Begin forwarded message: > From: George Planansky <george.planansky@gmail.com> > Date: May 14, 2012 7:06:24 AM EDT > To: collectionspace@movingimage.us > Subject: geospatial/semantic queries -- collectionspace roadmap? > > At CGA ( http://cga.harvard.edu) we are looking at ways to integrate > geospatial queries with museum collections data, for RDF/GeoSPARQL > queries. We are aiming to use that capability via semantic web > connectivity with WorldMap, an open source project that promotes > collaborative efforts and geospatial data contributions by communities > of interest. > > For example, academic and museum communities. > > Most artifacts and many other things in museum collections have > geographical aspects. Queries that combine relevant > (academic) domain semantics with geospatial semantics make > sense, as does integration with something like WorldMap to > view the geographical results. > > I wonder if you all have that sort of thing on your road map for > collectionspace, and if there might be interest in working with > us on it? > > George > >

Hi George, Thank you for your outreach to CollectionSpace regarding domain-specific and geospatial queries of museum collections data. Some of my colleagues may be able to provide a more comprehensive response, as well as a response to your invitation to work with CGA. (I'm a junior software developer on the project, and have only a surface-level understanding of this area.) For starters, however: * Data in CollectionSpace systems can be queried via a public REST API, assuming the appropriate access rights on that data: http://wiki.collectionspace.org/display/collectionspace/Common+Services+REST+API+documentation There are also future plans for offering data feeds in various federation-friendly formats. * Objects in museum collections can be associated with multiple place terms. Those terms can themselves be associated with rich geospatial data, as per this Place schema: http://wiki.collectionspace.org/display/collectionspace/Place+Authority+Schema * Objects can also be associated with terms applied from controlled vocabularies, such as those for materials and techniques; be associated with scientific taxa; be linked to periods of time (by name and date), persons, and organizations; and much more, which may help facilitate domain-specific semantic querying. (Beyond controlled vocabulary, the default schema for objects is quite detailed, and incorporates fields for storing a wide variety of associative data. For man-made objects, for instance, there are fields capturing details from initial production to the persons involved in the transliteration of object inscriptions, any of which might be mined for semantic context.) Aron Roberts UC Berkeley On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 5:06 AM, Megan Forbes <mforbes@movingimage.us> wrote: > > > > > Begin forwarded message: > > From: George Planansky <george.planansky@gmail.com> > Date: May 14, 2012 7:06:24 AM EDT > To: collectionspace@movingimage.us > Subject: geospatial/semantic queries -- collectionspace roadmap? > > At CGA ( http://cga.harvard.edu) we are looking at ways to integrate > geospatial queries with museum collections data, for RDF/GeoSPARQL > queries.    We are aiming to use that capability via semantic web > connectivity with WorldMap, an open source project that promotes > collaborative efforts and geospatial data contributions by communities > of interest. > > For example, academic and museum communities. > > Most artifacts and many other things in museum collections have > geographical aspects.   Queries that combine relevant > (academic) domain semantics with geospatial semantics make > sense,  as does integration with something like WorldMap to > view the geographical results. > > I wonder if you all have that sort of thing on your road map for > collectionspace, and if there might be interest in working with > us on it? > > George > > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk mailing list > Talk@lists.collectionspace.org > http://lists.collectionspace.org/mailman/listinfo/talk_lists.collectionspace.org >

There are also future plans for offering data feeds in various

