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D7.1: Quantity of access offered

Author: Carlo Meghini and Anna Molino, CNR (ISTI)

Ariadne is funded by the European Commission’s 7th Framework Programme.

Theviewsandopinionsexpressedinthisreportarethesoleresponsibilityoftheauthor(s)anddonotnecessarilyreflecttheviewsoftheEuropeanCommission.

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Version:1.0(final) 21stOctober2016

Authors: CarloMeghiniandAnnaMolino,CNR(ISTI)

DocumentHistory: • 25.08.2016–DraftVersion0.1Initialversionofthedocument

• 31.08.2016–Version1.0Revisedversionofthedocumentsubmittedtotheprojectcoordinatorforinternalqualitycontrol

• 2.9.2016–DeliveryofdrafttoUoYADSforqualitycontrolreview

• 18.10.2016–Draftreturnedbyreviewer

• 21.10.2016–Finalrevisiondeliveredbyauthortotheprojectco-ordinator

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ExecutiveSummary

ThisdeliverabledescribestheactivitiescarriedoutduringthethreeeditionsoftheSummerSchool“DesignofArchaeologicalDatasets”,hostedbythepartnerCNR–ISTI(NeMISLab)andreportstheresults achieved, relying on the feedback givenby the students at the endof each edition of thecourses.Thefeedbackquestionnairescompletedbytheattendeesarereportedinappendix.IntheECSurveysalltheparticipantsexpressedanoverallappreciationofthecoursebetween“Good”and“Very good”. Students globally expressed satisfaction for the scientific contents of the school,appreciating the outlines of the Semantic Web architecture, metadata structure and databasedesign.MostofthemdeclaredthecourseprovidedabroaderandclearerpictureoftheInformationTechnologyaspectsandtoolsavailabletodesignthedatacollectedinarchaeologicalresearch.

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TableofContents

1 IntroductionandObjectives.......................................................................................5

2 ARIADNE“Designofarchaeologicaldatasets”SummerSchools..................................7

2.1 Year1(July14–18,2014).........................................................................................................7

2.2 Year2(July6–10,2015).........................................................................................................10

2.3 Year3(July4–8,2016)...........................................................................................................12

3 Evaluationandresults..............................................................................................14

4 Conclusions..............................................................................................................16

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1 IntroductionandObjectivesCNR-ISTI is the CNR Institute devoted to ICT research in Pisa, and theNeMIS Lab involved in theactivityreportedherecarriesoutresearchanddevelopstechnologiesfor(a)modellinginformationsystemsusingSemanticWeblanguagesandtechnologies,(b)digitallibraryservices,and(c)servicesformultimediainformationretrieval.Amongotherprojects,theNeMISLabisanactiveparticipantinthebuildingofEuropeanasinceitsinceptionin2007.

InthecontextoftheARIADNEproject,theNEMISLabhasmadeitsexpertiseavailableforthedesignof archaeological datasets and thesauri based on SemanticWeb languages and technologies, theconversion of legacy datasets, the definition of metadata schemas compliant with relevantinternationalstandards,mappingtothosestandardsusingexistingmetadataschemas,aswellastheformaldescriptionoftheresultsinappropriatestandardlanguagessuchasOWL,SKOS,etc.NEMIShaslong-standingexperiencederivingfromparticipationindigitallibraryprojects.

The services the NEMIS Lab currently offers are organised either within higher education or oneducationprojects.Thelatterareofferedondemand.Theyhaveconcerneddigitallibraryactivityinthe framework of Europeana-related projects, among others. Teams from the collaboratinginstitutionshavespentperiodsoftimeatCNRdesigningthenecessaryoperationstogether,followedbyon-lineremotesupport.

TheTeamattheNEMISLabinvolvedintheTransNationalAccessactivityinARIADNEhasformedataskforcetoaddressspecificintegrationissues,andmaysupportuserswillingtodeveloptheirownarchaeologicaldatasets,convertthemandintegratethemintowiderframeworksasARIADNE.Thetask force includes: Carlo Meghini, scientist responsible for the NEMIS Lab in ARIADNE, CesareConcordia and Franca Debole, researchers, Nicola Aloia, senior technician, and Anna Molino,research assistant on financial and organisational matters. The task force also includes AchilleFelicetti, researcheratPIN,whohasbeen invitedasanexpertonArchaeologicaldatamodelsandontologies.

TheobjectivesoftheTNAopportunityaretoprovideguidanceandassistresearchers,inperson,forspecialkindsofactivitiesconcerningparticularlycomplexlegacydata,orinvolvingchallengingtasks,e.g. conversion fromdata formatswhich are no longer supported to using standards; introducingsemanticannotationfunctionalityonpreviousdatasets;creatinganewdatasetfromanaloguedata,andsoon.Also,mappingmetadataschemasandextractingmetadatatobeusedasintegratingkeys(e.g.spatialinformation)wereaddressed.

