Using linked data for prosopographical research of historical persons: Case U.S. congress legislators

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2018-01-01

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Department of Computer Science

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13

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Digital Heritage. Progress in Cultural Heritage: Documentation, Preservation, and Protection - 7th International Conference, EuroMed 2018, Proceedings, pp. 150-162, Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics) ; Volume 11197 LNCS

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This paper shows how biographical registries can be represented as Linked Data, enriched by data linking to related data sources, and used in Digital Humanities. As a use case, a database of 11 987 historical U.S. Congress Legislators in 1789–2018 was transformed into a knowledge graph. The data was published as a Linked Data service, including a SPARQL endpoint, on top of which tools for biographical and prosopographical research are implemented. A faceted browser named U.S. Congress Prosopographer with visualization tools for knowledge discovery is presented to provide new insights in political history.

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American history, Biography, Digital humanities, Linked data, Prosopography, Visualization

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10.1007/978-3-030-01765-1_18

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Miyakita, G, Leskinen, P & Hyvönen, E 2018, Using linked data for prosopographical research of historical persons : Case U.S. congress legislators. in A Doulamis, E Fink, M Ioannides, R Brumana, M Wallace, P Patias & J Martins (eds), Digital Heritage. Progress in Cultural Heritage : Documentation, Preservation, and Protection - 7th International Conference, EuroMed 2018, Proceedings. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), vol. 11197 LNCS, Springer, pp. 150-162, International Conference on Digital Heritage, Nicosia, Cyprus, 29/10/2018. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-01765-1_18

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