An ontology for Italian theatrical cultural heritage on wikibase.cloud

Donatella Gavrilovich, Giovanni Bergamin, Valeria Paraninfi

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Authors Biographies: a) Donatella Gavrilovich is Associate Professor of History of Theatre and Digital Technologies at University of Rome “Tor Vergata” and PI of HYPERSTAGE project, funded by Next Generation EU. She is the Director of the IDOS_ARTS Research Centre and the ASPA International Scientific Journal. b) Giovanni Bergamin is a librarian. He currently leads Digital Humanities research at Logos-RI. He is involved in the LIS field as a teacher, author, and seminar speaker. Previously, he served as Head of Information Technology Services at the Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale Firenze (1990-2017) and was a Board Member of the Associazione Italiana Biblioteche (AIB) from 2017 to 2023. c) Valeria Paraninfi is currently a research fellow in the Hyperstage PRIN 2022 project at the University of Rome “Tor Vergata”. From 2014 to 2016, she collaborated with a research group at the same university on the design of the ontology for a knowledge base on the Performing Arts. She is a member of the Editorial Staff of the scientific journal “Arti dello Spettacolo/Performing Arts”. Valeria is also a choreographer and teaches dance history in the CSEN training courses since 2019.

Keywords: Theatrical productions, Digital objects, Bottom-up ontology, Wikibase data model, Hyperstage

TL;DR: The work on the Hyperstage research project to build an ontology aimed at Italian theatrical cultural heritage using wikibase.cloud

Abstract: The paper focuses on the innovative “Hyperstage” knowledge base ontology model for the semantic reconstruction of Italian theatrical productions. Innovation combines (1) a bottom-up ontology on Wikibase.cloud for the organization and valorization of metadata with (2) an integrated PKB taxonomy based on the three different categories of a) conception, b) staging, and c) post-production documentation. This framework allows automatic aggregation of each digital object associated with the theatrical production into one of these phases. The project aims to transcend the traditional limits of theatrical data models through a system of ontological hierarchical relationships to trace the evolutionary path of works and identify influences and connections between different productions.

Format: Paper (20 minutes presentation)

Submission Number: 39