Organized by mainzed and Pelagios Commons, an international consortium of scholars, the fourth LinkedPasts conference took place in mid-December 2018 at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, with more than 90 participants from 20 countries. The goal of this annual symposium, which had previously been held in London, Madrid, and Stanford, is to foster interdisciplinary exchange on Linked Open Data in the humanities and cultural studies.
One of the breakout groups is discussing during the symposium. At the end, all results were compiled. Photo: Svenja Schwerdtfeger, cc-by 4.0
In light of the rapidly growing interest in interoperability scenarios in the digital humanities and the potential of Linked Open Data (LOD) to transcend established disciplinary boundaries, this year’s symposium focused on the communities within this emerging “linked pasts network” and their diverse dynamics and workflows.
In a series of six consecutive sessions, representatives from LOD communities evaluated and discussed their approaches based on three main themes: people, institutions, and methods, supplemented by an extensive poster session and parallel breakout discussions on three specific topics.
Linked Pasts IV was supported by Pelagios, mainzed, the Mainz University Library, and Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz.
