A challenge for historical research: Making data FAIR using a collaborative ontology management environment (OntoME). Beretta, F. Semantic Web, 12(2):279–294, January, 2021.
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This paper addresses the issue of interoperability of data generated by historical research and heritage institutions in order to make them re-usable for new research agendas according to the FAIR principles. After introducing the symogih.org project’s ontology, it proposes a description of the essential aspects of the process of historical knowledge production. It then develops an epistemological and semantic analysis of conceptual data modelling applied to factual historical information, based on the foundational ontologies Constructive Descriptions and Situations and DOLCE, and discusses the reasons for adopting the CIDOC CRM as a core ontology for the field of historical research, but extending it with some relevant, missing high-level classes. Finally, it shows how collaborative data modelling carried out in the ontology management environment OntoME makes it possible to elaborate a communal fine-grained and adaptive ontology of the domain, provided an active research community engages in this process. With this in mind, the Data for history consortium was founded in 2017 and promotes the adoption of a shared conceptualization in the field of historical research.
@article{beretta_challenge_2021,
	title = {A challenge for historical research: {Making} data {FAIR} using a collaborative ontology management environment ({OntoME})},
	volume = {12},
	issn = {22104968, 15700844},
	shorttitle = {A challenge for historical research},
	url = {https://www.medra.org/servlet/aliasResolver?alias=iospress&doi=10.3233/SW-200416},
	doi = {10.3233/SW-200416},
	abstract = {This paper addresses the issue of interoperability of data generated by historical research and heritage institutions in order to make them re-usable for new research agendas according to the FAIR principles. After introducing the symogih.org project’s ontology, it proposes a description of the essential aspects of the process of historical knowledge production. It then develops an epistemological and semantic analysis of conceptual data modelling applied to factual historical information, based on the foundational ontologies Constructive Descriptions and Situations and DOLCE, and discusses the reasons for adopting the CIDOC CRM as a core ontology for the field of historical research, but extending it with some relevant, missing high-level classes. Finally, it shows how collaborative data modelling carried out in the ontology management environment OntoME makes it possible to elaborate a communal fine-grained and adaptive ontology of the domain, provided an active research community engages in this process. With this in mind, the Data for history consortium was founded in 2017 and promotes the adoption of a shared conceptualization in the field of historical research.},
	number = {2},
	urldate = {2021-03-16},
	journal = {Semantic Web},
	author = {Beretta, Francesco},
	editor = {Bikakis, Antonis and Markhoff, Beatrice and Mosca, Alessandro and Jean, Stephane and Hyvönen, Eero and Bikakis, Antonis and Hyvonen, Eero and Jean, Stéphane and Markhoff, Beatrice and Mosca, Alessandro},
	month = jan,
	year = {2021},
	pages = {279--294},
}

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