Inordertoachievetheseobjectives,andafterconsultationwithintheARIADNEConsortium,aworkprogrammewasdeveloped,consistingofthreeintertwinedactivities:

AformaleducationactivitycarriedoutbyCarloMeghini,CesareConcordiaandAchilleFelicetti.Theprogrammeofthisactivitywillbeillustratedindetaillaterinthisdocument.

A project presentation activity, duringwhich the attendees presented their research project, andillustratedthespecificresearchproblemstheyexpectedtoaddressduringtheTNA.Theseproblems

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concerned both legacy data as well as new datasets to be created, typically in the context ofdoctoraltheses.

Acollaborationactivity,duringwhichthetaskforcemembersinteractedwiththeattendeesinorderto help them address their problems, discussing designing options, relevant standards, andappropriatevocabularies,ontologiesandknowledgeorganisationsystems.

Each activity has been carried out in a highly interactive way. The attendees had ampleopportunitiestoaskquestionsaswellasrequestmoreelaborationonspecifictopics.Overall,eachattendeespentaweekintheNEMISLab,foreacheditionofthecourse.

Eacheditionofthecoursewasappropriatelyadvertisedbytheprojectthroughallitsdisseminationchannels, including the web site, the newsletter, social media channels etc., as well as duringtraining and dissemination activity, as described within the set of networking activities. Theseincludecommunicationatarchaeologicalconferencesandsymposia.

The applications were evaluated by the task force and the outcome of the evaluation was alsodiscussedwiththeproject’suserselectionpanel,soastoachieveuniformityofjudgment.

Therestofthedocumentisorganizedasfollows:

• Section2illustratestheprogramandattendanceforeacheditionofthecourse• Section3presentsanevaluationoftheTNA,basedonthefeedbackoftheattendees• Section4concludes• The appendix reports the individual evaluation reports by the attendees over the whole

three-yearperiod.

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2 ARIADNE “Design of archaeological datasets”SummerSchools

2.1 Year1(July14–18,2014)

ThefirsteditionoftheARIADNESummerSchool“Designofarchaeologicaldatasets”washeldfromJuly14thtoJuly18th2014inthepremisesofCNR–ISTIinPisa.Thedetailedprogrammeispresentedinthetableonnextpage.

Afteraninitialsessiondedicatedtoabriefintroductionofthestudents’profiles,researchquestionsanddata, thebasicsofwebarchitectureand theSemanticWebwerepresented, layingdown thefundamentalelementsoftheprogrammetofollow.Withthebasicelementslaiddown,ananalysisof the research questions and data was carried out by the participants in the afternoon of thesecondday.ThecoursethenenteredintothelanguagesoftheSemanticWeb,startingwithRDFasthe tool for setting up semantic networks, thenmoving onto ontologies as a powerfulmeans oforganising knowledge within a semantic network. The Semantic Web language for expressingontologies was then introduced. On the fourth day of the course, the specifics of using thesetechnologieswitharchaeologicaldatawereaddressed,bypresenting theCIDOCCRM,a standard,topontology fordata integration,withanextensionfor therepresentationofarchaeologicaldata.TheCRMisthebestcandidateforthecourseasitsupportsboththeexploitationoflegacydata(viaintegration) and the modeling of newly created data (via its archaeological extension). On theafternoonofthefourthday,thestudentsweregiventheopportunityofapplyingwhattheylearnedthusfar on their data. This section includedhands-on sessions on the tools surrounding the CRM,especiallythe3Mtoolsforeditingontologymappingsandforapplyingthemtothecreationofnewdata.Themorningofthelastdaywasdevotedtotheproduction,consumption,andpublicationofLinked Data. The course concluded with another interactive session, during which the attendeeswere given the opportunity to askmore technical questions, as well as provide feedback on thecourse.Duringthissession,itwasunderstoodthatthecoursewouldbenefitfromalecturedevotedtotheillustrationoftheconceptualbasesofsemanticmodeling,whichwerenotentirelyknowntosomeoftheattendees.Theadvicewastakenintoaccountintheprogrammeofthesecondyear.

Classeswere conductedbyCarloMeghini (CNR– ISTI), supportedbyAchille Felicetti (PIN) for thesession on Metadata schemas and standards for Archaeological and Architectural Heritage, andCesareConcordia(CNR–ISTI)forthesessiononLinkedData.

