TALOS Open Data Repository

Available languages: English | Ελληνικά

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This repository provides a curated collection of open datasets and ontologies developed within the TALOS AI4SSH project (University of Crete, ERA Chair).
These resources support Digital Humanities, Computational Philology, and Semantic Web research, with a focus on modeling, annotating, and analyzing ancient and modern Greek textual, historical, and cultural data.

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📂 Contents

The repository currently hosts 10 open datasets/ontologies:

1. Open Dataset 1 – Modeling an Archaeological Site (Göbekli Tepe, Turkey)
   Event-centric ontology for archaeological site representation.

2. Open Dataset 2 – Archaic Lyric Poetry Ontology (ALyrA)
   Ontoterminology for archaic lyric poets (799–430 BC).

3. Open Dataset 3 – Modeling Events (Classical Period)
   Event ontologies for the Classical period.

4. Open Dataset 4 – Modeling Events (Hellenistic Period)
   Event ontologies for the Hellenistic period.

5. Open Dataset 5 – Ancient Greek and Chinese Philosophers Ontology
   Cross-cultural ontology modeling philosophers, their works, and intellectual traditions.

6. Open Dataset 6 – Collection of Datasets on Greek NLU (OYXOY)
   Benchmarking suite for Greek Natural Language Understanding.

7. Open Dataset 7 – Greek Dialect Corpus
   A large-scale corpus of Greek dialects (Cypriot, Cretan, Pontic, Northern Greek).

8. Open Dataset 8 – Modern Greek Literature
   Digitized corpus of interwar poetry and prose.

9. Open Dataset 9 – Ancient Oratory Ontology
   Ontology of legal proceedings in Athenian courts (419–323 BC).

10. Open Dataset 10 – Ontology of Legal Bodies in Classical Athens
    Ontology defining legal bodies presiding over/judging cases in Classical Athens.

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Usage

Each dataset includes:

• Ontology files (OWL/RDF) for use in semantic web applications.
• Ontodictionaries (HTML) with terms and proper names.
• Visualization options (WebVOWL, Protégé).
• SPARQL queries and competency questions.
• Zenodo DOI links for citation and reproducibility.

To explore a dataset:

1. Navigate to its corresponding folder.
2. Follow the instructions in the dataset-specific README.
3. Cite using the provided Zenodo DOI.

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Citation

If you use resources from this repository, please cite the relevant dataset(s) individually (see each README).

For general reference to the collection:

TALOS AI4SSH Project (2024). TALOS Open Data Repository. University of Crete.

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License

All datasets are distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution–NonCommercial–NoDerivatives (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) license.
You are free to share and redistribute the material under the following conditions:

• BY: Credit must be given to the creator(s).
• NC: Only non-commercial uses are permitted.
• ND: No derivatives or adaptations are allowed.

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Contributions

Contributions, feedback, and collaborations are warmly welcomed.
Please contact the corresponding authors listed in each dataset’s README or open an issue in this repository.

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More Information

• TALOS Project Website: talos-ai4ssh.uoc.gr
• Publications and supplementary material available via linked Zenodo DOIs in each dataset.

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