SeaLiT Ontology - An extension of CIDOC-CRM for the modelling of Maritime History information

The <strong>SeaLiT Ontology</strong> is a formal ontology intended to facilitate the integration, mediation and interchange of heterogeneous information related to <strong>maritime history</strong>. It aims at providing the semantic definitions needed to transform disparate, localised information sources of maritime history into a coherent global resource. It also serves as a common language for domain experts and IT developers to formulate requirements and to agree on system functionalities with respect to the correct handling of historical information. The ontology uses and extends the <strong>CIDOC Conceptual Reference Model</strong> (ISO 21127:2014), in particular version 7.2.1, as a general ontology of human activity, things and events happening in space and time. The ontology has been developed following a bottom-up process from primary data collected in the context of the <strong>SeaLiT Project</strong> (<em>Seafaring Lives in Transition, Mediterranean Maritime Labour and Shipping, 1850s-1920s</em>). SeaLiT is an international research project, funded by the ERC Starting Grant 2016, which explores the transition from sail to steam navigation and its effects on seafaring populations in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea between the 1850s and the 1920s. More information about the construction of the <strong>SeaLiT Ontology</strong>, the considered data sources, as well as their transformation to a knowledge graph using the SeaLiT Ontology, can be found in the following papers: P. Fafalios, A. Kritsotaki, and M. Doerr, "<em>The SeaLiT Ontology – An Extension of CIDOC-CRM for the Modeling and Integration of Maritime History Information"</em>. ACM Journal on Computing and Cultural Heritage, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1145/3586080 [pdf, bib] P. Fafalios, K. Petrakis, G. Samaritakis, K. Doerr, A. Kritsotaki, Y. Tzitzikas, and M. Doerr, "FAST CAT: Collaborative Data Entry and Curation for Semantic Interoperability in Digital Humanities", ACM Journal on Computing and Cultural Heritage, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1145/3461460 [pdf, bib] The (resolvable) <strong>namespace </strong>of the ontology is: http://www.sealitproject.eu/ontology/ An <strong>OWL implementation</strong> of the ontology is available at: https://sealitproject.eu/ontology/SeaLiT_Ontology_v1.2.owl <strong>Knowledge graphs </strong>that make use of the SeaLiT Ontology are available at: https://zenodo.org/record/6460841. These RDF datasets integrate information of 16 different types of archival sources related to maritime history, including crew lists, payrolls, registers of different types, censuses, and employment records.**SeaLiT 本体（SeaLiT Ontology）**是一款形式化本体，旨在助力与**海洋历史（maritime history）**相关的异构信息实现整合、中介与交互。其核心目标是提供必要的语义定义，将分散且本地化的海洋历史信息源转化为连贯统一的全球资源。同时，它亦可作为领域专家与IT开发者之间的通用沟通语言，用于阐述相关需求，并就历史信息的规范化处理达成系统功能层面的共识。 该本体依托并扩展了**CIDOC概念参考模型（CIDOC Conceptual Reference Model，ISO 21127:2014）**，尤其是其7.2.1版本，以此作为描述人类活动、时空事物与事件的通用顶层本体。 本本体遵循自下而上的开发流程，基于**SeaLiT项目（SeaLiT Project）**（全称：*转型中的航海生活：地中海海事劳工与航运，1850年代-1920年代*）所收集的原始数据构建。SeaLiT是一项由欧洲研究委员会（ERC）2016年启动研究基金资助的国际研究项目，旨在探究1850年代至1920年代期间帆船航运向蒸汽航运转型的进程，及其对地中海与黑海地区航海从业者群体的影响。 有关**SeaLiT本体**的构建细节、所采用的数据源，以及如何依托该本体将数据源转化为知识图谱的相关内容，可参阅以下论文： 1. P. Fafalios、A. Kritsotaki与M. Doerr：《SeaLiT本体——面向海洋历史信息建模与整合的CIDOC-CRM扩展》，发表于《ACM计算与文化遗产期刊（ACM Journal on Computing and Cultural Heritage）》，2023年。https://doi.org/10.1145/3586080 [pdf, bib] 2. P. Fafalios、K. Petrakis、G. Samaritakis、K. Doerr、A. Kritsotaki、Y. Tzitzikas与M. Doerr：《FAST CAT：数字人文领域语义互操作性的协同数据录入与管理》，发表于《ACM计算与文化遗产期刊》，2021年。https://doi.org/10.1145/3461460 [pdf, bib] 该本体的可解析**命名空间（namespace）**为：http://www.sealitproject.eu/ontology/ 该本体的**OWL实现文件**可通过以下链接获取：https://sealitproject.eu/ontology/SeaLiT_Ontology_v1.2.owl 依托SeaLiT本体构建的**知识图谱（Knowledge graphs）**可通过以下链接获取：https://zenodo.org/record/6460841。此类RDF数据集整合了16类与海洋历史相关的档案资源信息，包括船员名单、薪资表、各类登记册、人口普查数据以及雇佣记录。