Ontologies and Vocabularies

This workshop dives into the Semantic Web with its possibilities for humanities research through exploring ontologies and vocabularies for Linked Open Data (LOD): providing an introduction to how they function in relation to data structure and creation, and how they impact data publication, querying, and visualization.

An understanding of the complementary roles played by OWL ontologies and SKOS vocabularies will lead into discussion of how to support critical approaches such as feminism, critical race, and Indigenous studies through ontology and vocabulary choices. Recognizing that ontologies and vocabularies both mobilize and constrain data, we will discuss how to evaluate the suitability of particular ontologies and vocabularies for particular approaches to research. Examples will draw on and also extend beyond the ontologies and tools offered by the Linked Infrastructure for Networked Cultural Scholarship (LINCS).

This workshop is suitable for anyone who is looking for a conceptual introduction to ontologies and vocabularies, and assumes familiarity with the core concepts of LOD.

Led by Susan Brown, Alliyya Mo, and Deb Stacey

This is a Forward Linking (LINCS)-DHSITE workshop.