Postdata ERC project presentation at LINHD, UNED, 29th June 2016. Kick-off meeting

1. Elena González-Blanco García
UNED - LINHD
egonzalezblanco@flog.uned.es
UNED, 29th June 2016

2. The target of this study

3. Traditional Research Digital Humanities
Counting syllables with fingers Automatic syllable counter
Comparing 2-3 poems at the
same time
Comparing thousands of poems
in parallel
Looking for similar evidences by
reading all papers and books
Finding multiple evidences
through one search engine
Individual research
Collaborative, interdisciplinary
research
POSTDATA Vision is to ease humanists
research through its digital tranformation
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4. Philological barriers are caused by
different ways of conceptualization
Alexandrines
4x(7pp+7p)
(Classic Latin)
12A12A12A12A
(Romance)
Goliardic
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5. Technological barriers are caused by lack
of standardization and interoperability
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6. POSTDATA is the key to link existing
technologies making them interoperable
Standardization
Interoperability
Collaboration
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7. POSTDATA is structured in three axes
Philology
Abstract model of
philological shared
elements
Technology
Ontology for Poetry
as Linked Open Data
Society
Platform for Poetry
storage and analysis
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8. Philological standardization is the
starting point
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9. POSTDATA looks for an abstract model with
common elements across the different poetic systems
Latin
poetry
Spanish
poetry
Galician
poetry
Italian
poetry
French
poetry
Occitan
poetry
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10. Concepts are transformed into an
ontology as Linked Open Data
Semantics
Data are
expressed as
RDF, the
language of the
semantic web
Syntax
All elements are
linked and able
to be linked with
elements of
other ontologies
Structure
This semantic
layer can be
added to ANY
existing project,
regardless of its
technology

11. POSTDATA looks for an abstract model with
common elements across the different poetic
systems
Common abstract
conceptualization
Comparative
study of poetic
terminology
Names of poems Names of stanzas Topics
Acróstico
Arte Mayor
Balada
Canción
Canción Trovadoresca
Cantiga
Cosante O Cosaute
Decir
Endecha …
Arte Mayor
Copla
Copla Castellana
Copla Oncena
Copla Real.
Cuaderna Vía
Cuarteta Asonantada
Cuarteta
Décima …
Alba
Alegoría
Amor
Arrepentimiento
Ave María
Biblia
Cárcel
Castigo
Confesión …

12. Online
User-friendly
Different profiles
POSTDATA platform is a virtual research
environment for researchers and other users
A semantic
indexed
repository for
poetry
collections
Repository
A lab to play
with apps and
tools
Lab
A social platform
to find new
projects, partners
and ideas
Community
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14. The workplan is structured in three phases
YEAR 1 YEAR 2 YEAR 3 YEAR 4 YEAR 5
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Analysis and
conceptualization
Design & prototyping
Implemen-
tation

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Our teamwork is interdisciplinary and work
under continuous training
Principal
Investigator
Postdoc Postdoc Developer PhD student
Project
Manager
Philological team Technical team
Students
Advisory
Board
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16. Impact for
Public at large
Impact for
Researchers
A groundbreaking project based on an
interdisciplinary approach in a traditional humanities
field with innovative results
Improvement of research
results
Training in Digital
Humanities
Collaborative work
Collection of open-access
poetry online
Guarantee of cultural
preservation
Further applications
(teaching, tourism…)
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17. egonzalezblanco@flog.uned.es
http://linhd.uned.es
@linhduned