Three applicants were selected and received scholarships provided by ARIADNE to coverparticipation fees, board and lodging, and travel expenses. Their names, nationalities, affiliations,andpositionsarereportedinthefollowingtable:

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NameandSurname Nationality Affiliation Position

CarlottaCapurro Italian VisualDimensioncompany(Belgium)

Researcher

DarìoPeñaPascual Spanish UniversityofSantiagodeCompostela(Spain)

PhDStudent

MichellePfeiffer Belgian UniversityofHeidelberg(Germany)

PhDStudent

Reimbursementswereallowedforamaximumof€800perparticipant.

Anna Molino (CNR – ISTI) acted as local reference person for organisational aspects, from thecollectionofthestudents’documentationforthereimbursementstothelogisticalsupporton-site.

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SummerSchoolon“Designofarchaeologicaldatasets”Pisa,14-18July2014

IstitutodiScienzaedelleTecnologiedell’Informazione,Pisa,Italy.

Programme

MondayJuly14TuesdayJuly15

WednesdayJuly16

ThursdayJuly17

FridayJuly18

9.30–12.30

BasicsWebarchitecture,theSemanticWeb,URI,XML,XMLSchema

TheResourceDescriptionFrameworkSyntax,RDFvocabulary,RDFSchema,Semantics,Inferences,SPARQL

MetadataschemasandstandardsforArchaeologicalandArchitecturalHeritageCriticaloverviewonmetadataschemasandstandardsforCHdocumentation

LinkedDataProducing,consuming,publishingLinkedDataDemonstration

12.30–14.30

Lunchbreak

Lunchbreak

Lunchbreak

Lunchbreak

Lunchbreak

14.30–17.30

WelcomeandintroductiontothesummerschoolPresentationoftheresearchquestions&databytheparticipants

Analysisoftheresearchquestions&databytheparticipants

OntologiesDefinition,theOntologyWebLanguageOWL2,theontologyeditorProtégé

Designofmetadataforarchaeologicaldatasets:hands-onsessionEachparticipantwillbeassistedinthedesignofmetadataforhis/herarchaeologicaldataset

Lessonlearned,questionsandfeedbackfromparticipantsConclusions

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2.2 Year2(July6–10,2015)

The second edition of the ARIADNE Summer School “Design of archaeological datasets”was held

fromJuly6th

toJuly10th

2015inthepremisesofCNR–ISTIinPisa.

Theprogramme(seetablenextpage)wasthesameastheonefollowedthepreviousyear,withan

important exception: a lecture on the principles of data and conceptual modelling was included

amongstthebasics,onthemorningofthesecondday.Thislecturereplacedthemoretechnicalones

onXML,whichinthiseditionofthecoursewaspresentedinamoreconciseway.

Classeswere conductedbyCarloMeghini (CNR– ISTI), supportedbyAchille Felicetti (PIN) for the

session on Metadata schemas and standards for Archaeological and Architectural Heritage, and

CesareConcordia(CNR–ISTI)forthesessiononLinkedData.

FiveapplicantswereselectedandreceivedscholarshipsprovidedbyARIADNEtocoverparticipation

fees,boardand lodging,and travelexpenses.Theirnames,nationalities, affiliations,andpositions

arereportedinthefollowingtable:


EdeltraudAspöck Austrian AustrianAcademyof

Science(ÖAW)(Austria)

Researcher

ChristinaRoditou Cypriot TheCyprusInstitute

(Cyprus)

PhDcandidate

AnaCláudiaOliveira

Silveira

Portuguese UniversidadeNovade

Lisboa(Portugal)

PhDcandidate

LauraStelson German GermanArchaeological

Institute

Student

SetaStuhec Slovenian AustrianAcademyof

Science(ÖAW)(Austria)

PhDStudent


Anna Molino (CNR – ISTI) acted as local reference person for organisational aspects, from the

collectionofthestudents’documentationforthereimbursementstothelogisticalsupporton-site.

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Programme

MondayJuly6

TuesdayJuly7

WednesdayJuly8

ThursdayJuly9

FridayJuly10

9.30–12.30

BasicsPrinciplesofDataandConceptualModeling.Webarchitecture,thesemanticweb,URI,XML.

ModelingwiththeResourceDescriptionFrameworkRDFSyntax.AbstractionmechanismsandRDFSchema.RDFSeman-tics,Inferences,SPARQL



12.30–14.30

Lunchbreak

Lunchbreak

Lunchbreak

Lunchbreak

Lunchbreak

14.30–17.30



OntologiesDefinitionandexamples,theOntologyweblanguageOWL2,theontologyeditorProtégé



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2.3 Year3(July4–8,2016)

ThethirdandfinaleditionoftheARIADNESummerSchool“Designofarchaeologicaldatasets”washeldfromJuly4thtoJuly8th2016inthepremisesofCNR–ISTIinPisa.

Programme(seetablenextpage)andlecturerswerethesameasthoseofthepreviousyear.

