATION
TRANSCRIPTION
WIDGET

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The Letter: metadata

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The Letter: images

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5.
MAKE IT REALLY INTEROPERABLE
(“Link” to LinkedData, OAI-PMH, SEO)

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API search
http://example.org/search?w=keyword
ITEM

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303 redirect + content
negotiation: LOD interface
GET /id/alice HTTP/1.1
Host: example.com
Accept: text/html;q=0.5, application/rdf+xml
1
2
HTTP/1.1 303 See Other
Location: http://example.com/data/alice
Client Server
GET /data/alice HTTP/1.1
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Host: example.com
Content-Type: application/rdf+xml
Accept: text/html;q=0.5, application/rdf+xml
<http://www.example.com/id/alice>
a foaf:Person;
foaf:name "Alice";
3
foaf:mbox <mailto:alice@example.com>;
... 4
58

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SPARQL-ENDPOINT
(triple store)
http://sparql.mydl.org?q=...

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SPARQL-ENDPOINT
(relational DB)
http://sparql.mydl.org?q=...

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6.
PICK & ATTACH A LICENSE
FACTS:
- Linked Data with a non-open license is nonsense
- EU Commission mandates Open Access in research
projects
- Most Italian universities signed the Berlin Declaration
for Open Access (4 exceptions)
- No license automatically means = All rights reserved
(like a book you cannot quote!!!)
- License for Data may be different from License for
Metadata

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EXAMPLES

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1. TIMELINE
2. GOOGLE MAP
3. TIME AND SPACE
4. RELFINDER

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1. TIMELINE
source:
http://eulerarchive.maa.org/historica/euler-timeline.html

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2. GOOGLE MAP
source:
http://www.dynamick.it/vedere-le-fotografie-con-google-maps-1516.html

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3. MAP TOOL

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4. RELFINDER

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2 WAYS
TO SUPPORT MURUCA
NET7 D-I-Y
hire us or involve us in EU/ and give back to the
National projects community

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THANK YOU FOR
YOUR ATTENTION
PICCIOLI@NETSEVEN.IT

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CREDITS
FIRST AUTHOR
Michele Barbera, <barbera@netseven.it>
PHOTOS
Flickr / Tim Berners-Lee / Silvio Tanaka
Flickr / Silo Antelope / ken mcown
Flickr / Menu Board / LexnGer
Flickr / The Medium Is The Massage (2) / Danielweiresq
Flickr / Ballet Jody Blevins 2 / Patrick McDonald
Flickr / Train Track / FullyFunctnlPhil
THANKS
Christian Morbidoni, Danilo Giacomi, Riccardo Giomi,
Simone Fonda, Giulio Andreini, Romeo Zitarosa