Yes, would love to follow up with you on this (and already did via another thread). Geo/RDF presents some special challenges and would love to talk to you about this more to see what your ideas are! John On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 11:38 AM, Aron Roberts <aron@socrates.berkeley.edu>wrote: > Hi George, > > Thank you for your outreach to CollectionSpace regarding > domain-specific and geospatial queries of museum collections data. > > Some of my colleagues may be able to provide a more comprehensive > response, as well as a response to your invitation to work with CGA. > (I'm a junior software developer on the project, and have only a > surface-level understanding of this area.) For starters, however: > > * Data in CollectionSpace systems can be queried via a public REST > API, assuming the appropriate access rights on that data: > > > http://wiki.collectionspace.org/display/collectionspace/Common+Services+REST+API+documentation > > There are also future plans for offering data feeds in various > federation-friendly formats. > > * Objects in museum collections can be associated with multiple > place terms. Those terms can themselves be associated with rich > geospatial data, as per this Place schema: > > > http://wiki.collectionspace.org/display/collectionspace/Place+Authority+Schema > > * Objects can also be associated with terms applied from controlled > vocabularies, such as those for materials and techniques; be > associated with scientific taxa; be linked to periods of time (by name > and date), persons, and organizations; and much more, which may help > facilitate domain-specific semantic querying. (Beyond controlled > vocabulary, the default schema for objects is quite detailed, and > incorporates fields for storing a wide variety of associative data. > For man-made objects, for instance, there are fields capturing details > from initial production to the persons involved in the transliteration > of object inscriptions, any of which might be mined for semantic > context.) > > Aron Roberts > UC Berkeley > > On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 5:06 AM, Megan Forbes <mforbes@movingimage.us> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Begin forwarded message: > > > > From: George Planansky <george.planansky@gmail.com> > > Date: May 14, 2012 7:06:24 AM EDT > > To: collectionspace@movingimage.us > > Subject: geospatial/semantic queries -- collectionspace roadmap? > > > > At CGA ( http://cga.harvard.edu) we are looking at ways to integrate > > geospatial queries with museum collections data, for RDF/GeoSPARQL > > queries. We are aiming to use that capability via semantic web > > connectivity with WorldMap, an open source project that promotes > > collaborative efforts and geospatial data contributions by communities > > of interest. > > > > For example, academic and museum communities. > > > > Most artifacts and many other things in museum collections have > > geographical aspects. Queries that combine relevant > > (academic) domain semantics with geospatial semantics make > > sense, as does integration with something like WorldMap to > > view the geographical results. > > > > I wonder if you all have that sort of thing on your road map for > > collectionspace, and if there might be interest in working with > > us on it? > > > > George > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Talk mailing list > > Talk@lists.collectionspace.org > > > http://lists.collectionspace.org/mailman/listinfo/talk_lists.collectionspace.org > > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk mailing list > Talk@lists.collectionspace.org > > http://lists.collectionspace.org/mailman/listinfo/talk_lists.collectionspace.org > -- John Deck (541) 321-0689

Thanks John, and Aron, and please do continue your discussions. I'll just add a few notes: One of the reasons we moved to Postgres as the recommended DB for CSpace, was for its good support for GIS queries. We have yet to take advantage of that capability, but we are currently working on integration of GIS visualization of search results, as part of our campus deployments. We'll be sharing everything we learn about that with the project, and hope to have general support available in an upcoming release. Hope this helps - Patrick _____ From: talk-bounces@lists.collectionspace.org [mailto:talk-bounces@lists.collectionspace.org] On Behalf Of John Deck Sent: Monday, May 14, 2012 11:42 AM To: Aron Roberts Cc: George Planansky; talk@lists.collectionspace.org Subject: Re: [Talk] Fwd: geospatial/semantic queries -- collectionspaceroadmap? Yes, would love to follow up with you on this (and already did via another thread). Geo/RDF presents some special challenges and would love to talk to you about this more to see what your ideas are! John On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 11:38 AM, Aron Roberts <aron@socrates.berkeley.edu> wrote: Hi George, Thank you for your outreach to CollectionSpace regarding domain-specific and geospatial queries of museum collections data. Some of my colleagues may be able to provide a more comprehensive response, as well as a response to your invitation to work with CGA. (I'm a