Conference paper: Development of the Polyglot Asian Medicine Knowledge Graph system
Khoo, C.S.G., Stanley-Baker, M., Zakaria, F.B., Chen, J., Ang, S.Q.R., & Huang, B. (2023). Development of the Polyglot Asian Medicine Knowledge Graph System. In D.H. Goh, S.J. Chen, & S. Tuarob (Eds.), 25th International Conference on Asia-Pacific Digital Libraries, ICADL2023 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 14458, pp. 3-11). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-8088-8_1 Abstract: The Polyglot Asian Medicine system hosts a research database of Asian traditional and herbal medicines, represented as a knowledge graph and implemented in a Neo4j graph database system. The current coverage of the database is mainly traditional Chinese medicines with some Malay and Indonesian data, with plans to extend to other Southeast Asian communities. The knowledge graph currently links the medicine names in the original and English languages, to alternate names and scientific names, to plant/animal parts they are made from, to literary and historical sources they were mentioned in, to geographic areas they were associated with,...
Article: Knowledge graph visualization interface for digital heritage collections
Khoo, C.S.G., Ng, S.G., Chan, C.F., Stanley-Baker, M., Tan, E.A.L., & Cheng, W.N. (2024). Knowledge graph visualization interface for digital heritage collections: Design issues and recommendations. Information Technology and Libraries, 43(1). https://doi.org/10.5860/ital.v43i1.16719 Abstract: Digital heritage portal interfaces are generally similar to digital library and search engine interfaces in displaying search results as a list of brief metadata records. The knowledge organization and search result display of these systems are item-centric, with little support for identifying relationships between items. This paper proposes a knowledge graph system and visualization interface as a promising solution for digital heritage systems to support users in browsing related items, understanding the relationships between items, and synthesizing a narrative on an issue. The paper discusses design issues for the knowledge graph, graph database, and graph visualization, and offers recommendations based on the authors’ experience in developing three knowledge graph systems for archive and digital humanities resources...
Polyglot Medicine Knowledge Graph
The Polyglot Medicine Knowledge Graph system is launched: https://kgraph.sg/polyglot. This is a project to develop a database of Asian traditional and herbal medicines. Current database coverage is mainly on Chinese traditional medicines, expanding to Malay and Southeast Asian traditional medicines. The knowledge graph currently links the medicine names in the original and English languages, to alternative names and scientific names, to plant/animal parts they are made from, to literary and historical sources they were mentioned in, to geographic areas they were associated with, and to external database records with information on them. There are plans to link the medicines to pharmacological information later....
Article: Information and argument patterns in the Introduction sections of sociology research papers
Cheng, W.-N., & Khoo, C.S.G. Khoo. (2022). Information and argument patterns in the Introduction sections of sociology research papers. Iberica, 44 (December), 127-154. https://doi.org/10.17398/2340-2784.44.127 Abstract. This study analyzed the information-argument structure of the Introduction sections of sociology research papers, to identify differences across three types of sociology research: Investigative research, Development and Evaluation research, and Descriptive research. The information-argument analysis framework bears some resemblance to rhetorical structure frameworks following Swales’ CARS model, but focuses on the argumentative aspect of text and how information is used to support argument claims. The coding scheme specifies information types, subdivided into those that imply an argument claim and those that play the role of argument support. Seventy papers were sampled from ten sociology journals for analysis. Sequential association rule mining was used to identify sequential information-argument patterns. The study identified significant differences in information-argument profile across the three types of research papers, as...
Article: Information structures in sociology research papers: Modeling cause–effect and comparison relations in research objective and result statements
Cheng, W.-N., & Khoo, C.S.G. (2021). Information structures in sociology research papers: Modeling cause–effect and comparison relations in research objective and result statements. Journal of the Association for Information Science & Technology, 72(11), 1367-1385. Abstract. When writing a research paper, the author has to select information to include in the paper to support various arguments. The information has to be organized and synthesized into a coherent whole through relationships and information structures. There is hardly any research on the information structure of research papers, and how information structure supports rhetorical and argument structures. Thus, this study is focused on information organization in the Abstract and Introduction sections of sociology research papers, analyzing the information structure of research objective, question, hypothesis, and result statements. The study is limited to research papers reporting research that investigated cause–effect relations between two concepts. Two semantic frames were developed to specify the types of...
