Armadillo

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Armadillo

• Information Mining in Distributive Research
  Datasets in the Arts and Humanities

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The Problem

• Redundancy
• Synonyms
• Homonyms

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Resources

• Eighteenth Century London
• Harbens Dictionary of London
• The Westminster Historical Database
• London Location Indices
• Eighteenth Century Fire Insurance Policies
• Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills
• The Proceedings of the Old Bailey
• John Strypes Survey
• Selected Criminal Records from the PRO

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Knowledge Extraction
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Linking Knowledge
Link?
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Early Problems
Same
The Castle, a public house in King Street
The Falcon, in Falcon Square
Castle and Falcon, Parish of Mary-le-bone

• Finding Linkable Sources
• Broad Context of Synonymity
• Broad Context of Homonymity

Different
Castle Street By Fleet Ditch
Castle Street In Houndsditch
Castle Street Within the Ward of Baynard
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Knowledge Bases in the Humanities
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