How to deal with massively heterogeneous cultural heritage data: lessons learned in CultureSampo

  • Authors:

  • Eetu Makela;Eero Hyvönen;Tuukka Ruotsalo

  • Affiliations:

  • Semantic Computing Research Group (SeCo), Aalto University, Aalto, Finland;Semantic Computing Research Group (SeCo), Aalto University, Aalto, Finland;Semantic Computing Research Group (SeCo), Aalto University, Aalto, Finland

  • Venue:
  • Semantic Web
  • Year:
  • 2012

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Abstract

This paper presents the CultureSampo system from the viewpoint of publishing heterogeneous linked data as a service. Discussed are the problems of converting legacy data into linked data, as well as the challenge of making the massively heterogeneous yet interlinked cultural heritage content interoperable on a semantic level. In the approach described, the data is published not only for human use, but also as intelligent services for other computer systems that can then provide interfaces of their own for the linked data. As a concrete use case of using CultureSampo as a service, the BookSampo system for publishing Finnish fiction literature on the semantic web is presented.