Open AccessThe integration of heterogeneous information from diverse disciplines regarding persons and goods
Author(s) -
Bethany Aram,
Aurelio López-Fernández,
Daniel Muñiz Amian
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
digital scholarship in the humanities
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.4
H-Index - 15
eISSN - 2055-768X
pISSN - 2055-7671
DOI - 10.1093/llc/fqaa021
Subject(s) - situated , interrogation , variety (cybernetics) , multidisciplinary approach , globalization , interface (matter) , data science , download , sociology , computer science , world wide web , political science , geography , social science , archaeology , bubble , artificial intelligence , maximum bubble pressure method , parallel computing , law
This article presents a relational database capable of integrating data from a variety of types of written sources as well as material remains. In response to historical research questions, information from such diverse sources as documentary, bioanthropological, isotopic, and DNA analyses has been assessed, homogenized, and situated in time and space. Multidisciplinary ontologies offer complementary and integrated perspectives regarding persons and goods. While responding to specific research questions about the impact of globalization on the isthmus of Panama during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, the data model and user interface promote the ongoing interrogation of diverse information about complex, changing societies. To this end, the application designed makes it possible to search, consult, and download data that researchers have contributed from anywhere in the world.