Explore a Zubir Said Knowledge Graph & Visualization
Version 1 launched in July 2021: https://ZubirSaid.sg The project seeks to develop a knowledge graph and visualization interface for the Zubir Said digital archive collection – as an example of applying knowledge graph technologies to digital heritage/archive content. Zubir Said was the composer of the Singapore national anthem and a pioneer songwriter in Singapore. The knowledge graph represents materials and content in Zubir Said’s personal archive as a network of concepts to support visualization, associative browsing, and research. Starting with a Musical Work (e.g., Majulah Singapura), compare different versions and arrangements (Music Score), check out different Performances, and view the related Item (audio/video/image/PDF file). Browse a social network of people with links to Zubir Said. Or Browse by genre – photos, letters, speeches, documents, commentary, news, documentaries. A text-based browse interface is also available....
Explore a Knowledge Graph and Social Network of Singapore Pioneers
Version 1 launched in Dec 2021: https://SingPioneers.sg The project sought to explore the social networks of selected pioneers in post-war Singapore, using Singapore Infopedia, the National Library Board’s electronic encyclopedia on Singapore, to map the characteristics of pioneers including relationship types (e.g., kinship, business, industry, cultural, etc.) and entities (e.g., schools, organisations, activities, and places) that mediate these relationships. Version 1 of the system features 20 SingPioneers with a handcrafted knowledge graph. Work is ongoing to develop an automatic information extraction program to extract information from over 400 biographies to populate the knowledge graph and social network. Based on research by Ng Siam Gek as a National Library Digital Fellow with the National Library Board, Singapore, in collaboration with Chris Khoo (Nanyang Technological University)....
Information-Argument-Rhetorical Structure Framework for discourse analysis of research papers
XML tagging resources for discourse analysis of research papers using the Information-Argument-Rhetorical Structure framework is available for download from DR-NTU (Data) (the data repository of the Nanyang Technological University) . The Information-Argument-Rhetorical Structure framework specifies 3 layers of discourse analysis: Information structure analysis: a tag indicates a semantic role in one of the semantic frames (e.g. Research-relation frame, Comparison frame, etc.). Argument structure analysis: a tag indicates a type of argument claim, or type of argument support/premise. Rhetorical structure analysis: a tag indicates a rhetorical function, modeled after Swale’s (1990) Creating a Research Space (CARS) model The framework was derived from an analysis of the Abstract, Introduction and Literature Review sections of 30 sociology, mechanical engineering and bioscience research papers (10 each). The framework was applied to an additional 100 sociology research papers, and refined. Further work on mechanical engineering and bioscience papers are planned. A major step in...
Workshop on Ontology & Rich Semantics (RICH 2019)
Call for proposals — submission deadline 23 Sep 2019 Workshop on Ontology and Rich Semantics (RICH 2019): Exploiting Knowledge Graphs Pre-conference workshop of A-LIEP/ICADL 2019 conferences (https://fim.uitm.edu.my/conf2019/) Date of event: Monday, 4 Nov 2019, 2pm-6pm Venue: TTDI (Taman Tun Dr Ismail) Library, Jalan Athinahapan TTDI, 60000 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Location on Google Maps: https://www.google.com.sg/maps/place/Pustaka+KL+@+TTDI/@3.1469045,101.6213235,16.75z Organisers: Dr Chris Khoo & Dr Robert B Allen Target audience: academics, researchers, graduate students, librarians and knowledge organization professionals–who are doing research and professional work related to knowledge organization, ontology and metadata. Deadline for presentation proposals: Mon, 23 Sep 2019 Description: Explicit rich representations of domain knowledge, models, processes, historical development, and argumentation are important to support e-science, e-social science and digital humanities research. Ontologies define concept hierarchies and identify important types of relations between concepts as well as entities of interest. However, to support e-research as well as real applications, ontologies need to...
Workshop on Ontology & Rich Semantics (RICH 2018)
Workshop on Ontology and Rich Semantics: Frameworks and Application Date of event: Mon, 26th Nov. 2018, 9:30am to 4:00pm Venue: Wee Kim Wee School of Communication & Information, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Organisers: Dr Chris Khoo, Dr Robert B Allen, & Dr Shigeo Sugimoto For more information: see blog page, or Facebook event . Description: Explicit rich representations of domain knowledge, models, processes, historical development, and argumentation are important to support e-science, e-social science and digital humanities research. Ontologies define concept hierarchies and identify important types of relations between concepts as well as entities of interest. However, to support e-research as well as real applications, ontologies need to go beyond simple semantics to include representation of complex structures and systems, dynamic models and processes, flow of temporal events, as well as discourse structure, evolution of knowledge, argumentation and information across types of documents and media. This workshop will explore frameworks...