the poster, presented at JaDH2015, gives an overwiev of the collaborative work on common names for living organisms in the framework of research infrastructures and semantic web towards cultural concepts under the conceptual leadership of austrian academy of sciences (centre for digital humanities) and natural history museum vienna. this poster was established during the internship and by megumi kurobe at AAS, who presented it as well in the framwork of the congress.

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OPENING UP JAPANESE RESOURCES
FOR A PAN-EUROPEAN COMMON NAMES WEBSERVICE
5 STEPS TOWARDS LINKED OPEN DATA HUMANITIES
MEGUMI KUROBE (megumi.kurobe@gmail.com), EVELINE WANDL-VOGT (eveline.wandl-vogt@oeaw.ac.at)
HEIMO RAINER (heimo.rainer@nhm-wien.ac.at), THIERRY DECLERCK (declerck@dfki.de)
CHITSUKO FUKUSHIMA (chitsuko@unii.ac.jp)
Tanpopo, Chanpopo,
Nigana, Kuzina,
Amefuribana, Chichigusa,
Ganbozi, Mekurabana,
Bibiga, Berorookararoo,
Danbunocici etc…
Linguistic Atlas of Japan (dandelion) [3]
WBÖ [2]
Krötenblume, Meidistel,
Milchdistel, Saudistel,
Meitocke, bayrisches
Vergiss-mein-nicht,
Männertreu, Flug,
Hundsalat, Fackenblüme,
Milchrose, Meitasche etc…
ANALYSIS OF PLANT NAMES
o Comparing several cultures and languages/language varieties
 common features and differences
 similar, but no synonyms
o Expansion of research fields to interdisciplinary and
international approach
• botanic/taxonomical, linguistic research
 cultural, ethnological, sociological, etc.
flos
Model [1] for
one signifier variation
signified
signifier
Blume
花
Plůme
Model for several
variations of signifier
EXAMPLE
shape
taste
colour Effect
purpose
Time of
bloom
place
superstition
derisive
expression
Child’s game
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Genus “Taraxacum”
European-Asiatic Floras
Species in Austria & Japan
• names  species?
• = botanical/taxonomical
names?
Backgrounds of name givers
Derisive expression
bayrisches Vergiss-mein-nicht
= ‘Bavarian forget-me-not’
bayrisches Enzian
= ‘Bavarian gentian’
• Extraordinary name for ordinary things
o Holzpyjama ‘wood pyjamas’ for coffin
o Gänsewein ‘goose wine’ for water
Role of children
in Japanese society
Tanpopo, Bibiga,
Berorookararoo, Danbunicici
• Names of children’s games /
children’s names for plants
 dialect plant names
structure of a family
REFERENCES
[1] Saussure, Ferdinand de (2001): Grundfragen der allgemeinen Sprachwissenschaft.
3.Aufl. Berlin [u.a.]: de Gruyter,.Here P 76. The original example with arbor ‘tree’ is
replaced by flos ‘flower’.
[2] Das Wörterbuch der bairischen Mundarten in Österreich. Austrian Academy of
Sciences.
http://hw.oeaw.ac.at/wboe/31206.xml?frames=yes. Accessed on 17/08/2015.
[3] Linguistic Atlas of Japan, Topic “Dandelion”. From
http://www.ninjal.ac.jp/s_data/drep/laj_map/LAJ_241.pdf. Accessed on 17/08/2015.
Concepts for dialect names of Taraxacum
COMMON NAMES WEBSERVICE - RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURES - SEMANTIC WEB
scientific name + common name
Catalogue
of Life
PESI
+ 20 local
databases
554,820 unique common names
699 language varieties
162,880 scientific names with at least one common name representation [18.8.2015]
517 common names of Taraxacum officinale [24.8.2015]
Convert dictionary data
into a digital format
Create an interactive web
service with various resources
Enrich the service with
collaborative expertise
Create several paths for
access & analysis
Connect & globalize data,
services, as well as people
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etc…
etc…
5 STEPS
Resource types
botanic
taxonomical
linguistic
etymological
Social
mediacultural
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ナ・スミレ・スモ
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