Very interesting, thanks!

Thanks!

Very interesting article!
It will be useful for a work we're doing with the Theme Ontology
www.themeontology.org

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"The GOLEM Ontology for Narrative and Fiction"

📝 Read the paper: doi.org/10.3390/h141...
🧩Explore the ontology: github.com/GOLEM-lab/go...

#DigitalHumanities #ComputationalLiteraryStudies

4/ 🔗 Why It Matters 🌍
GOLEM is a tool for archivists and AI researchers. By formalizing narrative structures, it enables:

Comparative analysis across cultures/media. 🌐
Smarter digital archives for fanfic and folklore. 📚
Graph-based AI that to anlayze stories without hallucinations. 🤖

3/ Example: Harry Potter 🧙‍♂️
GOLEM can model:

Harry Potter’s “Character-Stoff” (all versions across media). 🎭
The evolution of Ron/Hermione’s relationship through events (e.g., Yule Ball, Battle of Hogwarts). 💘
Narrative functions (e.g., “helper”) and their roles in different adaptations. 🌟

2/ Key Innovations 🔬

Fictional Entities: characters and places as “agentive social objects,” even if they lack real-world existence. 👻
Provenance: Documents the source of every claim (text, criticism, fan interpretations). 📝
Fan Culture: Models fandoms and participatory reinterpretations. 🤩

1/ Why GOLEM? 🤔
Existing formal ontologies (CIDOC CRM, LRMoo) excel at metadata but struggle with the content of narratives—especially fictional entities. GOLEM extends these models to capture:

Characters & their traits 🧙‍♂️
Social relationships 🤝
Events & settings 🌍
Narrative functions & sequences 📜