Linked Open Data for Digital Humanities

This book

book illustrates how information is captured, published, represented, accessed, and interpreted using computational systems and, in doing so, shows how technologies actively shape the way we understand what we encounter.

Has an inherently international focus, as it dives into underlying Web architecture and projects accessible online

Employs interdisciplinary case study examples that include bibliographic data from works published in England between 1470 and 1700; literature from ancient Iraq; jazz performances, predominantly from the USA in the 1930s; and even reach as far as an alien, fictional future. Whilst these case study examples span vast spatio-temporal distances, they all share a common thread in the use of the Linked Data information publication paradigm.

discusses technological issues in the context of Humanities scholarship, bridging disciplines and enabling informed conversations across disciplinary boundaries.

will be of interest to humanities scholars, computer and data scientists, and library and information scientists.