Linked humanities data: The next frontier? A case-study in historical census data

Albert Meroño-Peñuela; Ashkan Ashkpour; Laurens Rietveld; Rinke Hoekstra; Stefan Schlobach

Linked humanities data: The next frontier? A case-study in historical census data

Albert Meroño-Peñuela, Ashkan Ashkpour, Laurens Rietveld, Rinke Hoekstra, Stefan Schlobach

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Abstract

This paper discusses the use of Linked Data to harmonize the Dutch censuses (1795-1971). Due to the long period they cover, census data is notoriously difficult to compare, aggregate and query in a uniform fashion. In social history, harmonization is the (manual) process of restructuring, interpreting and correcting original data sources to make a comparison possible. We describe a harmonization methodology based on standard Linked Data principles, illustrate how the size and complexity of the resulting linked data source poses new challenges for Semantic Web technology, and discuss potential solutions.

Original language	English
Journal	CEUR Workshop Proceedings
Volume	951
State	Published - 2012
Externally published	Yes
Event	2nd International Workshop on Linked Science - Tackling Big Data, LISC 2012 - In Conjunction with the International Semantic Web Conference, ISWC 2012 - Boston, United States Duration: Nov 12 2012 → …

Keywords

Big data
Census data
Data heterogeneity
Harmonization
Linked data
Linked science

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