DBpedia in the Japanese
LOD cloud
Fumihiro Kato
Japanese Chapter
Research Organization of Information and Systems
3rd DBpedia Community Meeting 2015, 9 Feb. 2015
Japanese LOD?
JLDC: Japanese Linked Data cloud
1. Published by Japanese organization or people
2. Including Japanese labels
3. More than 1000 triples
4. More than 10 links to/from LOD Cloud or/and JLDC
5. Dereferenceable IRIs, dataset dumps or SPARQL Endpoint
6. Open license: optional
Criteria
In 2011...
DBpedia Japanese
• Since May 2012
• Data hub for Japanese resources
• To promote LOD in Japan
• To connect datasets in Japanese
• Linking to
• RDFized Japanese WordNet
• Japenese Wikipedia Ontology
• Other DBpedia chapters
Jay Walsh, Wikimedia Conference Japan 2009
http://www.slideshare.net/jayawalsh/wmf-present-wikiconference-japan-nov-2009
JLDC: 19 Jun. 2013
• 17 datasets
DBpedia
Japanese
WordNet-ja
Japanese
Wikipedia
Ontology
Kyoto
Manga
Museum
Aozora
Bunko
LSJ
NDL Authority
LC
VIAF
DBpedia
LODAC
Museum
save
MLAK
LODAC
Species
Freebase
Yokohama
Art LOD
PinQA
SOCIA
Biomass
pedia
Life Science
Media
GLAM
LOD Cloud
Geographic
Cross-domain
Open license
Fumihiro Kato, 2013-06-19
CiNii
KAKEN
Open
DATA
METI
Statistics
Government
JLDC: 15 Oct. 2013
• 21 datasets
DBpedia
Japanese
WordNet-ja
Japanese
Wikipedia
Ontology
Kyoto
Manga
Museum
Aozora
Bunko
LSJ
NDL
Authorities
LC
VIAF
DBpedia
LODAC
Museum
save
MLAK
LODAC
Species
Freebase
Yokohama
Art LOD
PinQA
SOCIA
Biomass
pedia
CiNii
KAKEN
Open
DATA
METI
Statistics
GeoLOD
Neji
LOD
LOD Cloud
Life Science Cross-domain
Open license Fumihiro Kato, 2013-10-15
Media Government
GeographicIndustry
Earthquake
Archives
Fukushima
GeonamesRIHN
Publication
User generated content
JLDC: 10 Mar. 2014
• 27 datasets
DBpedia
Japanese
Japanese
Wikipedia
Ontology
LSJ
NDL
Authorities
LCVIAF
DBpedia
LODAC
Museum
save
MLAK
Freebase
Yokohama
Art LOD
PinQA
SOCIA
Biomass
pedia
LODAC
Species
Kyoto
Manga
Museum
WordNet-ja
Aozora
Bunko
CiNii
KAKEN
GeoLOD
Earthquake
Archives
Fukushima
Geonames
RIHN
LOD Cloud
Open license Fumihiro Kato, 2014-03-10
Publication
Life Science Cross-domain
Media Government
GeographicIndustry
User generated content
LSD
i-Scover
Allie
Senkyo
Statdb
Michishi
ru
N-ken
LOD
Open
DATA
METI
N-ken LOD
• “Screw” data for EDI
from http://monodzukurilod.org/neji/
GeoLOD
• GeoNLP Project
• NLP dataset for
(flawed) Place names
https://geonlp.ex.nii.ac.jp/
http://fukushima.archive-disasters.jp/
27 → 14
DBpedia
Japanese
Japanese
Wikipedia
Ontology
LSJ
NDL
Authorities
LCVIAF
DBpedia
LODAC
Museum
save
MLAK
Freebase
Yokohama
Art LOD
PinQA
SOCIA
Biomass
pedia
LODAC
Species
Kyoto
Manga
Museum
WordNet-ja
Aozora
Bunko
CiNii
KAKEN
GeoLOD
Earthquake
Archives
Fukushima
Geonames
RIHN
LOD Cloud
Open license Fumihiro Kato, 2014-03-10
Publication
Life Science Cross-domain
Media Government
GeographicIndustry
User generated content
LSD
i-Scover
Allie
Senkyo
Statdb
Michishi
ru
N-ken
LOD
Open
DATA
METI
DBpedia
Japanese
Japanese
Wikipedia
Ontology
NDL
Authorities
LCVIAF
DBpedia
LODAC
Museum
Freebase
SOCIA
LODAC
Species
GeoLOD
Earthquake
Archives
Fukushima
Geonames
RIHN
LOD Cloud
Open license Fumihiro Kato, 2014-03-10
Publication
Life Science Cross-domain
Media Government
GeographicIndustry
User generated content
LSD
Allie
N-ken
LOD
Open
DATA
METIi-Scover
Community projects
DBpedia Mappings Party
• Mappings tasks are not easy...
