Rainer Komp presented on representing eponymous Roman consuls in linked data. He discussed using Roman consuls as both chronological markers and person entities. An extensive process of machine-assisted entity detection, markup, and linking to authority records for consuls and prosopographical data would allow for original sources to be represented online in a structured, linked manner to enhance contextual understanding. Key challenges include representing related phenomena, applying this to other cultures and text genres, and accounting for uncertainties in the source data and state of research.

1. Zentrale Berlin www.dainst.org
Deutsches Archäologisches
Institut
Rainer Komp
Chronological Concepts of
the Ancient World in
Linked Data
- Roman Consuls as Eponyms -
Digital Classicist Seminar Berlin
11. Februar 2014

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intro
place
TIME
object
person

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delimitation
Delimitation
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primary sources
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year naming by eponyms
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Roman consuls
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technical infrastructure
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secondary attributions

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chronology
time reckoning
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calendar
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daily life
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agricultural cycle
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year counting
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administrative
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memory

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eponymy
*Eponymy 1
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Assyria
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limmu; 30 year cycle

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eponymy
Eponymy 2
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Greece
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archon eponymous in Athens
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ephoros in Sparta
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priest of Helios in Rhodos
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olympiads

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eponymy
Eponymy 3
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Rome
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2 yearly consuls
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fixed term, e.g.
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Lucio Cornelio Cnaeo Octavio consulibus
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auc (ab urbe condita / anno urbis conditae)

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sources
Text Sources
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literature
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inscriptions
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all media, e.g.
stone, ostraka, papyri, wooden tablets, wax tablets
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fasti consulares
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amphorae stamps
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coins

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digital resources
Digital Resources
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literature
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Perseus, (PHI)
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inscriptions
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Inscriptions of Aphrodisias ...
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Vindolanda tablets
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EDH
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papyri.info
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(EDR, EDB; EAGLE)
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amphorae stamps
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???
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coins
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ANS, OCRE
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consular lists
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wikipedia/dbpedia
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prosopography
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GND, VIAF, ...

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entity detection
Entity Detection

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metadata

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metadata

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text markup

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coss

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prosopography

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prosopography

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dual approach
Dual Approach
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linguistics
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NLP
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entity detection
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entity disambiguation
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tagging
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semantic classifying
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& referencing by URI
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Linked Data
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authority for consuls (URI)
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prosopographical data
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referenceable core data
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contextualisation

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summary
Summary
eponymous consuls as both chronological and
person entity
extensive machine assisted entity detection
and markup supported by
eponym terms
consul lists

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outcome
Outcome
blueprint for establishing authority instances
for eponymous offices using stable URIs
valid representation of original sources by
tagging with links to enriched authorities
machine actionable source data
enhance contexts by linking data

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challenges
More Challenges
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office related phaenomena
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other text genres
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further cultures / societies
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Epitheta
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other offices
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person names
in their temporal aspect
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general
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uncertainty
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fuzzy data
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revisions
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state of research/opinions

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Thank you for listening.