This work is part of the MAVA Project, which aims to improve interoperability and data exchange among three research tools – VideoScope, TIB-AV-A, and VIAN.
By standardizing data formats and developing shared APIs, the project enhances data sharing and analysis capabilities across linguistic, media studies, and audiovisual research.
This infrastructure will, for the first time, enable shared research workflows and ensure adherence to FAIR principles, improving the accessibility and reusability of research data.
This repository relies on nix and direnv.
- Clone the github repo.
cd mava-apijust buildjust run
This is a PoC, for a connector to achieve interoperability between video metadata processing tools. It comes with the following building blocks:
- ontology for a common terminology
- api that allows to export and import into a graph that remains in memory.
- the ontology is provided in owl
- so far it has been kept pragmatic, aligned to the use cases TIBAV-A and videoscope
- It establishes an API, that allows to import gradually into a graph and then exports the graph once it is ready
- The graph can also be cleared.
- Data can be imported from csv files or from Turtle files
- Data is exported as Turtle filed
Read first the Contribution Guidelines.
For technical documentation on setup and development, see the Development Guide
This work was funded by the Swiss Data Science Center (SDSC) through its National Call for Projects as an Infrastructure project.
We gratefully acknowledge the contributions of the SDSC experts and our partners.
SDSC Experts:
- Dr. Stefan Milosavljevic, ORCID ID 0000-0002-9135-1353
- Sabine Maennel
- Robin Franken, ORCID ID 0009-0008-0143-9118
- Dr. Oksana Riba Grognuz, ORCID ID 0000-0002-2961-2655
Partner Institutions
- Dr. Teodora Vuković, ORCID ID 0000-0002-5780-5665
- Dr. Jeremy Zehr, ORCID ID 0000-0002-6046-8647
- Prof. Dr. Josephine Diecke, ORCID ID 0000-0002-9342-0631
- Dr. Simon Spiegel, ORCID ID 0000-0003-2141-5566
- Prof. Dr. Ralph Ewerth, ORCID ID 0000-0003-0918-6297
- Dr. Eric Müller-Budack, ORCID ID 0000-0002-6802-1241
- Dr. Cristina Grisot, ORCID ID 0000-0003-0684-4442
If you use this software, please cite it as follows:
👉 See the CITATION.cff file for the full list of software authors and citation formats.
When referring to the project more broadly (including partner contributions), please acknowledge the funding statement and collaborators listed in the Acknowledgements section:
"This work was funded by the Swiss Data Science Center (SDSC) through its National Call for Projects as an Infrastructure project."
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