Semantic Web and AI for Digital Humanities

This short video, produced by the Research Council of Finland, introduces the work carried out as part of the DARIAH-FI initiative in Finland on creating a “Sampo series” Linked Open Data (LOD) services and semantic portals on top of them for Digital Humanities research (2003-2026). These systems have had up to millions of end users, which demonstrates the usability of the infrastructure and LOD-based approach used.

More information, links to the application online, videos, and scientific publications about the Sampo Model and series of systems are available here: https://seco.cs.aalto.fi/applications/sampo/

Eero Hyvönen is Professor Emeritus of semantic media technology at Aalto University.

This introductory video is part of a video library used as teaching resource for BA Course Introduction to Helsinki Digital Humanities and Social Science at the University of Helsinki.

Learning Outcomes

After watching this video, viewers will:

• Understand the usability of FAIR Linked Open Data as a basis for developing intelligent applications for Digital Humanities research, featuring semantic search and browsing integrated seamlessly with visualizations, and data-analytic tools
• Learn the importance of systematic sustainable work on developing and maintaining a Linked Open Data infrastructure for application development in Digital Humanities