Description
The linking together of documents to make a global hypertext document (the World Wide Web) took us from an information-scarce society to one of information overload. It changed the context of learners’ relationships with information, and formal education has struggled to catch up.[4] This session is about the changes brought by the web of semantic knowledge and their consequences. Resources that used to be difficult to create will now be easy, yet the skills of critical appreciation of data are no easier to acquire. Data, intelligently arranged, allow learners to explore different kinds of space: a map, a timeline, or a family tree are obvious examples, but there are more abstract kinds of space: spheres of influence, organisational structures, fictional worlds. This session is about the opportunities and issues of the web of knowledge, with some real examples and a glimpse of a future in which open, semantic technologies are more widespread.
[1] Hinojo, Àlex (2015) “Wikidata: The New Rosetta Stone” CCCBLAB
[2] Poulter, Martin (2017) “Wikidata: The new hub for cultural heritage” Oxford Museums Aspire
[3] Neubert, Joachim (2017) “Wikidata as a linking hub for knowledge organization systems?” 17th European Networked Knowledge Organization Systems (NKOS) Workshop
[4] White, David (2013) “What’s left to teach now that Wikipedia has done everyone’s homework?” Keynote presentation, EduWiki Conference 2013
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mpoulter posted an update in the session Wikidata, the Semantic Web, and the emerging global knowledge base [1869] 6 years, 7 months ago
Link to the slides for this session in Google Drive: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1ag_jV1GLDsV6YLdPNiTcnyBM3ziy3hlL
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mpoulter posted an update in the session Wikidata, the Semantic Web, and the emerging global knowledge base [1869] 6 years, 7 months ago
Introduction to Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Introduction
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mpoulter posted an update in the session Wikidata, the Semantic Web, and the emerging global knowledge base [1869] 6 years, 7 months ago
Here is the proof-of-concept app I’m building to explore Eastern and Asian Art via items in a museum, bringing in Wikipedia extracts and other sources to provide context.
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mpoulter posted an update in the session Wikidata, the Semantic Web, and the emerging global knowledge base [1869] 6 years, 7 months ago
This is Scholia: a Wikidata-driven application for browsing scientific papers, their authors and publications venues, and the concepts (e.g. proteins, pharmaceuticals) mentioned in them. https://tools.wmflabs.org/scholia/
(The software is only letting me post these links one at a time).
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mpoulter posted an update in the session Wikidata, the Semantic Web, and the emerging global knowledge base [1869] 6 years, 7 months ago
Here is Textes D’Affiches, the Wikidata-driven site for browsing films and the books they are based on: https://textesdaffiches.histoiredelart.fr/#!/
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