WG 1: Phenomenology of knowledge spaces

After “The role of knowledge maps for access to digital archives” – a workshop report

After “The role of knowledge maps for access to digital archives” – a workshop report

Report of the COST TD1210 Workshop “The role of knowledge maps for access to Digital Archives“ Some COST funded meetings have the essence of COST all in a nutshell; and Milena Dobreva as a Local Organizer seems to have a specific gift to bring this to life. Two years ago…

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After “Evolution and variation of classification systems” – a workshop report by Andrea Scharnhorst

After “Evolution and variation of classification systems” – a workshop report by Andrea Scharnhorst

From March 4-5, 2015 a two-day international workshop took place in Amsterdam, hosted by the eHumanities group of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. The title of the workshop was Evolution and variation of classification systems – how stable is the organization of knowledge and how diverse is…

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International Journal on Digital Libraries – CfP Special issue on Knowledge Maps and Information Retrieval (KMIR)

International Journal on Digital Libraries – CfP Special issue on Knowledge Maps and Information Retrieval (KMIR)

The success of an information system depends mainly on its ability to properly support interaction between users and information. Current information systems, however, show as a particular point of failure the vagueness between user search terms and the knowledge orders of the information space in question. Studies in interactive information…

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Citizen Science in the Humanities – STSM of Milena Dobreva to the University of Cyprus

Citizen Science in the Humanities – STSM of Milena Dobreva to the University of Cyprus

Report on the visit of Dr. Milena Dobreva to University of Cyprus, Nikosia, Cypris, on November 2-8, 2014 based on the grant STSM-TD1210-21800 Title of STSM: Citizen Science in the Humanities as a Novel Method for Engagement of Citizens with eInfrastructures The main purpose of this STSM was to discuss…

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Evaluation of statistical properties of large data sets – STSM of Peter Richmond to the Bulgarian Academy of Science in Sofia

Evaluation of statistical properties of large data sets – STSM of Peter Richmond to the Bulgarian Academy of Science in Sofia

Report: COST STSM TD1210 20984; 7th to 18th October 2014 Short-term mission 20984 took place as planned. At the outset we began examining large financial data sets from two complementary perspectives. The first sought to examine the statistical nature of the Wells Wilder index and the associated Relative Strength Index…

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Wikipedia network data – STSM report of Krzysztof Suchecki @ eHumanities group Amsterdam

Wikipedia network data – STSM report of Krzysztof Suchecki @ eHumanities group Amsterdam

Wikipedia network data I have visited Amsterdam and den Haag during my STSM from 20.05.2014 to 24.05.2014. During the visit to DANS institute in den Haag I have discussed the issues with depositing the dataset containing Wikipedia network data in DANS archive with Emilie Kraaikamp. Thanks to the discussion, we…

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UDC Online – a way to learn more about the knowledge universe

UDC Online – a way to learn more about the knowledge universe

According to Wikipedia “The Universal Decimal Classification (UDC) is a bibliographic and library classification developed by the Belgian bibliographers Paul Otlet and Henri La Fontaine at the end of the 19th century. UDC provides a systematic arrangement of all branches of human knowledge organized as a coherent system in which…

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Concepts shifts in knowledge classification – STSM report of Aida Slavic @ eHumanities group and DANS – Amsterdam/The Hague

Concepts shifts in knowledge classification – STSM report of Aida Slavic @ eHumanities group and DANS – Amsterdam/The Hague

Report on the STSM “Concept Shifts in Knowledge Classification” Venue: eHumanities DANS/KNAW: Amsterdam -The Hague, 4 -10 May 2014   This purpose of this Short Term Scientific Mission meeting was to discuss and plan further research, papers and events dealing with the presentation of evolution of knowledge and shifts in…

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Mapping Historic Censuses

Mapping Historic Censuses

What have knowledge maps to do with statistical information from the past, recorded on lists while going from door to door back in the past and documented as tables in books for eternity? The Third Annual Meeting of the CEDAR project – one of my projects in Amsterdam – showed…

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