Exploring the applicability of the Semantic Web for discovering and navigating Australian Indigenous knowledge resources |
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| Authors: | Aaron Corn with Steven Wantarri Jampijinpa Patrick |
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| Institution: | 1. Centre for Aboriginal Studies in Music, National Centre for Aboriginal Language and Music Studies, Faculty of Arts, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australiaaaron.corn@adelaide.edu.au;3. School of Music, Research School of Humanities and the Arts, College of Arts and Social Sciences, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia |
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| Abstract: | ABSTRACTSemantic Web ontology files can be flexibly programmed to delineate metadata relationships in machine-readable formats to create relational pathways for discovering resources both on and off the Internet. There is a global community of Semantic Web developers and users across a broad multi-disciplinary range of interests who create and share extensible open-source ontologies. In this article, the author will explore the functionality of Semantic Web techniques for representing the ontologies of relatedness through kinship that typically underpin Australian Indigenous knowledge systems, and investigate their potentials for meeting persistent demands among leading Australian Indigenous collections creators and users to be able to search and discover their hereditary knowledge resources in ways that reflect and reinforce their enduring cultural values, ways of knowing and rights-management concerns. |
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| Keywords: | Semantic Web ontology metadata Indigenous knowledges Australia knowledge organisation |
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