Considerations for user interfaces and data modeling that arise from our work in Linked Data.

1. Design
Concepts
&
Lessons
from
Linked
Data
for
Digital
Humani8es
www.designforcontext.com
Duane
Degler
@ddegler
duane@designforcontext.com
Neal
Johnson
@vanWinkleTunes
neal@designforcontext.com
SemTech
Business
Conference
20
August
2014
•
San
Jose,
CA
USA
On
Slideshare
:
Go
to
www.designforcontext.com/publicaNons

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DDeessiiggnn
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CCoonntteexxtt
Discovery
&
interacNon
• Serendipity
• Layering
Data
modeling
• OpNmizaNon
• Adaptability
Longevity
• Scalability
• Persistence

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DDeessiiggnn
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CCoonntteexxtt
Discovery
&
interacNon
Serendipity

4. Tourist
Delight
Direc+ons
to
explore
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Concepts
&
Lessons
from
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Data
for
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for
Context
Casual
explorer
Engagement
Shareable
discoveries
Different
users,
different
goals
Serendipity
!
Researcher
Insights
for
interpreta+on
Educator
Bridges
among
disciplines
Catalysts
for
engagement

5. Has
museum
R.
Peale
Museum
Founded
by
Displays
Smithsonian
Has
museum
NGA
Displays
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Concepts
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Lessons
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Bal8more
Rembrandt
Peale
Displays
Roman
Daughter
D.C.
Has
museum
1812
Flag
Displayed
Ft.
McHenry
Flew
Has
site
Painted
Reubens
P.
w/Geranium

6. Has
museum
Displayed
Son
of
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Bal8more
R.
Peale
Museum
Ar8llery
memorabilia
PaSerson
Park
Has
site
Has
site
Volunteer
Arch.
Dig
Organizes
Bal8more
Heritage
Has
event
On
date
April
15th
Find
Philadelphia
Charles
W.
Peale
Lived
in

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CCoonntteexxtt
Discovery
&
interacNon
Layering

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What
do
we
mean
by
Layering
?
• Seamless
movement
reflecNng
user
goals
and
moNvaNons
• Enabling
capabiliNes
where
needed
• Progressive
disclosure
/
interacNon

9. Progressive
movement
–
driven
by
goals
&
mo8va8on
Researcher
Design
Concepts
&
Lessons
from
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Data
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for
Context
Educator
Casual
explorer

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©
Design
for
Context

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CCoonntteexxtt
Data
modeling
OpNmizaNon

12. Aligning
model
integrity
with
usability
Produc8on
Part
Produc8on
Part
Produc8on
Part
Avercamp
c.
1625
Painted
Carried
out
by
Has
8mespan
Has
type
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Concepts
&
Lessons
from
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for
Context
A
scene
on
the
Ice
Produc8on
Part
Consists
of
Produc8on
Event
Was
produced
by
Amsterdam
Took
place
at
Kampen
Refers
to
Carries
Concept

13. Aligning
model
integrity
with
usability
Produc8on
Part
Produc8on
Part
Produc8on
Part
Avercamp
c.
1625
Painted
Carried
out
by
Has
8mespan
Has
type
Design
Concepts
&
Lessons
from
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Data
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for
Context
A
scene
on
the
Ice
Produc8on
Part
Consists
of
Produc8on
Event
Was
produced
by
Amsterdam
Took
place
at
Created
at
Worked
in
Is
about
Kampen
Refers
to
Carries
Concept

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Design
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Context

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CCoonntteexxtt
Data
modeling
Adaptability

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Context
hZp://
www.rembrandtdatabase.or
g/Rembrandt/painNng/
51742/the-­‐flight-­‐into-­‐egypt

17. The
flight
into
Egypt
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Context
1627
School
of
Rembrandt
–
Dou
?
…1630
1982
Rembrandt
2001
hZp://www.rembrandtdatabase.org/Rembrandt/painNng/2944/self-­‐portrait-­‐with-­‐gorget
hZp://www.nga.gov/exhibiNons/2000/dou/splash.shtm

