Geo-Contextualizaton and Aggregation of Information ResourcesA short BHMPI position paper arguing that attaching real POINT/POLYGON geometries (from Wikidata, OSM, ISTAT, DNAS) to GND-identified places in library and photographic collections enables cross-domain record linkage, better named-entity normalization, and a rich class of spatial queries for art-his

Geo-Contextualizaton and Aggregation of Information Resources

Klaus E. Werner (werner@biblhertz.it), Biblioteca Hertziana – Max Planck Institute for Art History, Rome, Italy

Published in HT '23: 34th ACM Conference on Hypertext and Social Media · DOI: 10.1145/3603163.3609045 · License: © Copyright held by the owner/author(s).

Keywords: knowledge graph, named entities, spatial context, spatial features

Session: Interactive Media: Art and Design:Walkthrough Demo

Pages: spit

Conference: HT '23

Abstract

This paper explores the addition of spatial features to geographic objects described in textual and photographic information resources and the resulting research possibilities. We briefly describe one of the systems used by the BHMPI to identify geographic objects and the process of adding spatial features from open data providers. This is followed by a discussion of the possibilities of bridging information domains by using the spatial feature and the usefulness of geo-contextualization for named entity normalization. Finally, we explore the usefulness of geo-queries for research in art history and related fields.

Keywords: spatial features, spatial context, named entities, knowledge graph

ACM Reference Format:
Klaus E. Werner. 2023. Geo-Contextualizaton and Aggregation of Information Resources. In 34th ACM Conference on Hypertext and Social Media (HT '23), September 4–8, 2023, Rome, Italy. ACM, New York, NY, USA, 4 pages. https://doi.org/10.1145/3603163.3609045

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