- Wikidata e la ricerca. Condividere esperienze / Wikidata and Research. Sharing Experiences
- Edited by Elena Marangoni, Camillo Carlo Pellizzari di San Girolamo
Wikidata and the Thesaurus Nuovo Soggettario: Together to Build a Domain Ontology in the Field of Photography
- Alida Daniele
- Silvia Bruni
- Fabrizio Nunnari
- Elena Cencetti
- Elisabetta Viti
- Francesca Palareti
- © 2026 Author(s) |
- CC BY 4.0
- DOI: 10.36253/979-12-215-1010-2.39
The project aims to build a domain ontology on photography in Wikidata, in dialogue with the Nuovo soggettario of the National Central Library of Florence, the official Italian subject indexing tool for resources of various kinds. In the Nuovo soggettario, terms are organized in a hierarchical structure (from the most general to the most specific), while in Wikidata, entities are defined through their properties and relationships. Aligning conceptual hierarchies and enriching both databases with new terms and links to other Knowledge Organization Systems (KOSs) highlights the value of participatory semantic modeling to enhance interoperability between tools and cultural resources.
- Keywords:
- Nuovo soggettario,
- ontology,
- searchability,
- accessibility,
- interoperability,
- reusability of tools and information resources,
University of Florence, Italy
University of Florence, Italy - ORCID: 0000-0001-5461-8226
University of Florence, Italy
Ales S.p.A., Italy
Central National Library of Florence, Italy - ORCID: 0000-0002-7627-4062
University of Florence, Italy
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Chapter Information
Chapter Title
Wikidata and the Thesaurus Nuovo Soggettario: Together to Build a Domain Ontology in the Field of Photography
Authors
Alida Daniele, Silvia Bruni, Fabrizio Nunnari, Elena Cencetti, Elisabetta Viti, Francesca Palareti
Language
English
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-1010-2.39
Peer Reviewed
Publication Year
2026
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© 2026 Author(s)
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title
Wikidata e la ricerca. Condividere esperienze / Wikidata and Research. Sharing Experiences
Book Subtitle
Atti del Convegno, Firenze, 5-6 giugno 2025 / Conference proceedings, Florence, 5-6 June 2025
Editors
Elena Marangoni, Camillo Carlo Pellizzari di San Girolamo
Peer Reviewed
Number of Pages
378
Publication Year
2026
Copyright Information
© 2026 Author(s)
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Metadata License
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Firenze University Press
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-1010-2
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979-12-215-1009-6
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979-12-215-1010-2
Series Title
Studi e saggi
Series ISSN
2704-6478
Series E-ISSN
2704-5919