Hi Sindhu, For a deep understanding of the reasoning used by archaeologists in representing temporal periods, you might like to read the 2004 paper 'Supporting Chronological Reasoning in Archaeology' by Martin Doerr of the ICS Forth research institute in Crete, one of the authors of the CIDOC Conceptual Reference Model standard ontology that underpins Arches. That's available online at https://www.ics.forth.gr/isl/publications/paperlink/caa2004_supporting_chronological_reasoning.pdf
Good luck! Ed > Abstract. This paper is a study on the formal representation of the information concerning archaeological finds and historical data that is relevant to the discourse about chronology. It aims at contributing to the theoretical foundations of chronological reasoning in Archaeology. Starting from the ontological analysis of the CIDOC CRM (ISO/CD21127), we define and classify elements of archaeological and historical evidence through the kinds of their chronological consequences and the complexity of chronological reasoning that they can support. Our work also aims at identifying broad categories that may allow for generalization and unification of the vast variety of methods discussed in the literature. Moreover, we identify five classes of evidence and background knowledge for temporal reasoning, and suggest a generalized interval-based formalism. > From: archesproject@googlegroups.com [mailto:archesproject@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of dwuthr...@fargeo.com Sent: 11 March 2014 18:54 To: Sindhu Kiranmai Ernala Cc: Alexei Peters; archesproject@googlegroups.com; Karl Fogel Subject: Re: [Arches] Re: We are now in GSoC Student Application period. Hi Sindhu, I can give you a bit more detail on the Spatio-Temporal relationships idea for Arches. There are really two ways to think about spatial and temporal data in Arches. One way is to consider how time affects the interpretation of cultural heritage. For example, periods (like the neolithic) are expressed as "years before present". But the neolithic period has different "time before present" values depending on where you are (e.g.: England vs. Greece vs. Australia). So there is a spatial component to the concept of periods. And this relationship could be incorporated into Arches graphs and thesauri. A second way to think about spatio-temporal relationships is to consider how they could be used to enhance filtering an Arches database for records. Perhaps there is a way to better query an Arches database (and improve the search UI) by implementing better temporal filtering of resources. The first (graph-based) way is pretty theoretical, and would be best suited for some one interested in working closely with the CIDOC CRM and resource graphs. The second idea is much more practical, as it would focus on enhancing how users query Arches to find specific records. Hope this provides some guidance for you and your proposal. Cheers, Dennis Wuthrich On Mar 11, 2014, at 11:09, Sindhu Kiranmai Ernala <eskiranma...@gmail.com<mailto:eskiranma...@gmail.com>> wrote: Thanks for your reply :) Will surely do that. On Tue, Mar 11, 2014 at 11:36 PM, Alexei Peters <apet...@fargeo.com<mailto:apet...@fargeo.com>> wrote: Hi Sindhu, There are potentially several people that could be mentors for this project. I for one, but also Dennis, and Rob. Feel free to address questions to us, but please continue doing it within this forum. Cheers, Alexei Director of Web Development - Farallon Geographics, Inc. - 971.227.3173 On Tue, Mar 11, 2014 at 8:45 AM, Sindhu Kiranmai Ernala <eskiranma...@gmail.com<mailto:eskiranma...@gmail.com>> wrote: Yeah. Sure :) Since no one responded regarding these projects so far, I was looking for atleast the name of the mentor / member from Farallon Geographics staff. I will keep updating my proposal right on this forum. Thanks, Sindhu -- -- To post, send email to archesproject@googlegroups.com<mailto:archesproject@googlegroups.com>. To unsubscribe, send email to archesproject+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<mailto:archesproject%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. 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