junior software developer on the project, and have only a surface-level understanding of this area.) For starters, however: * Data in CollectionSpace systems can be queried via a public REST API, assuming the appropriate access rights on that data: http://wiki.collectionspace.org/display/collectionspace/Common+Services+REST +API+documentation There are also future plans for offering data feeds in various federation-friendly formats. * Objects in museum collections can be associated with multiple place terms. Those terms can themselves be associated with rich geospatial data, as per this Place schema: http://wiki.collectionspace.org/display/collectionspace/Place+Authority+Sche ma * Objects can also be associated with terms applied from controlled vocabularies, such as those for materials and techniques; be associated with scientific taxa; be linked to periods of time (by name and date), persons, and organizations; and much more, which may help facilitate domain-specific semantic querying. (Beyond controlled vocabulary, the default schema for objects is quite detailed, and incorporates fields for storing a wide variety of associative data. For man-made objects, for instance, there are fields capturing details from initial production to the persons involved in the transliteration of object inscriptions, any of which might be mined for semantic context.) Aron Roberts UC Berkeley On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 5:06 AM, Megan Forbes <mforbes@movingimage.us> wrote: > > > > > Begin forwarded message: > > From: George Planansky <george.planansky@gmail.com> > Date: May 14, 2012 7:06:24 AM EDT > To: collectionspace@movingimage.us > Subject: geospatial/semantic queries -- collectionspace roadmap? > > At CGA ( http://cga.harvard.edu) we are looking at ways to integrate > geospatial queries with museum collections data, for RDF/GeoSPARQL > queries. We are aiming to use that capability via semantic web > connectivity with WorldMap, an open source project that promotes > collaborative efforts and geospatial data contributions by communities > of interest. > > For example, academic and museum communities. > > Most artifacts and many other things in museum collections have > geographical aspects. Queries that combine relevant > (academic) domain semantics with geospatial semantics make > sense, as does integration with something like WorldMap to > view the geographical results. > > I wonder if you all have that sort of thing on your road map for > collectionspace, and if there might be interest in working with > us on it? > > George > > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk mailing list > Talk@lists.collectionspace.org > http://lists.collectionspace.org/mailman/listinfo/talk_lists.collectionspace .org > _______________________________________________ Talk mailing list Talk@lists.collectionspace.org http://lists.collectionspace.org/mailman/listinfo/talk_lists.collectionspace .org -- John Deck (541) 321-0689

There are also future plans for offering data feeds in various

All -- Helps a lot! I have to digest all your comments, you've done, are doing a lot. Will any of you perchance be in DC at UCGIS 2012, at the end of the month? -- George On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 4:08 PM, Patrick Schmitz <pschmitz@berkeley.edu>wrote: > ** > Thanks John, and Aron, and please do continue your discussions. I'll just > add a few notes: > > One of the reasons we moved to Postgres as the recommended DB for CSpace, > was for its good support for GIS queries. We have yet to take advantage of > that capability, but we are currently working on integration of GIS > visualization of search results, as part of our campus deployments. We'll > be sharing everything we learn about that with the project, and hope to > have general support available in an upcoming release. > > Hope this helps - Patrick > > ------------------------------ > *From:* talk-bounces@lists.collectionspace.org [mailto: > talk-bounces@lists.collectionspace.org] *On Behalf Of *John Deck > *Sent:* Monday, May 14, 2012 11:42 AM > *To:* Aron Roberts > *Cc:* George Planansky; talk@lists.collectionspace.org > *Subject:* Re: [Talk] Fwd: geospatial/semantic queries -- > collectionspaceroadmap? > > Yes, would love to follow up with you on this (and already did via > another thread). Geo/RDF presents some special challenges and would love > to talk to you about this more to see what your ideas are! > > John > > On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 11:38 AM, Aron Roberts <aron@socrates.berkeley.edu > > wrote: > >> Hi George, >> >> Thank you for your outreach to CollectionSpace regarding >> domain-specific and