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