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The "musicSpace" Project: orchestrating musicological metadata

The "musicSpace" Project: orchestrating musicological metadata
The "musicSpace" Project: orchestrating musicological metadata
In their research, musicologists consult a wide variety of heterogeneous data sources, many of which are now available online. However, the segregation of online data into numerous discrete repositories, inadequate metadata, insufficient data/search granularity, and poor search UIs prevent researchers from realising the full potential of this data revolution. Specifically, research questions requiring advanced cross-source filtering on metadata fields and the running of complex multipart search queries have to date been effectively intractable. Using cutting-edge Semantic Web and Web 2.0 technologies, the "musicSpace" project is enabling such research questions by integrating access to leading musicological data sources via a customised version of the "mSpace" faceted browser, and by enriching the metadata of our data providers. A large-scale trial of the musicSpace browser will begin in autumn 2009, which will enable us to evaluate the efficacy of our interface in comparison to currently deployed solutions. In this paper we describe the technologies behind musicSpace, give real-world examples of the musicological research questions that musicSpace has enabled, and give a preliminary report on our large-scale trial.
Bretherton, David
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Smith, Daniel Alexander
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Bretherton, David, Smith, Daniel Alexander, schraefel, mc, Polfreman, Richard, Everist, Mark, Brooks, Jeanice and Lambert, Joe (2010) The "musicSpace" Project: orchestrating musicological metadata. International Association of Music Libraries Congress IAML, Moscow, Russian Federation. 27 Jun - 02 Jul 2010.

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Abstract

In their research, musicologists consult a wide variety of heterogeneous data sources, many of which are now available online. However, the segregation of online data into numerous discrete repositories, inadequate metadata, insufficient data/search granularity, and poor search UIs prevent researchers from realising the full potential of this data revolution. Specifically, research questions requiring advanced cross-source filtering on metadata fields and the running of complex multipart search queries have to date been effectively intractable. Using cutting-edge Semantic Web and Web 2.0 technologies, the "musicSpace" project is enabling such research questions by integrating access to leading musicological data sources via a customised version of the "mSpace" faceted browser, and by enriching the metadata of our data providers. A large-scale trial of the musicSpace browser will begin in autumn 2009, which will enable us to evaluate the efficacy of our interface in comparison to currently deployed solutions. In this paper we describe the technologies behind musicSpace, give real-world examples of the musicological research questions that musicSpace has enabled, and give a preliminary report on our large-scale trial.

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Accepted/In Press date: 27 June 2010
Published date: 2 July 2010
Additional Information: Event Dates: 27 June-2 July 2010
Venue - Dates: International Association of Music Libraries Congress IAML, Moscow, Russian Federation, 2010-06-27 - 2010-07-02

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Local EPrints ID: 159995
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/159995
PURE UUID: aa8b98d4-50e6-4024-ab68-c0cdbd8852f1
ORCID for mc schraefel: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-9061-7957

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Date deposited: 14 Jul 2010 10:54
Last modified: 14 Mar 2024 02:48

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Author: Daniel Alexander Smith
Author: mc schraefel ORCID iD
Author: Mark Everist
Author: Jeanice Brooks
Author: Joe Lambert

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