Keywords
family history books, genealogical data ingestion, ontology-based automation
Abstract
Family Tree is a wiki-like shared repository of interconnected family genealogies. Because information ingested into the tree requires human authorization as verified in source documents, ingest is tedious and time-consuming. To significantly increase ingest efficiency while maintaining human oversight, we propose a pipeline of tools and techniques to transform source document genealogical assertions into verified information in the Family Tree data repository. The automation pipeline transforms pages of printed, scanned and OCRed family history books into a GEDCOM X conceptualization that can be ingested into Family Tree. All steps of the pipeline are fundamentally grounded in ontological conceptualizations. We report on the pipeline implementation status and give results of initial case studies in semi-automatically ingesting information obtained from family history books into Family Tree.
Original Publication Citation
"Conceptual Modeling in Accelerating Information Ingest into Family Tree", Conceptual Modeling Perspectives, Pages 69-84, Springer International Publishing AG, Cham, Jordi Cabot, Cristina Gómez, Oscar Pastor, Maria Ribera Sancho, and Ernest Teniente, 2017
BYU ScholarsArchive Citation
Embley, David W.; Liddle, Stephen W.; Eastmond, Tanner S.; Lonsdale, Deryle W.; Price, Joseph P.; and Woodfield, Scott N., "Conceptual Modeling in Accelerating Information Ingest into Family Tree" (2017). Faculty Publications. 9506.
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/facpub/9506
Document Type
Book Chapter
Publication Date
2017
Publisher
Conceptual Modeling Perspectives
Language
English
College
Marriott School of Business
Department
Information Systems Management
Copyright Status
© Springer International Publishing AG 2017
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