Prof. Siegfried Handschuh Dr. Brian Davis

Semantic Technology for ���Digital Humanities���

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knowledge

english job interview corpus

colonial Things, Exotic Animals and Imperial

Subject Constitution in English Literature

The staging of violence in contemporary irish

drama

A cultural study analysis of reproductive

behaviour in France, Spain and Germany

Content analysis of online media

courtly literature

structure and function in literature and film of the

early modern

language and identity

project manual of religious places of

memory

speaking research

privacy research

film analysis

Web blog communication

spanish���cinema

Knowledge Production: manual & automatic Semantic Annotation

Domain Knowledge

Linguistic Knowledge

Rhetorical Knowledge

Document Structure Knowledge

Speech Act Knowledge

Citation Knowledge [Handschuh et. al: EKAW 2002]

[Handschuh: Thesis 2005]

[Cimiano, Handschuh, Staab: WWW 2004]

[Handschuh et. al: KCap 2001]

... [Cimiano, Handschuh: 2003]

[Groza, Handschuh, Decker: 2010]

[Groza, Handschuh, Bordea: ACM 2010]

Gilbert Schema Knowledge

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Example:  Aggregate  term  frequencies  of  the  ac8on  verbs  field  in  Bri8sh  novels,  1785-­‐1900    

Ac8on  verbs:  “come,” “go,” “drop,” “stand,” “touch,” “see”...  

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Analysis of James Joyces’ Ulysses

Analysis of the work of Peter Handke

How do we write (and syndicate) deeper stories in the same amount of time? Prompt writers with relevant, deep insights from previous articles?”

Hans-Walter Gabler

Idea of a semantic Book editions���manager & editor

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• Use-Case: Language Analysis

Joyce’s Language

Joyce's language is one of the most innovative and grammar-breaking ever

Joyce’s language reflects how he sees gender. “Woman” and “girl” are very similar concepts in his language. However, “love” and “bad” are features only related to a woman, but not to a girl.

Joyce’s Language

Joyce's language is one of the most innovative and grammar-breaking ever

Joyce’s language strongly reflects the culture of that time. Dublin was an Edwardian backwater of the British Empire. Streets were dirty and harmful. [Handschuh,  Novacek  2013]  

Large  Text  Visualisa8on  -­‐  Ulysses  

TextBarcode  -­‐  Sen8ment  

[Handschuh  2013]  

WomenWriters  Database:      Annota8ng  Recep8ons  

Monograph I: Clare’s prescriptive Rule was supplemented by the reformer, St. Colette (1381-1447), in the fifteenth century. Annotation Pattern:

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Authors  Works     Trigger  Phrase    

Recep8on:    Type:  Engage  with  Arg  1:  Authors  Arg  2:  Works  

Split  

PaXern  Matching  over  Annota8ons  

Monograph I: Clare’s prescriptive Rule was supplemented by the reformer, St. Colette (1381-1447), in the fifteenth century.

Recep8on:    Type:  Engage  with  Arg  1:  Authors  Arg  2:  Works  

PaXern  Matching  over  Annota8ons  

Samuel  BeckeX  

And while looking in this way for my keys I found an ear which I threw into the copse Pattern: From my neighbours chimneys the smoke rose straight and blue.

Pattern:

({Token.kind==word})+  

Exploring  Punctua8on  and  Syntax  

Token.category==CC,  Token.orth==  UpperIni8al  

Token.category==IN,  Token.orth==  UpperIni8al  

({Token.kind==word})+  

Seman8c  Annota8on:  Logainm.ie

Ontology-­‐based  Lookup  with  Logainm

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Research Topics •  Foundation: Semantic Knowledge Discovery,

multi-dimensional, multi-lingual

• Applications: Platforms and tools for digital humanities, digital library, digital memory, digital culture, semantic edition-manager

•  Language: Rhetoric and Narratology, Language evolution

•  Semantic Technology is an enabler for Digital Humanities���

Humanities Semantic Technology

Digital Humanities