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Museu da Pessoa
Workflow
In this project we will discuss the process of reverse engineering the MP structure in order to obtain a museum standard format view. This process can be split into the two steps described below, as depicted in Figure:
- Reverse engineering of MP (from MP to MP ontology);
- Mapping the museum standard format view (from MP ontology to CIDOC-CRM);
- Extending the CIDOC-CRM version (from CIDOC-CRM to FOAF and DBPédia).

Reverse Engeneering
Based on the thesaurus, and on the DTDs illustrated in the reverse engineering process above, a first draft of an ontology for the Museum of the Person was created.
1 The first step was an exhaustive extraction of the concepts present in the life stories. After a long analysis phase we came up with the following list:
Concepts of DTD and Thesaurus to create the ontology
| DTD + Thesaurus term | English explanation term |
|---|---|
| Pessoa | People |
| Ascendência | Ancestry |
| Descendência | Offspring |
| Casa | House |
| Profissão | Job |
| Educação | Education |
| Episódio | Episode |
| Namoro | Dating |
| Acidente | Accident |
| Migração | Migration |
| Festividade | Festivity |
| Evento Político | Political Event |
| Evento Catastrófico | Catastrophic Event |
| Evento Político | Political Event |
| Casamento | Marriage |
| Nascimento | Birth |
| Sonho | Dream |
| Infância | Childhood |
| Costumes | Uses |
| Quotidiano | Quotidian |
| Lazer | Leisure |
| Religião | Religion |
| Filosofia de vida | Life's Philosophy |
Identified Relations
| Relation term | English explanation term |
|---|---|
| exerce | Performs |
| éRetratada | Depicted |
| visita | Visits |
| vive | Lives |
| recebe | Receives |
| narra | Tells |
| tem | Has |
| participa | Enrolls |
| tipo | Has-type |
| ocorre | Occurs |
| dizRespeito | Refers to |
2 After the first phase we realized that we could still add some more concepts to make a more complete ontology:
Identified Concepts
| Concept term | English explanation term |
|---|---|
| Estado Civil | Marital Status |
| Sexo | Sex |
| Habilitações Literárias | Literacy |
| Partido Político | Political Party |
| Primeira Comunhão | First Communion |
| Morte | Death |
| Batismo | Baptism |
| Fotos | Photos |