A formalization of one of the main claims of “A linked data model for data scopes” by De Boer et al. 2021 1

1. Introduction

De Boer et al. [2] state that “With the rise of data driven methods in the humanities, it becomes necessary to develop reusable and consistent methodological patterns for dealing with the various data manipulation steps. This increases transparency, replicability of the research. Data scopes present a qualitative framework for such methodological steps. In this work we present a Linked Data model to represent and share Data Scopes”. We present here a formalization of the main scientific claim from this quote by using a semantic template called the super-pattern [1].

2. Formalization

Our formalization looks as follows:

In the context class we use a new minted class “digital humanities research” that is a subclass of “research” (Q42240) from Wikidata and is related to the class “digital humanities” (Q1026962) from Wikidata. In the subject class, we use a new minted class “usage of Linked Data Scopes” that is defined using the restriction “some values from” from OWL on ”the Data Scopes Ontology” with the property “uses” (P2283) from Wikidata. In the object class we use the class “transparency” (Q535347) from Wikidata.

3. RDF code

This is our formalization as a nanopublication in TriG format:

The following nanopublications introduce the newly minted classes in TriG format.

This is the class definition of “digital humanities research”:

This is the class definition of “usage of Linked Data Scopes”: