Demonstrating BiographySampo in Solving Digital Humanities Research Problems in Biography and Prosopography

Eero Hyvönen; Petri Leskinen; Minna Tamper; Heikki Rantala; Esko Ikkala; Jouni Tuominen; Kirsi Keravuori

Demonstrating BiographySampo in Solving Digital Humanities Research Problems in Biography and Prosopography

Eero Hyvönen, Petri Leskinen, Minna Tamper, Heikki Rantala, Esko Ikkala, Jouni Tuominen, Kirsi Keravuori

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Abstract

This demonstration paper introduces the semantic portal ”Biography-
Sampo – Finnish National Biographies on the SemanticWeb” released on September
27th 2018 for public use. BiographySampo aims to make a paradigm shift
in publishing biographical dictionaries on the web. Firstly, the system provides
the end user with an enhanced reading experience of biographies by enriching
them with data linking and reasoning. Secondly, the BiographySampo includes
versatile tooling for 1) biographical research of individual persons as well as 2)
prosopographical research on groups of people.

Original language	English
Number of pages	3
Publication status	Published - 1 Mar 2019
MoE publication type	Not Eligible
Event	Digital Humanities in the Nordic Countries - Copenhagen, Denmark Duration: 5 Mar 2019 → 8 Mar 2019 Conference number: 4

Conference

Conference	Digital Humanities in the Nordic Countries
Abbreviated title	DHN
Country/Territory	Denmark
City	Copenhagen
Period	05/03/2019 → 08/03/2019

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BiographySampo
Leskinen, P. (Creator), Tamper, M. (Creator), Ikkala, E. (Creator), Rantala, H. (Creator), Tuominen, J. (Supervisor) & Hyvönen, E. (Supervisor), Linked Data Finland, 27 Sept 2018
https://seco.cs.aalto.fi/projects/biografiasampo/
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