• Wikipedia Template
• DBpedia Ontology
• Well known vocabularies
• Two hands-on sessions
• Aug. 2012: 10 people
• Mar. 2013: 25 people
WIkipedia Town
• Since Feb. 2013
• Strolling around town to edit Wikipedia (and OSM)
https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/プロジェクト:アウトリーチ/ウィキペディアタウン
Librarian
Citizens
Facilitator
Wikipedian
Edit
Provide references
Support to edit
Request references for targets
Select targets
Negotiate if needed
Visit / Take photos
Request support
StaffGuide
http://lod.sfc.keio.ac.jp/challenge2014/
Idea
Dataset
Application
Visualization
Fundamental
Technology
Summary
• Linked Data in Japan is steadily expanding
– Started by the research project
– Extended to various areas
– Having problems with dereferenceable IRIs
• Creating a local chapter of DBpedia is a key to promote Linked Data in
the local language
– A hub in the local language
– A platform to make datasets and applications by local communities
Email: fumi@fumi.me, Twitter: @fumi1

DBpedia in the Japanese LOD cloud

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    DBpedia in theJapanese LOD cloud Fumihiro Kato Japanese Chapter Research Organization of Information and Systems 3rd DBpedia Community Meeting 2015, 9 Feb. 2015
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    JLDC: Japanese LinkedData cloud 1. Published by Japanese organization or people 2. Including Japanese labels 3. More than 1000 triples 4. More than 10 links to/from LOD Cloud or/and JLDC 5. Dereferenceable IRIs, dataset dumps or SPARQL Endpoint 6. Open license: optional Criteria
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    DBpedia Japanese • SinceMay 2012 • Data hub for Japanese resources • To promote LOD in Japan • To connect datasets in Japanese • Linking to • RDFized Japanese WordNet • Japenese Wikipedia Ontology • Other DBpedia chapters
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    Jay Walsh, WikimediaConference Japan 2009 http://www.slideshare.net/jayawalsh/wmf-present-wikiconference-japan-nov-2009
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    JLDC: 19 Jun.2013 • 17 datasets DBpedia Japanese WordNet-ja Japanese Wikipedia Ontology Kyoto Manga Museum Aozora Bunko LSJ NDL Authority LC VIAF DBpedia LODAC Museum save MLAK LODAC Species Freebase Yokohama Art LOD PinQA SOCIA Biomass pedia Life Science Media GLAM LOD Cloud Geographic Cross-domain Open license Fumihiro Kato, 2013-06-19 CiNii KAKEN Open DATA METI Statistics Government
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    JLDC: 15 Oct.2013 • 21 datasets DBpedia Japanese WordNet-ja Japanese Wikipedia Ontology Kyoto Manga Museum Aozora Bunko LSJ NDL Authorities LC VIAF DBpedia LODAC Museum save MLAK LODAC Species Freebase Yokohama Art LOD PinQA SOCIA Biomass pedia CiNii KAKEN Open DATA METI Statistics GeoLOD Neji LOD LOD Cloud Life Science Cross-domain Open license Fumihiro Kato, 2013-10-15 Media Government GeographicIndustry Earthquake Archives Fukushima GeonamesRIHN Publication User generated content
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    JLDC: 10 Mar.2014 • 27 datasets DBpedia Japanese Japanese Wikipedia Ontology LSJ NDL Authorities LCVIAF DBpedia LODAC Museum save MLAK Freebase Yokohama Art LOD PinQA SOCIA Biomass pedia LODAC Species Kyoto Manga Museum WordNet-ja Aozora Bunko CiNii KAKEN GeoLOD Earthquake Archives Fukushima Geonames RIHN LOD Cloud Open license Fumihiro Kato, 2014-03-10 Publication Life Science Cross-domain Media Government GeographicIndustry User generated content LSD i-Scover Allie Senkyo Statdb Michishi ru N-ken LOD Open DATA METI
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    N-ken LOD • “Screw”data for EDI from http://monodzukurilod.org/neji/
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    GeoLOD • GeoNLP Project •NLP dataset for (flawed) Place names https://geonlp.ex.nii.ac.jp/
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    27 → 14 DBpedia Japanese Japanese Wikipedia Ontology LSJ NDL Authorities LCVIAF DBpedia LODAC Museum save MLAK Freebase Yokohama ArtLOD PinQA SOCIA Biomass pedia LODAC Species Kyoto Manga Museum WordNet-ja Aozora Bunko CiNii KAKEN GeoLOD Earthquake Archives Fukushima Geonames RIHN LOD Cloud Open license Fumihiro Kato, 2014-03-10 Publication Life Science Cross-domain Media Government GeographicIndustry User generated content LSD i-Scover Allie Senkyo Statdb Michishi ru N-ken LOD Open DATA METI DBpedia Japanese Japanese Wikipedia Ontology NDL Authorities LCVIAF DBpedia LODAC Museum Freebase SOCIA LODAC Species GeoLOD Earthquake Archives Fukushima Geonames RIHN LOD Cloud Open license Fumihiro Kato, 2014-03-10 Publication Life Science Cross-domain Media Government GeographicIndustry User generated content LSD Allie N-ken LOD Open DATA METIi-Scover
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    DBpedia Mappings Party •Mappings tasks are not easy... • Wikipedia Template • DBpedia Ontology • Well known vocabularies • Two hands-on sessions • Aug. 2012: 10 people • Mar. 2013: 25 people
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    WIkipedia Town • SinceFeb. 2013 • Strolling around town to edit Wikipedia (and OSM) https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/プロジェクト:アウトリーチ/ウィキペディアタウン
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    Librarian Citizens Facilitator Wikipedian Edit Provide references Support toedit Request references for targets Select targets Negotiate if needed Visit / Take photos Request support StaffGuide
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    Summary • Linked Datain Japan is steadily expanding – Started by the research project – Extended to various areas – Having problems with dereferenceable IRIs • Creating a local chapter of DBpedia is a key to promote Linked Data in the local language – A hub in the local language – A platform to make datasets and applications by local communities
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