35,137 research outputs found
Representing Dataset Quality Metadata using Multi-Dimensional Views
Data quality is commonly defined as fitness for use. The problem of
identifying quality of data is faced by many data consumers. Data publishers
often do not have the means to identify quality problems in their data. To make
the task for both stakeholders easier, we have developed the Dataset Quality
Ontology (daQ). daQ is a core vocabulary for representing the results of
quality benchmarking of a linked dataset. It represents quality metadata as
multi-dimensional and statistical observations using the Data Cube vocabulary.
Quality metadata are organised as a self-contained graph, which can, e.g., be
embedded into linked open datasets. We discuss the design considerations, give
examples for extending daQ by custom quality metrics, and present use cases
such as analysing data versions, browsing datasets by quality, and link
identification. We finally discuss how data cube visualisation tools enable
data publishers and consumers to analyse better the quality of their data.Comment: Preprint of a paper submitted to the forthcoming SEMANTiCS 2014, 4-5
September 2014, Leipzig, German
Learning Relatedness Measures for Entity Linking
Entity Linking is the task of detecting, in text documents, relevant mentions to entities of a given knowledge base. To this end, entity-linking algorithms use several signals and features extracted from the input text or from the knowl- edge base. The most important of such features is entity relatedness. Indeed, we argue that these algorithms benefit from maximizing the relatedness among the relevant enti- ties selected for annotation, since this minimizes errors in disambiguating entity-linking.
The definition of an eâ”ective relatedness function is thus a crucial point in any entity-linking algorithm. In this paper we address the problem of learning high-quality entity relatedness functions. First, we formalize the problem of learning entity relatedness as a learning-to-rank problem. We propose a methodology to create reference datasets on the basis of manually annotated data. Finally, we show that our machine-learned entity relatedness function performs better than other relatedness functions previously proposed, and, more importantly, improves the overall performance of dif- ferent state-of-the-art entity-linking algorithms
Content repositories and social networking : can there be synergies?
This paper details the novel application of Web 2.0 concepts to current services offered to Social Scientists by the ReDReSS project, carried out by the Centre for e-Science at Lancaster University. We detail plans to introduce Social Bookmarking and Social Networking concepts into the repository software developed by the project. This will result in the improved discovery of e-Science concepts and training to Social Scientists and allow for much improved linking of resources in the repository. We describe plans that use Social Networking and Social Bookmarking concepts, using Open Standards, which will promote collaboration between researchers by using information gathered on userâs use of the repository and information about the user. This will spark collaborations that would not normally be possible in the academic repository context
PowerAqua: fishing the semantic web
The Semantic Web (SW) offers an opportunity to develop novel, sophisticated forms of question answering (QA). Specifically, the availability of distributed semantic markup on a large scale opens the way to QA systems which can make use of such semantic information to provide precise, formally derived answers to questions. At the same time the distributed, heterogeneous, large-scale nature of the semantic information introduces significant challenges. In this paper we describe the design of a QA system, PowerAqua, designed to exploit semantic markup on the web to provide answers to questions posed in natural language. PowerAqua does not assume that the user has any prior information about the semantic resources. The system takes as input a natural language query, translates it into a set of logical queries, which are then answered by consulting and aggregating information derived from multiple heterogeneous semantic sources
Discovering Scholarly Orphans Using ORCID
Archival efforts such as (C)LOCKSS and Portico are in place to ensure the
longevity of traditional scholarly resources like journal articles. At the same
time, researchers are depositing a broad variety of other scholarly artifacts
into emerging online portals that are designed to support web-based
scholarship. These web-native scholarly objects are largely neglected by
current archival practices and hence they become scholarly orphans. We
therefore argue for a novel paradigm that is tailored towards archiving these
scholarly orphans. We are investigating the feasibility of using Open
Researcher and Contributor ID (ORCID) as a supporting infrastructure for the
process of discovery of web identities and scholarly orphans for active
researchers. We analyze ORCID in terms of coverage of researchers, subjects,
and location and assess the richness of its profiles in terms of web identities
and scholarly artifacts. We find that ORCID currently lacks in all considered
aspects and hence can only be considered in conjunction with other discovery
sources. However, ORCID is growing fast so there is potential that it could
achieve a satisfactory level of coverage and richness in the near future.Comment: 10 pages, 5 figures, 5 tables accepted for publication at JCDL 201
Mapping Large Scale Research Metadata to Linked Data: A Performance Comparison of HBase, CSV and XML
OpenAIRE, the Open Access Infrastructure for Research in Europe, comprises a
database of all EC FP7 and H2020 funded research projects, including metadata
of their results (publications and datasets). These data are stored in an HBase
NoSQL database, post-processed, and exposed as HTML for human consumption, and
as XML through a web service interface. As an intermediate format to facilitate
statistical computations, CSV is generated internally. To interlink the
OpenAIRE data with related data on the Web, we aim at exporting them as Linked
Open Data (LOD). The LOD export is required to integrate into the overall data
processing workflow, where derived data are regenerated from the base data
every day. We thus faced the challenge of identifying the best-performing
conversion approach.We evaluated the performances of creating LOD by a
MapReduce job on top of HBase, by mapping the intermediate CSV files, and by
mapping the XML output.Comment: Accepted in 0th Metadata and Semantics Research Conferenc
Optimising metadata to make high-value content more accessible to Google users
Purpose: This paper shows how information in digital collections that have been catalogued using high-quality metadata can be retrieved more easily by users of search engines such as Google. Methodology/approach: The research and proposals described arose from an investigation into the observed phenomenon that pages from the Glasgow Digital Library (gdl.cdlr.strath.ac.uk) were regularly appearing near the top of Google search results shortly after publication, without any deliberate effort to achieve this. The reasons for this phenomenon are now well understood and are described in the second part of the paper. The first part provides context with a review of the impact of Google and a summary of recent initiatives by commercial publishers to make their content more visible to search engines. Findings/practical implications: The literature research provides firm evidence of a trend amongst publishers to ensure that their online content is indexed by Google, in recognition of its popularity with Internet users. The practical research demonstrates how search engine accessibility can be compatible with use of established collection management principles and high-quality metadata. Originality/value: The concept of data shoogling is introduced, involving some simple techniques for metadata optimisation. Details of its practical application are given, to illustrate how those working in academic, cultural and public-sector organisations could make their digital collections more easily accessible via search engines, without compromising any existing standards and practices
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