Linked Open Archives (LOA): An Experience of Graph Interaction for Archival Collections on the Web

• Rodrigo Oliveira Fluminense Federal University (UFF) http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0119-1529
• Jair Martins de Miranda Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro (UNIRIO) https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9358-2940
• Alison Filgueiras State University of Goiás (UEG) https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9823-8943

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5753/wide.2024.245479

Abstract

This paper presents the prototype of the Linked Open Archives (LOA) platform, which combines knowledge graphs and semantic web technologies to organize and visualize archival collections based on the Records in Contexts (RiC-O) ontology. LOA enables the interactive exploration of historical documents, connecting entities and relationships, and enabling search and navigation with interactive graphs and SPARQL queries. The research provides insights into using interactive graphs in human-data visualization and interaction.

Keywords: knowledge graphs, semantic web, linked open data

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