The Science Stories project aims to create a linked data web application for visual storytelling of academic research. It will crowdsource content from Wikimedia and connect to other research institutions using IIIF. This will allow annotations, citations and linking of information across specialized image viewers. The goal is to bridge the gap between print and online information, with an initial focus on celebrating 150 years of women at Yale.

1. Science Stories
Using IIIF and Wikidata to Create a Linked-Data Web Application
Kenneth Seals-Nutt | Katherine Thornton

2. The Science Stories Team

3. Science Stories: Project Overview
- Visual Storytelling of academic research
- Crowdsourcing Content by Leveraging Wikimedia
- IIIF Connects to other research institutions
- Specialized image viewers allows for annotations, citation, and linking more information
- Goal: Bridging the gap between information in print and on the web
- Motivation: Celebrating 150 years of women at Yale

4. Unforgetting is the act of purposively engaging with,
and drawing attention to, aspects of history that those
with privilege would benefit from forgetting.

5. About Wikidata
– Fully-versioned Wiki
– Editable by all with internet
access
– Machine-readable linked open
data CC0
– Designed to support both
human and algorithmic curation

6. About IIIF
– Int’l Image Interoperability Framework
– Set of API Specifications for Sharing
More Extensive Image Metadata
– Specialized Interactive Image Viewers
– Used and Supported by Many of the
World’s Leading Research Institutions

7. Maxine Singer
American Molecular Biologist

8. Application
Demo
Prototype Link

9. Future Presentations
First Official Demo: Yale Women’s Faculty Forum (May 2nd)
IIIF Conference (May 24th)
Submitting to International Semantic Web Conference (October)

10. Thank You
Kenneth Seals-Nutt
kenneth.seals-nutt@yale.edu
Katherine Thornton
katherine.thornton@yale.edu