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“Facts”
evolve
and
co-­‐exist
• Re-­‐aZribuNon,
parallel
possible
aZribuNon
• Date
ranges
• ConservaNon
insights
• Varying
interpretaNons
• Contexts
provide
perspecNves
on:
• Data
reliability
• Nature
and
strength
of
relaNonships

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hZp://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/diapsids/avians.html
hZp://www.nbcnews.com/id/28985201/ns/
technology_and_science-­‐science/t/nine-­‐links-­‐
transiNon-­‐dinosaurs-­‐birds/#.U-­‐pPe1atDCU
hZp://news.naNonalgeographic.com/news/
2006/08/060824-­‐pluto-­‐planet.html
Art
is
not
the
only
evolving
discipline…

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Longevity
Scalability

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Sustainability
considera8ons
Moving
from
prototypes
and
“one-­‐offs”
to
sustainable
applicaNons.

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Design
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From
143…
to
130,000
?

24. Moving
from
prototypes
and
“one-­‐offs”
to
sustainable
applicaNons.
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Lessons
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for
Context
Sustainability
considera8ons
Considering
how
the
UI
will
scale
as
the
volume
of
informaNon
grows
over
Nme
–
reducing
the
potenNal
need
to
rework
applicaNons
in
future.

25. Images
-­‐
Bedroom
in
Arles,
1888
Vincent
van
Gogh
2014,
Gallery…
2012,
Conserv…
2010,
Pre-­‐cons…
1982,
InsNtut…
Related
Content
My
Projects
ExhibiNon:
van
Gogh
in
Arles
Book:
19th
C.
Dutch
SNll
Life
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Context
Curator
Research
Center
2.4
ArNsNc
breakthrough
and
final
years
Van Gogh moved to Arles, hoping for refuge at a time when he was ill from drink and
suffering from smoker's cough. He arrived on 21 February 1888 and took a room at the
Hôtel-Restaurant Carrel, which he had idealistically expected to look like one of Hokusai
(1760–1849) or Utamaro's (1753–1806) prints. He seems to have moved to the town with
thoughts of founding a utopian art colony. The Danish artist Christian Mourier-Petersen
(1858–1945) became his companion for two months, and at first Arles appeared exotic and
filthy. In a letter, he described it as a foreign country: "The Zouaves, the brothels, the
adorable little Arlesiennes going to their First Communion, the priest in his surplice, who
looks like a dangerous rhinoceros, the people drinking absinthe, all seem to me creatures
from another world.” A hundred years later, Van Gogh was remembered by 113-year-old
Jeanne Calment—who, as a 13 year-old, was serving in her uncle's fabric shop where Van
Gogh wanted to buy some canvas—as "dirty, badly dressed and disagreeable", and "very
ugly, ungracious, impolite, sick". She also recalled selling him colored pencils.
Van Gogh was enchanted by the local landscape and light, and his works from this period
are richly draped in yellow, ultramarine, and mauve. His portrayals of the Arles landscape
are informed by his Dutch upbringing; the patchwork of fields and avenues appear flat and
lack perspective, but excel in their intensity of color. The vibrant light in Arles excited him,
and his newfound appreciation is seen in the range and scope of his work. That March, he
painted local landscapes using a gridded "perspective frame". Three of these paintings were
shown at the annual exhibition of the Société des Artistes Indépendants. In April, he was
visited by the American artist Dodge MacKnight, who was living nearby at Fontvieille. On 1
May, he signed a lease for 15 francs per month in the eastern wing of the Yellow House at
No. 2 Place Lamartine. The rooms were unfurnished and uninhabited for some time. He was
still at the Hôtel Restaurant Carrel, but the rate charged by the hotel was 5 francs a week,
which he found excessive. He disputed the price, took the case to a local arbitrator, and was
awarded a twelve franc reduction on the total bill.
He moved from the Hôtel Carrel to the Café de la Gare on 7 May, where he became friends
with the proprietors, Joseph and Marie Ginoux. Although the Yellow House had to be
furnished before he could fully move in, Van Gogh was able to utilize it as a studio. Hoping
to have a gallery to display his work, his project at this time was a series of paintings
including Van Gogh's Chair (1888), Bedroom in Arles (1888), The Night Café (1888), Cafe
Terrace at Night (September 1888), Starry Night Over the Rhone (1888), and Still Life: Vase
with Twelve Sunflowers (1888), all intended to form the décoration for the Yellow House. Van
Gogh wrote about The Night Café: "I have tried to express the idea that the café is a place
where one can ruin oneself, go mad, or commit a crime.”
When he visited Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer that June, he gave drawing lessons to a Zouave
second lieutenant—Paul-Eugène Milliet —and painted boats on the sea and the village.
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☐
Van
Gogh's
LeZers
☐
Van
Gogh
Museum
☐
Works
by
or
about
Vincent
van
Gogh
in
libraries
☐
Vincent
van
Gogh
Gallery
3
1
☐
Memoir
of
Vincent
van
Gogh.
Johanna
Gesina
van
Gogh-­‐Bonger,
Vincent's
sister
in
law.
☐
DécoraNon:
Vincent
van
Gogh's
Werkreihe
für
das
Gelbe
Haus
in
Arles.
Dorn,
R.
☐
Modern
PainNng
and
the
Northern
RomanNc
TradiNon:
Friedrich
to
Rothko.
Rosenblum,
R.
☐
Van
Gogh
in
Arles.
Nemeczek,
A.
☐
Studies
in
Post-­‐Impressionism.
Rewald,
J.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_van_Gogh
Similar to Johanna Gesina van
Gogh-Bonger’s reflections on
expression where she
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26. Moving
from
prototypes
and
“one-­‐offs”
to
sustainable
applicaNons.
Considering
how
the
UI
will
scale
as
the
volume
of
informaNon
grows
over
Nme
–
reducing
the
potenNal
need
to
rework
applicaNons
in
future.
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Concepts
Lessons
from
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Data
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Sustainability
considera8ons
Thinking
about
the
long-­‐term
uses
of
data
• Planned
for
in
design
of
the
iniNal
applicaNon
• Considering
flexibility
for
emerging
uses

