Interacting with (semi-) automatically extracted context of digital objects

Abstract

The context in which digital objects are created, modified, or used is essential for the interpretation of information entities, for retrieval settings, for establishing their authenticity, as well as ensuring appropriate use. Therefore, determining this context of creation and use of digital objects is an essential task for many areas and applications, from (huge) digital library settings to end-user applications such as search. However, context is notoriously difficult and laboursome to establish and document, and when it has to be entered and maintained manually by the creator of the digital objects, it is often missing or partially incomplete or incorrect. Thus, this paper proposes an approach to (semi-) automatically determine the context of creation and usage of digital objects. Various facets of context along different dimensions are automatically detected, and are combined in pivot-table inspired views, at multiple levels of granularity, which then allow the extraction of the most appropriate connections to other digital objects. Finally, this contact can be used for a range of applications, such as search and navigation.

The value and complexity of collection arrangement for evidentiary work

“…It is said that “in the real world, objects never occur in isolation; they co‐vary with other objects and particular environments, providing a rich source of contextual associations” (Oliva & Torralba, , p. 520). In particular, the context in which information objects reside encompasses “the setting and intention within which they were created, the persons and activities involved, as well as the time frame and potentially correlating activities that are somehow linked to or influence … [an information] object” (Mayer, Neumayer, & Rauber, , p. 1). Thus, context consists of “the relationship that an information object shares with other information items (such as creation time, type, purpose, creators, users, and others), but also of the embedding of the very content itself, that a piece of information is conveying, such as style, genre, facts, references to other documents, etc.” (Mayer & Rauber, , p. 1).…”

“…Thus, context consists of “the relationship that an information object shares with other information items (such as creation time, type, purpose, creators, users, and others), but also of the embedding of the very content itself, that a piece of information is conveying, such as style, genre, facts, references to other documents, etc.” (Mayer & Rauber, , p. 1). The context in which objects reside is an important facet in interpreting those objects; this context also helps to establish the authenticity of objects, and facilitates their subsequent retrieval and use (Mayer et al., ). Preserving or associating information together with this larger network of relationships is what allows information to serve as evidence.…”

Context-Sensitive Ontology Matching in Electronic Business

“…A framework is presented in (Mayer, Neumayer, & Rauber, 2009) to (semi-) automatically determine the context of creation and usage of digital objects, which is achieved through the analysis of the relationship of digital objects across a number of dimensions. Various facets of context along with different dimensions are automatically detected, and then are combined in pivot-table inspired views at multiple levels of granularity, which in turn allow the extraction of the most appropriate connections to other digital objects.…”