geospatial queries of museum collections data. >> >> Some of my colleagues may be able to provide a more comprehensive >> response, as well as a response to your invitation to work with CGA. >> (I'm a junior software developer on the project, and have only a >> surface-level understanding of this area.) For starters, however: >> >> * Data in CollectionSpace systems can be queried via a public REST >> API, assuming the appropriate access rights on that data: >> >> >> http://wiki.collectionspace.org/display/collectionspace/Common+Services+REST+API+documentation >> >> There are also future plans for offering data feeds in various >> federation-friendly formats. >> >> * Objects in museum collections can be associated with multiple >> place terms. Those terms can themselves be associated with rich >> geospatial data, as per this Place schema: >> >> >> http://wiki.collectionspace.org/display/collectionspace/Place+Authority+Schema >> >> * Objects can also be associated with terms applied from controlled >> vocabularies, such as those for materials and techniques; be >> associated with scientific taxa; be linked to periods of time (by name >> and date), persons, and organizations; and much more, which may help >> facilitate domain-specific semantic querying. (Beyond controlled >> vocabulary, the default schema for objects is quite detailed, and >> incorporates fields for storing a wide variety of associative data. >> For man-made objects, for instance, there are fields capturing details >> from initial production to the persons involved in the transliteration >> of object inscriptions, any of which might be mined for semantic >> context.) >> >> Aron Roberts >> UC Berkeley >> >> On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 5:06 AM, Megan Forbes <mforbes@movingimage.us> >> wrote: >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > Begin forwarded message: >> > >> > From: George Planansky <george.planansky@gmail.com> >> > Date: May 14, 2012 7:06:24 AM EDT >> > To: collectionspace@movingimage.us >> > Subject: geospatial/semantic queries -- collectionspace roadmap? >> > >> > At CGA ( http://cga.harvard.edu) we are looking at ways to integrate >> > geospatial queries with museum collections data, for RDF/GeoSPARQL >> > queries. We are aiming to use that capability via semantic web >> > connectivity with WorldMap, an open source project that promotes >> > collaborative efforts and geospatial data contributions by communities >> > of interest. >> > >> > For example, academic and museum communities. >> > >> > Most artifacts and many other things in museum collections have >> > geographical aspects. Queries that combine relevant >> > (academic) domain semantics with geospatial semantics make >> > sense, as does integration with something like WorldMap to >> > view the geographical results. >> > >> > I wonder if you all have that sort of thing on your road map for >> > collectionspace, and if there might be interest in working with >> > us on it? >> > >> > George >> > >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Talk mailing list >> > Talk@lists.collectionspace.org >> > >> http://lists.collectionspace.org/mailman/listinfo/talk_lists.collectionspace.org >> > >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Talk mailing list >> Talk@lists.collectionspace.org >> >> http://lists.collectionspace.org/mailman/listinfo/talk_lists.collectionspace.org >> > > > > -- > John Deck > (541) 321-0689 > >

Hi George, some additional quick points: At UC Berkeley, for our deployments for the natural history museums, we are also working on - incorporating a JavaScript library that will do some nice things (e.g., calculate decimal lat/long from verbatim input in e.g., deg-min-sec) (http://code.google.com/p/georef-js/) - incorporate a mapping system, Berkeley Mapper, that extends what Google Maps can do (http://berkeleymapper.berkeley.edu/, http://code.google.com/p/berkeleymapper/) - incorporate georeferencing services (get lat, long, uncertainty from verbatim description) (http://www.biogeomancer.org) Regards, Chris Chris Hoffman, Ph.D. Manager of Informatics Services IST-Research & Content Technologies, UC Berkeley chris.hoffman@berkeley.edu 510-642-9643 On May 15, 2012, at 2:07 AM, George Planansky wrote: > All -- > > Helps a lot! I have to digest all your comments, you've > done, are doing a lot. Will any of you perchance be in DC at > UCGIS 2012, at the end of the month? > > -- George > > On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 4:08 PM, Patrick Schmitz <pschmitz@berkeley.edu> wrote: > Thanks John, and Aron, and please do continue your discussions. I'll just add a few notes: > > One of the reasons we moved