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Texts
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Internal
74
External
Visuals
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Internal
59
External
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Results
for
Benjamin
Franklin
534
results
total
Social
Studies
Videos
2
Internal
12
External
Ac8vity
Guides
1
Internal
8
External
Subject:
All
Curricula:
Core
Grade
Level:
6-­‐12
Available
online
Available
in
school
district
See
details
My
Lesson
Plans
Benjamin
Franklin:
A
Great
Thinker
Math
• Worksheet
Science
• On
seasonal
Nme
(Hudson)
• Electricity
Worksheet
Civics
•
Social
Studies
•
French
Culture
• Vie
de
Franklin,
écrite
par
lui-­‐même
-­‐
Tome
I
(French)
• Vie
de
Benjamin
Franklin,
écrite
par
lui-­‐
même
-­‐
Tome
II
(French)

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Results
for
Benjamin
Franklin
175
results
total
My
Lesson
Plans
Benjamin
Franklin:
A
Great
Thinker
Math
• Worksheet
Science
• On
seasonal
Nme
(Hudson)
• Electricity
Worksheet
Civics
•
Social
Studies
•
Ben
Franklin
Timeline
• Lesson
plans
for
high
schools
(NaNonal
Endowment
for
the
HumaniNes)
French
Culture
• Vie
de
Franklin,
écrite
par
lui-­‐même
-­‐
Tome
I
(French)
• Vie
de
Benjamin
Franklin,
écrite
par
lui-­‐
même
-­‐
Tome
II
(French)
Subject:
Social
Studies
Curricula:
Core
Grade
Level:
6-­‐12
☐
Ben
Franklin
Timeline
☐
The
First
American:
The
Life
and
Times
of
Benjamin
Franklin
☐
Words
of
the
Founding
Fathers:
Selected
QuotaNons
of
Franklin,
Washington,
Adams,
Jefferson,
Madison
and
Hamilton,
with
Sources
(Coffman)
☐
Works
by
Benjamin
Franklin
(Project
Gutenberg)
☐
Lesson
plans
for
high
schools
(NaNonal
Endowment
for
the
HumaniNes)
☐
Memoirs
of
Benjamin
Franklin;
WriZen
by
Himself,
Volume
II
(of
2)
With
his
Most
InteresNng
Essays,
LeZers,
and
Miscellaneous
WriNngs;
Familiar,
Moral,
PoliNcal,
Economical,
and
Philosophical,
Selected
with
Care
from
All
His
Published
ProducNons,
and
Comprising
Whatever
Is
Most
Entertaining
and
Valuable
to
the
General
Reader
☐
The
Papers
of
Benjamin
Franklin,
39
vols.
to
date
(1959–2008),
definiNve
ediNon,
through
1783
(Labaree
et
al)
☐
1782:
Original
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of
the
Great
Seal
of
the
United
States,
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Longevity
Persistence

