RDF als Verknüpfungsmethode zwischen geisteswissenschaftlichen Forschungsdaten und Geometrien am Beispiel des Projektes „Inschriften im Bezugssystem des Raumes“

Abstract

Situated in the relatively young scholarly branch Digital Humanities, Michael Haft’s bachelor thesis in Computer Sciences is also recounting the interdiciplinary project “Inschriften im Bezugssystem des Raums” conducted by the Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur (Academy of Science and Literature). Its topic illustrates a possible procedure for connecting epigraphic and spatial geometric data through RDF (Resource Description Framework). The first part of Haft's thesis focuses on the project’s theoretical foundations, especially the development of the World Wide Web, and the specifics of data storage and data accessability. Later on, he introduces the reader to the formation of predicative vocabulary and its classification, as it has been implemented in the IBR Triple-Store (a databank-like Resource-Predicate-Resource repository). The author indicates that the project is still a work in progress, and deliberates on future challenges of interdisciplinary communication during the process of development. The second part of his thesis tests and discusses a collection of potential Triple-Stores, which are already available as full scale software packages, in the context of a selection of defined IBR criteria.

Keywords

• RDF
• Ressource Description Framework
• Digital Humanities
• Triple Store
• Spatial Humanities
• Raumbezug
• Europäisches Mittelalter
• Neuere Geschichte