The ATLAS: a knowledge graph of digital scholarly research on Italian Cultural Heritage

Daquino M., Bardi A., Buzzoni M., Del Gratta R., Del Grosso A. M., Fischer F., Tomasi F., Rosselli Del Turco R.

Knowledge graph  Ontologies  Italian Cultural Heritage 

ATLAS is a research initiative that aims to improve the FAIRness and exploitation of Digital Humanities (DH) projects and scholarly data about Italian Cultural Heritage (CH). This contribution describes the main challenges and opportunities of DH projects related to discoverability, interoperability, and preservation. It also explains the methodology and objectives of ATLAS, which involves the integration and reengineering of metadata from selected sources and software solutions (referred to as pilots within the ATLAS context) into a knowledge graph using Semantic Web and Natural Language Processing technologies. The expected outcomes and impacts of ATLAS, are (i) the definition of guidelines and best practices for DH projects; (ii) the creation of a reference set of excellence initiatives; (iii) the reconciliation of data with authority records and open data sources; (iv) the publication and preservation of the knowledge graph; and (v) the development of a platform for exploration and discovery of DH projects and resources, in synergy with the European Research Infrastructures CLARIN and OpenAIRE.