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©
Design
for
Context
Holding
informa8on
in
trust
Curate
“Objects”…
in
perpetuity
• Physical
objects
• Born
Digital
objects
• InformaNon
objects
Be
clear
and
detailed
about:
• Versions
• RepresentaNons
• Rights
• Provenance
PaFerns
for
data
around
persistence
and
iden+ty
are
s+ll
emerging…

31. NARA:
The
Na8onal
Archives
Records
Administra8on
hZp://research.archives.gov/descripNon/46970
hZp://dbpedia.org/describe/?url=hZp%3A%2F
%2Fwikidata.dbpedia.org%2Fresource%2FQ46408
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hZp://research.archives.gov/organizaNon/1132291
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Context
hZp://research.archives.gov/person/1417813
hZp://id.loc.gov/authoriNes/
names/n79148946.html
hZp://www.freebase.com/m/09fs83h
hZp://data.nyNmes.com/57151925249398501593
hZp://www.worldcat.org/
wcidenNNes/lccn-­‐n79-­‐148946
hZp://viaf.org/viaf/32021794/
…and…
Future
sources

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Supports human
reading to find
specific information.
©
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for
Context
Ci8ng
reference
loca8ons:
In
print
“He identified in that passage
(Author 2013, p.217) that the
dog was, indeed, not supposed
to be in the church.”
Author 2013. AuthorLast, AuthorFirst.
The Title of the Work, 212-230. In
Name of Collected Works, Vol. 3.
EditorNames, eds. Publisher, 2013.
Pointer to overall
location reference
work.

34. Design
Concepts
Lessons
from
Linked
Data
for
Digital
HumaniNes
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2014
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Design
for
Context
Ci8ng
reference
loca8ons:
Online
Object
/
Ar8st
“He identified in that passage
(Author 2013, Technical Notes)
that the dog was, indeed, not
supposed to be in the church.”
Supports human
reading to find the
specific information.
Collec8on
Home
Page
Author 2013. AuthorLast, AuthorFirst.
The Title of the Web Page, URL:
http://SpecificCitedObjectPURL.
In Name of Collected Works.
Editor Names, eds. Name of Art Gallery.
Accessed December 25, 2013.
Pointer to entry-specific
location of
primary information
entity.
Human or electronic
pointer to overall
reference.

35. InformaNon
discovery
interacNon
• Serendipity
• Layering
Data
modeling
management
Design
Concepts
Lessons
from
Linked
Data
for
Digital
HumaniNes
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2014
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DDeessiiggnn
ffoorr
CCoonntteexxtt
• OpNmizing
• Adaptability
Longevity
• Scalability
• Persistence

36. Design
Concepts
Lessons
from
Linked
Data
for
Digital
HumaniNes
|
SemTechBiz
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August,
2014
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©
DDeessiiggnn
ffoorr
CCoonntteexxtt
Create
EffecNvely
manage
and
use
your
data
Extend
Share
data
seamlessly
among
partners
Enrich
Integrate
with
broader
humaniNes
and
societal
data

37. Design
Concepts
Lessons
from
Linked
Data
for
Digital
Humani8es
www.designforcontext.com
Duane
Degler
@ddegler
duane@designforcontext.com
Neal
Johnson
@vanWinkleTunes
neal@designforcontext.com
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