[LODLAM] International Workshop on Linked Open Data and Jewish Cultural Heritage
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LINKED OPEN DATA & THE JEWISH CULTURAL HERITAGE
Rome, 20th January 2015
Italian Chamber of Deputies
Today, thanks to the new Semantic web related technologies, people and institutions working on a specific subject, can cooperate in a decentralised and synergic way, interconnecting their resources which would otherwise remain “isolated” on the web.
Institutions such as archives, libraries and museums have quickly perceived the strength and potentialities inherent to, and stemming from, these technologies. The number of projects aimed at the opening and the sharing of information in the cultural field are the clearest demonstration of the enrichment of knowledge’s opportunities coming from the Semantic web.
The workshop “Linked Open Data & the Jewish Cultural Heritage”
aims at discussing, starting from some key-concepts of the Semantic Web, how the opportunities offered by the new technologies can enrich our knowledge on the Jewish history and expand the resources available on the web on this matter. Some recent case-studies of successful applications will be presented, such as the Judaica Europeana project and the Judaicalink.org one, and the recent "Names of the Victims of the Shoah in Italy" - which inspired the workshop itself.
The organizers wish that this event will be also the occasion to discuss together about questions and critical issues coming from a linked data approach to the publication of resources; to explore new fields and areas of cooperation, in order to create innovative bases of exchange and interaction, and new synergistic models for the enhancement and the use of the Jewish Cultural Heritage.
Program (provisional)
9.00 am - 6.00 pm
Works will be held in Italian and English. Simultaneous interpretation will be provide
9.00 am Registration
9.30 am Opening greetings
Presidency of the Italian Chamber of Deputies
Deputy Emanuele Fiano, Italian Chamber of Deputies
Micaela Procaccia, MIBACT – Directorate General of the Archives
UCEI - Union of the Italian Jewish Communities
Giorgio Sacerdoti, President of Fondazione CDEC
10.00 am Presentation of the work sessions, Laura Brazzo, Fondazione CDEC
10.15 Morning session – chaired by Giovanni Bruno (Regesta.exe)
Oreste Signore, W3C Italia: Una breve introduzione ai Linked Open Data / Linked Open data: an introduction
Andrea Marchetti, CNR-IIT: La costruzione di Linked Datasets: un caso di studio / Building Linked Datasets: a case study
Marco D'Orta, Italian Chamber of Deputies: I Linked Open Data alla Camera dei Deputati: un’esperienza innovativa / The Linked Open Data at the Italian Chamber of Deputies: an innovative experience
Discussion
Coffee break
Maurizio Vivarelli, University of Turin: Come i Linked Open Data possono migliorare la ricerca sulla storia ebraica: stato dell’arte e strategie per il futuro / How Linked Open Data can improve the research on the history of the Jews: state of the art and strategies for the future
Kai Eckert, University of Mannheim: JudaicaLink: Linked Data from Jewish Encyclopediae
Diego Camarda, Regesta.exe: (Enterprise) Linked Data Platform: un nuovo standard per gestire LOD / (Enterprise) Linked Data Platform: a new standard to manage LOD
Discussion
1.00 -2.00 pm Launch Break
2.00 pm Afternoon Session – chaired by Michele Sarfatti (Fondazione CDEC)
Dov Winer, Hebrew University - Judaica Europeana: Linked Data: towards a global Jewish studies knowledge grid
Yeal Gherman, Museo Yad Vashem: The European Holocaust Research Infrastructure (EHRI) Project’s work with LOD
Adina Molad, Museo Yad Vashem: The new web interface of the Yad Vashem’s Names Database
Discussion
Coffee break
Laura Brazzo, Fondazione CDEC: I Linked Open Data per i Nomi delle vittime della Shoah in Italia: il progetto della Fondazione CDEC / Linked Open Data for the Names of the Victims of the Shoah in Italy: the CDEC Foundation's project
Silvia Mazzini, Regesta.exe: L’ontologia sulla Shoah / The Shoah Ontology
Chiara Veninata, MIBACT: Vantaggi e criticità dell'interlinking tra i dati / Interlinking the data: benefits and criticalities
Discussion