Semantic Models of Pottery Making
Robert B. Allen, Yoonmi Chu · 2021
We explore semantic models for workflows in digital humanities. Specifically, we consider modeling the production of Celadon pottery and focus on the description of processes and transitions for state changes in that context. Semantic models are based on ontologies and other structured information resources. The Getty Art and Architecture Thesaurus (AAT) is a valuable resource for humanities, but is purely hierarchical and does not include rich semantic relationships across its facets. We coordinate AAT with the Suggested Upper Merged Ontology (SUMO) and use the combination to model an executable workflow for pottery making. In addition, we present a prototype interactive interface for exploring those workflows.