Nov 17
Computational Publishing Service
Computational Publishing Service – Publish using LOD directly from any Wikibase as multi-format outputs – web, print, or hybrid.
Computational Publishing Service Workflow
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Keywords
Computational Publishing Service (CPS) enables publishing directly from digital collections and data. Users can create scripts to retrieve text, media, code, or data and output as multi-format publications, and as interactive (Jupyter Notebooks) and LOD versions (RDFa, JSON, etc.).
Digital humanities scholars produce papers and monographs that are based on data analysis and use data visualisation, as well as using sources with media and code – 3D models, video, or GND authority data, etc. We support all of these media and code types using modern Open Science infrastructures. At the same time the system provides high quality automated typesetting for PDF and multi-format publication outputs. The system is designed for Open Access Press submission workflows and packages publications as FAIR Principles based repository deposits.
Cultural organisations can use the system to automatically generate websites, produce publication series, or retrieve packaged assets from their digital cultural collection.
CPS uses pipeline architecture to connect different software. At its core it uses Wikibase4Research for LOD storage, Jupyter Notebook for authoring, Quarto render engine for multi-format outputs, and GitLab / GitHub for publication storage. Other NFDI4Culture services can be used as well: Antelope, Semantic Kompakkt, and Culture Knowledge Graph have pipeline integration options.
The pipeline has full open-source versions available.
Use Cases
Use Case #1 Publishing from a digital cultural collection using linked open data: Corpus of Baroque Ceiling Painting in Germany (CbDD).
Context: Automatically converts an artwork digital catalogue into multi-format publication – for online, app, interactive, and PDF and print – can be used as visitor guide or teaching material for collections venues.
User Groups:
- Digital collection managers;
- Heritage venues;
- Museum education programmes.
Key requirements:
- Map multiple linked open data sources using a Wikibase instance;
- Data model for architecture, artworks, texts, and publications;
- Jupyter Notebook editing;
- Multi-format style templates;
- Deposits in academic repositories using PIDs: DOIs, ORCID, ROR, etc.
See demo publication and template for reuse here.
Use Case #2 DH course unit: Computational Publishing for Open GLAM: Information Management, Hochschule Hannover.
Context: Students gain end-to-end practical experience making computational publications using template Jupyter Notebooks and making final academic repository DOI submission.
User Groups:
- Digital Humanities Open GLAM teaching;
- RDM for Open GLAM;
- Museums and archives.
Key requirements:
- No local installation needed. All applications run in Data Sovereign cloud;
- Use GitHub or GitLab;
- Jupyter Notebook editing;
- Linked open data sources needed;
- Deposit Jupyter Notebook in academic repositories using PIDs: DOIs, ORCID, ROR, etc.
See OER course guide and templates here.
Use Case #3 Jupyter Notebook submission for an Open Access Press and Publisher
Context: A convenient document management process that allows for conventional Word manuscript submission to journal and book publishers of Jupyter Notebook authored content.
User Groups:
- Digital Humanities scholars;
- Open access press and publishers;
- Academic repositories.
Key requirements:
- No local installation needed. All applications run in Data Sovereign cloud;
- Use GitHub or GitLab;
- Jupyter Notebook editing;
- Use of open science RDM practices for PIDs: DOIs, ORCID, ROR, etc.
See example and instructions here.
Service Architecture
Software Stack:
- Wikibase4Research
- Jupyter Notebook
- Quarto
- W3C Paged Media CSS (Vivliostyle)
- Fidus Writer
- W3C Web Publication (Manifest)
- 5-Star Linked Open Data (Documents)
- GitLab/GitHub / GitLab Pages / Git VM GitPod (runtime environment)
Infrastructure Options:
- Open-source publication software, templates and instructions ready to use online
- Consultancy and support services available
- Managed services maintained at TIB
Code Repository:
Contact
Contact Person:
Simon
Worthington
