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The process of data analytics on large-scale government administrative data — that belong to various domains like education, transport, energy, and health — can be enhanced by retrieving pertinent documents from diverse data sources. Without a supporting framework of metadata, big data analytics can be daunting. Even though statistical algorithms can perform extensive analyses on a variety of data with little help from metadata, applying these techniques to heterogeneous data may not always result in reliable findings. Recently, semantics-aware (or semantic search) search techniques received much attention as they utilize implicit knowledge to enhance the search. Similarly, traditional search engines rely on the inherent linkages within the underlying data model to improve their search quality. In the case of general-purpose information retrieval systems, to gather information from the internet (open access data) or to access open government administrative data, a domain agnostic ontology shall be employed to supply background knowledge. This paper draws on research undertaken by the authors at IIIT Bangalore Center for Open Data Research (CODR) in developing a semantics-aware data lake framework to host and analyze government administrative data. In this study, we present an ontology-based document retrieval solution where an ontology serves as an intermediary to close the gap between what the user seeks and what the search retrieves. Although our study settings are based on the Government of Karnataka (GoK, India), we believe the findings have wider resonance. Our experimental results based on agricultural data from the GoK look promising. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Ontology design and querying the data set to obtain accurate results has been a topic of research. The aim of the paper is to represent ontological knowledge in the field of Medical Information Systems to store the knowledge about Swine flu disease and thereby querying the data and formalize the knowledge base development. The developed knowledge from RDF is converted to rules and then querying is done through different methods and performance analysis has been done on the retrieved query. The results predicted determine the suitability of the method where querying gives the accurate result for swine flu disease ontology. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to assess the present situation in the development of indigenous digital libraries in India. The study aims to evaluate different retrieval features of Indian digital libraries, especially those provide access to multilingual and multimedia documents. Design/methodology/approach - For this study, eight digital libraries originated in India, which are available in 24 × 7 timeframe and accessible worldwide through the internet, have been identified and selected. The retrieval features and other information on these digital libraries have been collected mostly from their respective websites and from other published literature, annual reports, etc. Findings - The paper finds that Indian digital libraries provide universal access to informative and culturally rich digital content related to South Asian region. The digitisation efforts in Indian institutions make these digital libraries operational. Research limitations/implications - The institutional repositories and open access archives of Indian institutions that give access to the current research literature are not included in this study, because their retrieval features are mostly similar to each other as they use either DSpace or GNU EPrints open source software. Practical implications - Indigenous digital libraries in India provide universal access to information and knowledge related to culture and heritage of people of South Asian counties. This study gives an insight on how diverse contents are integrated and disseminated to the end-users in a user-friendly manner. This study also indicates research initiatives on different aspects of multilingual contents in this region. Originality/value - No such evaluation on Indian digital libraries has been done from the perspective of information retrieval features. This study will generate new knowledge in area of indigenous digital libraries in a developing country like India. This study is also an attempt to popularise Indian indigenous digital libraries among the world community. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The portal is required to deliver access to the cultural and scientific heritage of the country, making India's cultural heritage accessible to the world by aggregating the metadata of the cultural heritage contents. A new form of CH is born when the tangible or intangible heritage objects are digitized, and this is commonly referred to as digital CH or CH information resources ([14]). Keywords: cultural heritage; cultural heritage information system; CHIS; digital preservation; digital archives; information retrieval EN cultural heritage cultural heritage information system CHIS digital preservation digital archives information retrieval 51 61 11 08/09/22 20220701 NES 220701 1 Introduction We are living in a period characterized by rapid and remarkable transitions in all spheres of life including society, culture, environment, and technology. [Extracted from the article]

Modern tool like computer has replaced traditional methods of storing and retrieving knowledge. Retrospective conversion of manual bibliographical records on online mode is considered to be the first step in the direction of computerisation process in the library. This paper attempts to analyse the retrospective conversion process undertaken by the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library (NMML), New Delhi, a premier social science research library in India. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]