SKOS Shuttle Concept Deorphanization Tutorial

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SKOS–Shuttle

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Tutorial„ConceptDeorphanization“

August2017

InthistutorialyouwilllearnhowtoCleanupyourthesaurus

workingwiththe“orphanconcepts”viewwithouttouchingasinglelineofSPARQL

TableofContentsORPHANCONCEPTS............................................................................................................................................2DELETINGORPHANCONCEPTS...........................................................................................................................4DEORPHANIZINGCONCEPTS...............................................................................................................................7

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ORPHANCONCEPTSOrphanconceptsareconceptswithnobroaderconnectionandnoconnectiontoaconceptscheme.Theybuildconceptislesinsideathesaurusyoumightwanttoavoid.SKOSShuttleprovideaviewtolistexistingorphanconceptsinthethesaurusandasimpletooltoquicklydeorphanizethem.Picture1ashowsthetopviewofthethesaurusGETTYAAT–datedJanuary2016.

Picture1a–TopviewofthesaurusGETTYAATwithoneConceptScheme(*)

(*)AsinGETTYAATtherewasnoConceptSchemeatthetimeofloadingthisthesaurus,weaddedaconceptschemeandnamedit“ArtsandArchitecture”(Picture1a).

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Firstofall,letushavealooktothecurrentConceptSchemeviewoftheonlyexistingconceptscheme“ArtsandArchitecture”(picture1b).Weareinterestedinitstop-concepts.

Picture1b–Conceptscheme“ArtsandArchitecture”withcurrently12top-concepts

Picture1bshowsthatcurrentlytheonlyconceptscheme“ArtsandArchitecture”has12top-concepts.Wewillcomebacklaterinordertoexaminetheresultofonedeorphanization.StartingtheorphanconceptviewInordertostarttheorphanconceptsviewclickontheicon fromthegrayapplicationbarandstarttheOrphanconceptsView(picture2).

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Picture2–Orphanconceptsviewshowingasegmentoutof601orphanconcepts

Picture2shows601orphanconceptsanditallowsyoutonavigatethroughthem.DELETINGORPHANCONCEPTSInsomecases,orphanconceptsareconceptswhichweresimplyforgottenandhavenomeaningornocontributiontothethesaurus.Forthiscases,SKOSShuttlehasatooltodeleteseveralcheckedorphanconceptstogetherwiththeirnarrowersubtrees!Simplyselectsomeconceptscheckingtheirboxesontherightofeachconceptnamefromtheorphanconceptslistaboveandanassistantwillappear(picture3).

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Picture3–Selectedorphanconceptsandassistant

Deletetheselectedconceptsbypressingthebutton“DeleteselectedConcept(s)”andcheckingadditionallytheboxinordertodeletealsotheirnarrowersubtrees.

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Picture3a–Selectedorphanconceptsandassistantreadytobedeleted

Thenarrowersubtreeisthesubtreewhoserootistheconcept,recursivelyconnectedviaitsnarrowerlinks.Confirmdeletionbypressingthebutton“DeleteselectedConcept(s)”.

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DEORPHANIZINGCONCEPTSInmostcasesconceptsareusefulbutjustdisconnectedfromatop-conceptoraconceptscheme.Theyshouldbekeptandconnectedwithother“target”conceptsorconceptschemes.Connectorphanconceptsusingtheorphanconceptviewassistant.Thelatterisdisplayedontherightsideoftheorphanconceptslist.

Picture3–Selectedorphanconceptsandassistant

Therearefourwaystodeorphanizeconcepts.Assigningthemas

1) topconceptsofsomeexistingConceptScheme2) broader/narrower/relatedconceptsofsomeexistingotherconcept(evenorphan)

Ineveryofthesefourpossibilitieswhatyouneedtodoisjustprovidingatargetconcept/conceptschemelabelandconfirmthechoice.Searchforthelabelofthetargetobject(conceptorconceptscheme)byconsideringthesearchlanguagesettinginthelanguagesearchcombo-box(upperleft)andtypingausefulsubstring.SKOSShuttle

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autocompletewillsearchforconcepts(conceptschemes)usingthesetsearchlanguageanddeliverthecorrespondingtargetobjecttodeorphanizeyourconceptselection.Inpicture4wehavedecidedtoassigntheselectedorphanconceptsastop-conceptsofthe(only)conceptscheme“ArtsandArchitecture”inGETTYAAT.

Picture4–assigningselectedconceptsastop-conceptsofaconceptScheme“ArtsandArchitecture”

Confirmyourchoicebypressingthebutton“ConnectConcept(s)”.SKOSShuttleshowsyouasum-updialogasalast-chancetoadaptyourchoice(picture5).

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Picture5–Confirmdialogfordeorphanization

Pressing“Connect”causestheselectedconcepttobedeorphanized.Picture6ashowsthenowsmallerorphanconceptlistafterthisoperation,whilepicture6btheconceptschemeviewwithsixnewtop-concepts.ThedeorphanizingassistantisathereforeaquickhelptoadjustimportedthesauriwithoutusingevenonesinglelineofSPARQL!

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Picture6a–Orphanconceptlistwithsixlessconcepts(595insteadof601)

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Picture6b–Conceptschemeviewwithsixmoretop-concepts(18insteadof12)

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Congratulations!Youaredone–inthistutorialyoulearnedhowtocleanupyourthesaurusbyworkingontheorphanconceptsview–eitherdeletingorphanconceptsorassigningthemtoothertargetsconcepts/conceptschemes.Questions?Improvements?Justcontactus–https://ch.semweb.ch/en-contactoronhttps://skosshuttle.ch