The Twitter Ontology

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The Twitter Ontology

• Travis Allen
• for video of this presentation see
• http//ncor.buffalo.edu/2013/IE500/Video/Presentat
  ions/twitter-ontology.mp4

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Why?

• Major social media site
• 400,000,000 tweets a day
• Sociological cultural studies
• Military intelligence
• Arab Spring

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The Scope Statement

• Scope Create an ontology of Twitter that
  accurately represents the mechanical functions of
  the Twitter platform

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The Conceptual Model

• Email

• Twitter?

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The Textbook
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The Terms
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The Layout
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The Protégé File
Basic Formal Ontology
Information Artifact Ontology
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Important Terms
Tweet A message posted via Twitter containing
140 characters or fewer Twitter Glossary
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Important Terms
Username Also known as a Twitter Handle. Must be
unique and contain fewer than 15 characters. Is
used to identify you on Twitter for replies and
mentions. Twitter Glossary
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The true path rule

• Retweet is_a Tweet
• Tweet is_a Information Content Entity
• Message_Content is_a Textual Entity
• Follower is_a User
• List is_a Column

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Real Tweet Test
Direct_Message
Annotation and Retweet
Profile_Picture
Display_Name (and probably Person)
Username
Follower role
Message_Content
Reply process
Result of processes Favorite and Retweeting
Time
Date
Timestamp
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Improvement

• Full continued integration with IAO, BFO, more?
• Consideration of Email Ontology
• Protocol integration

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Questions/Discussion