to Postgres as the recommended DB for CSpace, was for its good support for GIS queries. We have yet to take advantage of that capability, but we are currently working on integration of GIS visualization of search results, as part of our campus deployments. We'll be sharing everything we learn about that with the project, and hope to have general support available in an upcoming release. > > Hope this helps - Patrick > > From: talk-bounces@lists.collectionspace.org [mailto:talk-bounces@lists.collectionspace.org] On Behalf Of John Deck > Sent: Monday, May 14, 2012 11:42 AM > To: Aron Roberts > Cc: George Planansky; talk@lists.collectionspace.org > Subject: Re: [Talk] Fwd: geospatial/semantic queries -- collectionspaceroadmap? > > Yes, would love to follow up with you on this (and already did via another thread). Geo/RDF presents some special challenges and would love to talk to you about this more to see what your ideas are! > > John > > On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 11:38 AM, Aron Roberts <aron@socrates.berkeley.edu> wrote: > Hi George, > > Thank you for your outreach to CollectionSpace regarding > domain-specific and geospatial queries of museum collections data. > > Some of my colleagues may be able to provide a more comprehensive > response, as well as a response to your invitation to work with CGA. > (I'm a junior software developer on the project, and have only a > surface-level understanding of this area.) For starters, however: > > * Data in CollectionSpace systems can be queried via a public REST > API, assuming the appropriate access rights on that data: > > http://wiki.collectionspace.org/display/collectionspace/Common+Services+REST+API+documentation > > There are also future plans for offering data feeds in various > federation-friendly formats. > > * Objects in museum collections can be associated with multiple > place terms. Those terms can themselves be associated with rich > geospatial data, as per this Place schema: > > http://wiki.collectionspace.org/display/collectionspace/Place+Authority+Schema > > * Objects can also be associated with terms applied from controlled > vocabularies, such as those for materials and techniques; be > associated with scientific taxa; be linked to periods of time (by name > and date), persons, and organizations; and much more, which may help > facilitate domain-specific semantic querying. (Beyond controlled > vocabulary, the default schema for objects is quite detailed, and > incorporates fields for storing a wide variety of associative data. > For man-made objects, for instance, there are fields capturing details > from initial production to the persons involved in the transliteration > of object inscriptions, any of which might be mined for semantic > context.) > > Aron Roberts > UC Berkeley > > On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 5:06 AM, Megan Forbes <mforbes@movingimage.us> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Begin forwarded message: > > > > From: George Planansky <george.planansky@gmail.com> > > Date: May 14, 2012 7:06:24 AM EDT > > To: collectionspace@movingimage.us > > Subject: geospatial/semantic queries -- collectionspace roadmap? > > > > At CGA ( http://cga.harvard.edu) we are looking at ways to integrate > > geospatial queries with museum collections data, for RDF/GeoSPARQL > > queries. We are aiming to use that capability via semantic web > > connectivity with WorldMap, an open source project that promotes > > collaborative efforts and geospatial data contributions by communities > > of interest. > > > > For example, academic and museum communities. > > > > Most artifacts and many other things in museum collections have > > geographical aspects. Queries that combine relevant > > (academic) domain semantics with geospatial semantics make > > sense, as does integration with something like WorldMap to > > view the geographical results. > > > > I wonder if you all have that sort of thing on your road map for > > collectionspace, and if there might be interest in working with > > us on it? > > > > George > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Talk mailing list > > Talk@lists.collectionspace.org > > http://lists.collectionspace.org/mailman/listinfo/talk_lists.collectionspace.org > > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk mailing list > Talk@lists.collectionspace.org > http://lists.collectionspace.org/mailman/listinfo/talk_lists.collectionspace.org > > > > -- > John Deck > (541) 321-0689 > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk mailing list > Talk@lists.collectionspace.org > http://lists.collectionspace.org/mailman/listinfo/talk_lists.collectionspace.org