Prof. Siegfried Handschuh Dr. Brian Davis
Semantic Technology for ���Digital Humanities���
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knowledge
english job interview corpus
colonial Things, Exotic Animals and Imperial
Subject Constitution in English Literature
The staging of violence in contemporary irish
drama
A cultural study analysis of reproductive
behaviour in France, Spain and Germany
Content analysis of online media
courtly literature
structure and function in literature and film of the
early modern
language and identity
project manual of religious places of
memory
speaking research
privacy research
film analysis
Web blog communication
spanish���cinema
Knowledge Production: manual & automatic Semantic Annotation
Domain Knowledge
Linguistic Knowledge
Rhetorical Knowledge
Document Structure Knowledge
Speech Act Knowledge
Citation Knowledge [Handschuh et. al: EKAW 2002]
[Handschuh: Thesis 2005]
[Cimiano, Handschuh, Staab: WWW 2004]
[Handschuh et. al: KCap 2001]
... [Cimiano, Handschuh: 2003]
[Groza, Handschuh, Decker: 2010]
[Groza, Handschuh, Bordea: ACM 2010]
Gilbert Schema Knowledge
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Example: Aggregate term frequencies of the ac8on verbs field in Bri8sh novels, 1785-‐1900
Ac8on verbs: “come,” “go,” “drop,” “stand,” “touch,” “see”...
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Analysis of James Joyces’ Ulysses
Analysis of the work of Peter Handke
How do we write (and syndicate) deeper stories in the same amount of time? Prompt writers with relevant, deep insights from previous articles?”
Hans-Walter Gabler
Idea of a semantic Book editions���manager & editor
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• Use-Case: Language Analysis
Joyce’s Language
Joyce's language is one of the most innovative and grammar-breaking ever
Joyce’s language reflects how he sees gender. “Woman” and “girl” are very similar concepts in his language. However, “love” and “bad” are features only related to a woman, but not to a girl.
Joyce’s Language
Joyce's language is one of the most innovative and grammar-breaking ever
Joyce’s language strongly reflects the culture of that time. Dublin was an Edwardian backwater of the British Empire. Streets were dirty and harmful. [Handschuh, Novacek 2013]
Large Text Visualisa8on -‐ Ulysses
TextBarcode -‐ Sen8ment
[Handschuh 2013]
WomenWriters Database: Annota8ng Recep8ons
Monograph I: Clare’s prescriptive Rule was supplemented by the reformer, St. Colette (1381-1447), in the fifteenth century. Annotation Pattern:
à
Authors Works Trigger Phrase
Recep8on: Type: Engage with Arg 1: Authors Arg 2: Works
Split
PaXern Matching over Annota8ons
Monograph I: Clare’s prescriptive Rule was supplemented by the reformer, St. Colette (1381-1447), in the fifteenth century.
Recep8on: Type: Engage with Arg 1: Authors Arg 2: Works
PaXern Matching over Annota8ons
Samuel BeckeX
And while looking in this way for my keys I found an ear which I threw into the copse Pattern: From my neighbours chimneys the smoke rose straight and blue.
Pattern:
({Token.kind==word})+
Exploring Punctua8on and Syntax
Token.category==CC, Token.orth== UpperIni8al
Token.category==IN, Token.orth== UpperIni8al
({Token.kind==word})+
Seman8c Annota8on: Logainm.ie
Ontology-‐based Lookup with Logainm
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Research Topics • Foundation: Semantic Knowledge Discovery,
multi-dimensional, multi-lingual
• Applications: Platforms and tools for digital humanities, digital library, digital memory, digital culture, semantic edition-manager
• Language: Rhetoric and Narratology, Language evolution
• Semantic Technology is an enabler for Digital Humanities���
Humanities Semantic Technology
Digital Humanities