pilot thesaurus of irish folklore: a collaborative project by the digital repository of ireland and...
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Leabharlann UCD
An Coláiste Ollscoile, Baile
Átha Cliath,
Belfield, Baile Átha Cliath 4,
Eire
UCD Library
University College Dublin,
Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland
Pilot Thesaurus of Irish Folklore
A Collaborative Project by the Digital Repository
of Ireland and the National Library of Ireland
Catherine Ryan
Collections Support Librarian
Collection Services
Project Description
• Partners: Digital Repository of Ireland, National
Library of Ireland
• Thesaurus Construction Guidelines
– http://apps.dri.ie/motif/docs/guidelines.pdf
• Pilot Thesaurus of Irish Folklore
– Demonstration of the guidelines
– http://apps.dri.ie/motif/vocab/index.php
Project Description
• Digital Archiving in Ireland
DRI report
• Common issues
– Custom vocabularies
– Adapted vocabularies
– Irish content
What is a Thesaurus?
Thesauri Browsing, navigating
Synonyms, antonyms, making connections , definitions, scope
Hierarchical relationships
Equivalence Relationships, Associative Relationships, Scope Notes
Search: consistency, remove ambiguity, improve precision
Controlled Vocabulary, Restricted List of Terms
Construction Guidelines
• Main elements of a
thesaurus
– Terms and concepts
– Relationships (USE, UF, BT, NT, RT)
– Notes, node labels, and arrays
• Facet analysis
• Construction process
Construction Guidelines
• Main elements of a
thesaurus
– Terms and concepts
– Relationships (USE, UF, BT, NT, RT)
– Notes, node labels, and arrays
• Facet analysis
• Construction process
Construction Guidelines
• Main elements of a
thesaurus
– Terms and concepts
– Relationships (USE, UF, BT, NT, RT)
– Notes, node labels, and arrays
• Facet analysis
• Construction process
Construction Guidelines
• Main elements of a
thesaurus
– Terms and concepts
– Relationships (USE, UF, BT, NT, RT)
– Notes, node labels, and arrays
• Facet analysis
• Construction process
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Why Irish folklore?
• Most potential for reuse among
specialised collections across
Ireland
• Covers many aspects of Irish
life
• Existing sources
• Large potential for collaboration
on a national and international
level
Construction Process
• Term selection
• Structure
• Facet analysis
• Relationships
• Alphabetical view
• Expert review
• Documentation
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Term Selection I
Vocabulary Resources
– A Handbook of Irish Folklore by Seán Ó Suilleabháin
– Bealoideas: Journal of the Folklore of Ireland Society
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Systematic Structure
Hierarchical Display
– Subjects or facets at top of hierarchy?
– Decided on fundamental facets
– Easily updated structure
– Good demonstration of the ISO 25964 hierarchy rules
• Thing/kind
• Whole/part
• Particular instances of classes
Agents
People
Animals
Objects
Natural objects
Man-made structures
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Facet Analysis
– ISO: “grouping of concepts of the same inherent category”
• Objects, materials, people, places, etc.
– Ranganathan, 1920s and 1930s • Personality, Matter, Energy, Space, Time
– Classification Research Group, 1960s • Thing, kind, part, property, material, process, operation, agent, patient, product,
by-product, space and time
• Time
• Place / Space /
Environment
• Products
• Activities
• Processes and
Phenomena
• Events
• Agents
• Objects
• Materials
• Attributes and Properties
• Parts
• Genre
• Abstract Entities and
Concepts
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Future Development and Collaboration
Ireland
– National Folklore Collection (based in UCD)
– Dúchas.ie
– Project to digitise the National Folklore Collection of Ireland.
– Folklore experts get a feel for the thesaurus to see if it works in its current format.
Future Development and Collaboration
International Collaboration
• European folklorists, esp.
Scandinavian
• Digital libraries, digitisation
• Common approach
• Linked Data?
• Common patterns?
Thank you!
UF Thanks!
UF Cheers!
UF Ta!