Universität Wien

136634 UE Knowledge Graphs and Linked Data in the Humanities (2025S)

5.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 13 - Europäische und Vergleichende Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft
Continuous assessment of course work
Moodle

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Language: English

Lecturers

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Besprechungsraum: Digitale Philologie, Stiege 8, 2. Obergeschoss, Hauptgebäude, Universitätsring 1 (Eingang gegenüber von HS 50);
Folgende weitere Termine am 18.3., 08.04., 06.05., 27.05. finden im Raum: 1.10 (Maria-Theresien-Straße 9 1090) jeweils um 15:00-16:30 statt

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Aims, contents and method of the course

This course will give students an introduction to the principles and practicalities of Linked Open Data (LOD) and Knowledge Graphs in the Digital Humanities.

Starting with a bit of history, we will look at how Tim Berners-Lee first described the technology which came to be known as the World Wide Web, and the semantic web of data.

The basic logic and structure of LOD will be explained, and students will become familiar with how LOD is used to make data shareable, reusable and findable across collections, using conceptual tools such as shared ontologies (such as CIDOC) and vocabularies (such as SKOS).
We will learn how the Resource Description Framework (RDF), Unique Resource Identifiers (URIs), triples and graph logic come together to create networks and webs of data.

There will be some some hand-on sessions, where students will experiment with using Turtle to create their own RDF, Protégé to create their own ontologies (and pizza!) Graphviz to visualise data and SPARQL to run queries. We will also look at the alternative mechanisms being developed by projects such as Wikidata and Europeana Search to make running these queries less intimidating!

Although the focus of this course is the use of LOD in Humanities research, we will sped a bit of time looking at how these technologies have powered the knowledge graphs that underlie the web tools we use every day, such as Google, Facebook, Amazon and Wikipedia, and how the use of AI has (and will) change them.

Students will also be required to take a critical look at LOD and other semantic technologies, and we will examine the ethical questions raised by the use of these tools to represent knowledge in heritage and the humanities.

Assessment and permitted materials

The final mark will be a combination of:
In-class participation (20%),
Written homework assignments (20%)
Oral presentations (30%)
Final project (30%)
Grading criteria will be communicated during the course.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Regular attendance in class is required, and you will receive marks for class participation, so getting involved is a good way to make it easier to complete the course.
Assignments and the final project must be submitted on time.
During the first session all students and the lecturer will collaboratively decide on a policy regarding assessment, grades and the use of generative AI.

Examination topics

The evaluation for this course is continuous and there is no exam.

Reading list

Readings will be made available during the course via Moodle.
However students wishing to make a start on reading would do well to look at the following texts:

* Tim Berners-Lee. Linked data - design issues. https://www.w3.org/DesignIssues/LinkedData.html
* Carl Lagoze, Herbert Van de Sompel, Michael L. Nelson, Simeon Warner, Robert Sanderson, and Pete Johnston. Object re-use & exchange: A resource-centric approach. http://arxiv.org/abs/0804.2273

Association in the course directory

DH Skills II
Cluster II: Geschichte und Realienkunde

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