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2016
Journal Article
Title

A semantic architecture for preserving and interpreting the information contained in Irish historical vital records

Abstract
Irish Record Linkage 1864-1913 is a multi-disciplinary project that started in 2014 aiming to create a platform for analyzing events captured in historical birth, marriage, and death records by applying semantic technologies for annotating, storing, and inferring information from the data contained in those records. This enables researchers to, among other things, investigate to what extent maternal and infant mortality rates were underreported. We report on the semantic architecture, provide motivation for the adoption of RDF and Linked Data principles, and elaborate on the ontology construction process that was influenced by both the requirements of the digital archivists and historians. Concerns of digital archivists include the preservation of the archival record and following best practices in preservation, cataloguing, and data protection. The historians in this project wish to discover certain patterns in those vital records.
Author(s)
Debruyne, C.
Beyan, O.D.
Grant, R.
Collins, S.
Decker, S.
Harrower, N.
Journal
International journal on digital libraries  
DOI
10.1007/s00799-016-0180-8
Language
English
Fraunhofer-Institut für Angewandte Informationstechnik FIT  
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