A detailed workplan has been developed comprising subtasks and milestones, estimated time for each subtask, and resources required. The time frame of the project is short, but the work plan is designed to avoid dependencies so work can proceed in parallel. LINCS prioritizes conversion to harvest low-hanging fruit first, leaving more challenging datasets for later. Within the first eighteen months, we will set up the Storage with an initial set of at least 40 million triples accessible through initial components of the consumption interface; from there we will roll out more tools and interfaces while converting the data at the same time.

Timeline 2020–2023

September 2020

Guelph ⋅ Alberta

Structured and semi-structured data conversion underway

September 2020

Guelph ⋅ Scholars Portal ⋅ Victoria

Provision project cloud; design and implement backup systems

December 2020

Guelph

Establish system management and monitoring dashboard for development environment

February 2021

Guelph ⋅ Alberta ⋅ Ottawa

Document and package tools for natural language, semi-structured, and structured datasets; completed timeline tool

February 2021

Texas

Completed (a) named entity recognition and disambiguation of metadata RDF and (b) extraction of entities and relationships from indexed full text

March 2021

Guelph ⋅ Ottawa

Establish ontologies policies, including Text Encoding Initiative (TEI) to linked data mapping

March 2021

Guelph ⋅ Scholars Portal ⋅ Victoria

Establish main and mirror LOD stores; set up and document SPARQL interface

March 2021

Guelph ⋅ Victoria

Establish ingestion APIs and workflow; data ingestion underway

March 2021

Alberta ⋅ Texas ⋅ Victoria

Document structured data conversion workflow; document semi-structured data conversion workflow

March 2021

Texas ⋅ Guelph

Prototype rich prospect browser for linked data; HuViz working with LINCS

March 2021

Alberta

Establish APIs to connect tools to knowledge graph; prototype interfaces for reconciliation, linking, vetting, and entity creation

March 2021

Guelph

Complete user profiles and user stories; initial wireframes for major access interface components; commence interface development

June 2021

Guelph

Beta versions of (a) content box and (b) basic (non-SPARQL) search

June 2021

Alberta

Begin natural language data conversion

June 2021

Alberta ⋅ Guelph

Beta knowledge graph interface and workflow for natural language data, including reconciliation, linking, vetting, and entity creation

June 2021

Guelph

Upgrade core CWRC functionality

August 2021

Ottawa

Map TEI to existing ontologies; prototype TEI to linked data tool

August 2021

Alberta ⋅ Guelph

Beta versions of (a) knowledge graph interface and workflow for semi-structured and structured data; (b) knowledge graph interface and workflow for natural language

September 2021

Victoria ⋅ Scholars Portal ⋅ Guelph

Establish system management and monitoring dashboard for storage environment

September 2021

Texas ⋅ Guelph ⋅ Ottawa

Beta versions of (a) RDF rich prospect browser, (b) timeline tool, and (c) TEI to RDF conversion tool

September 2021

Bucknell ⋅ Texas ⋅ Guelph

Working entity management, vetting, and creation in multiple environments, including CWRC and Corpora

December 2021

Guelph ⋅ Texas

Complete (a) HuViz refinement, (b) beta mapping tool, and (c) RDF browser

March 2022

Guelph

Beta versions of (a) interface for processing knowledge graph disambiguation and relationship results, (b) tool for tripe removal and editing, (c) search for federated triples and full-text, and (d) feedback tool

March 2022

McGill ⋅ Guelph ⋅ Alberta

Operational (a) Spyral-LINCS API and (b) Spyral notebooks for conversion and intermediate workflows

June 2022

Ottawa

Completed integration and documentation of TEI XML to RDF conversion interfaces

June 2022

Guelph

Completed (a) browser plugin and (b) mapping tool

September 2022

Bucknell ⋅ Guelph

Integrated Islandora 8 CWRC interface

December 2022

Alberta

Data ingestion largely complete; early data rerun with improved algorithms and knowledge graphs

March 2023

Alberta

Tested, debugged, and fully functional knowledge graph, conversion tools, and processes for unstructured, structured, and relational data; packaged in fully documented containers

March 2023

Guelph ⋅ Ottawa

Complete (a) user and conversion interfaces, packaged in fully documented containers, and (b) user documentation with core components translated

March 2023

Complete core data conversion and ingestion; continue conversion and ingestion with reduced support during operations period; conclusion of development period