SIG folk, In quick follow-up to my inquiry soliciting insights and kindred spirits regarding my applied research interest in harmonizing the type system models such that #UIMA frameworks and tools can be grounded in the #cidocCRM, I am happy to report the following two topical updates along with a quick #PRESSoo-related question (most likely best answered by SIG member Patrick Le Boeuf):
* I had a helpful and encouraging direct message from SIG member Doug Tudhope who served as Andreas Vlachidis' dissertation supervisor providing additional details of their research interests, projects, and an offer to answer questions related to Andreas' "Semantic Indexing via Knowledge Organization Systems: Applying the CIDOC-CRM to Archaeological Grey Literature" (http://goo.gl/s7hxyq).) * I surfaced a VERY INTERESTING article, "Abstracting the types away from a UIMA type system" (via: ReseardchGate.net at https://goo.gl/kLs3Vw). This paper is from a group of research computer scientists at the Colorado Computational Pharmacology research center at the U. of Colorado Denver (http://compbio.ucdenver.edu/Hunter_lab/). This brilliant paper describes the CCP's proposal for the implementation of a #UIMA type system that is a lightweight metamodel with flexibility/interoperability (harmonious ontological mapping) achieved by referencing an external object model containing the full semantic complexity desired for the #UIMA application (or more typically, the compositional pipeline of #UIMA workflow frameworks/components that make up an "application"). My own interests suggest that such "external" metamodel reference modeling can be done/transmitted within a "self-descriptive partition" of the dataset/document itself, e.g. in a metamodel subgraph when working with a graph-based model of a #TDM (text- and data-mining) resource. My #DATeCH paper (https://goo.gl/V2eR0H) has a section on applying the #cidocCRM as an executable metamodel. And this Exhibition modeling conversation at the Schema.org GitHub repository touches on these ideas: https://goo.gl/lw5Zlq and https://goo.gl/OuH1PA. I also did a two-part Neo4j (graph database) GraphGist that provides a simplified demonstration of how such self-descriptive resources might facilitate "soft"/dynamic configuration of visualization and editing frameworks/tools: http://goo.gl/TIG9Md (Part 1 has a 'Hello, World' scale example of the design and Part 2 is an early attempt at (pre-#cidocCRM) to do a domain model for Softalk magazine.) * AND THE QUESTION: Given that #PRESSoo is a DSL/extension of the #cidocCRM (and #FRBRoo), where is the best place to discuss this ISSN.org model for clarification and the possibility of refinement/extension? It is not clear from the ISSN's website how the #PRESSoo dedicated Review Group works or is available for communication. I want to contribute a second paper to the delayed #DATeCH conference where I will demonstrate the use of #PRESSoo's Z12 Issuing Rule and Z5 Issuing Rule Change elements to specify a fine-grained magazine design pattern language. Such a pattern language could help move layout- and text-recognition during bulk document digitization from a bottom-up/within-page strategy to a top-down/whole-issue workflow strategy. To this end, I have surfaced the need to consider the value of adding a Z-based Issuing Rule Exception class to the model to cover "one-off" exceptions to the currently active Issuing Rule set for a particular document. As always, direct replies as well as contributions here on-list are welcome and much-appreciated. Finally, I am especially excited to learn about the #TDM research group at U. of Denver. My wife and I are now sufficiently past our horrific cancer battles and moving forward on the #PayItForward Bonus Rounds of our lives. We are in the process this month of moving from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, to a new home near-family in Colorado. We will be less than an easy half-hour drive to the Aurora campus where these amazing #CognitiveComputing researchers are doing their exciting work. :-) Happy-Healthy Vibes, -: Jim :- Jim Salmons Twitter: @Jim_Salmons http://www.FactMiners.org (Our #CitizenScience project) http://www.SoftalkApple.com (Our #DigitalHistory project) http://www.medium.com/@Jim_Salmons/ (my #CognitiveComputing/#DigitalHumanities articles)