Fiveapplicantswereselectedinitially.However,onlythreewereabletoparticipateandreceivedthescholarships provided by ARIADNE to cover participation fees, board and lodging, and travelexpenses.Theirnames,nationalities,affiliations,andpositionsarereportedinthefollowingtable:


IoannisAliprantis Greek UniversityoftheAegean(Greece)

PhDcandidate

KenHanley Irish TransportInfrastructureIreland(TII)(Ireland)

ProjectManager

NikolaosKapellas Greek IonianUniversity(Greece)

MAstudent


Anna Molino (CNR – ISTI) acted as local reference person for organisational aspects, from thecollectionofthestudents’documentationforthereimbursementstothelogisticalsupporton-site.

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Programme

MondayJuly4TuesdayJuly5

WednesdayJuly6

ThursdayJuly7

FridayJuly8

9.30–12.30

BasicsPrinciplesofSemanticDataModeling.Webarchitecture,thesemanticweb,URI,XML.

ModelingwiththeResourceDescriptionFrameworkRDFSyntax.AbstractionmechanismsandRDFSchema.RDFSeman-tics,Inferences,SPARQL



12.30–14.30

Lunchbreak

Lunchbreak

Lunchbreak

Lunchbreak

Lunchbreak

14.30–17.30



OntologiesDefinitionandexamples,theOntologyweblanguageOWL2,theontologyeditorProtégé



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3 EvaluationandresultsAll students filled in both the online “EC User Group” questionnaire(https://ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/runner/RIsurveyUSERS) and the “ARIADNE TNA User FeedbackReport”(http://www.ariadne-infrastructure.eu/Transnational-Access/User-feedback-report).

Themajority of the participants of the three editions came from the academia; only two out ofelevenwereemployedintheindustry:

Fig.1:Distributionofthebackgroundoftheparticipants

Threeparticipantswereprofessionals (two researchers andoneprojectmanager); the rest of thepeopleenrolledwerebothPhD(6)orMA(2)students:

Fig.2:Distributionoftheprofessionalbackgroundoftheparticipants

As for the evaluation of the schools, in the EC Surveys all the participants expressed an overallappreciationofthecoursebetween“Good”and“Verygood”.

Themajorityoftheparticipantsdeclaredthattheywouldnotbeabletoattendtheschoolwithoutthescholarshipsgrantedbytheproject.

Most of the students learned about the ARIADNE Summer Schools and the possibility of beingsupportedbyabursaryfrompersonalcontacts(e.g.academictutors)orviatheprojectwebsite.One

Participants'background

Academia Industry

Participants'jobs

Professionals PhDStudents MAstudents

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person was notified by the Infrastructure’s mailing list, while another found about the coursethroughtheNationalContactPoint(NCP).

Indeed,inthe“ARIADNETNAUserFeedbackReports”1themajorityofthestudentssuggestedthattheproject could improve theTransnationalAccess throughamoreefficientdisseminationof thecoursesoffered(workshopsaswellassummerschools).

Students globally expressed satisfaction for the scientific contents of the school, appreciating theoutlinesofsemanticwebandarchitecture,metadatastructureanddatabasedesign.Mostofthemdeclared that the course provided a broader and clearer picture of the Information Technologyaspectsandthetoolsavailabletodesignthedatacollectedinthearchaeologicalresearch.

Besides dissemination, themain suggestions givenby the attendees concerns thedurationof thecourse,thepossibilityofhavingmorehands-onsessionsandthesizeoftheclasses.Themajorityofthemwould have liked to spendmore time practicing the concepts introduced in class, possiblyrelating practical examples to their own research. They would also have appreciated a morepopulatedclasses,eventhoughthedirectrelationwiththeteachersandthecontactsestablishedattheendoftheschoolhavebeenreallywellevaluatedbyalmostalltheparticipants.

1DetailsonthefeedbackgivenbythestudentsparticipatingintheARIADNETNAareavailableintheSection5Appendix.

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4 ConclusionsInconclusion, theTNAontheDesignofArchaeologicalDatasets fulfilled itsobjectives,byofferingtheattendeesas completeaspossiblepictureofhow the languagesof the SemanticWeb canbeapplied to the integration of legacy datasets and to the development of new datasets inarchaeology. Inparticular, theattendeeshavebeengivenacompleteviewof thecurrent stateofthe languages for encoding (URIs, XML) andexpressing (RDF) archaeological knowledge,basedonontology(OWL)inthearchaeologicaldomain(CIDOCCRM,CRMArchaeo).

During itsoffering,thecoursehasbeenmodifiedtoadjusttothebackgroundoftheattendees,sothatthesecondandthirdeditionsincludedasurveyoftheprinciplesofsemanticmodeling.

Attendancehasbeengood,andfeedbackwasoverallbetweenpositiveandverypositive.

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