Jan Koester
@jankoester.bsky.social
RSE & Software Architect modeling the unmodelable: Ancient iconography & epistemic uncertainty.
@Imagines Nummorum, Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Germany
@Imagines Nummorum, Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Germany
December 25, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Core fixtures for the v0.9 graph model release in January 2026 are nearly finished. I’d hoped to wrap this up before the holidays, but I’m stopping at the 90% mark. I’d rather re-evaluate with fresh eyes in January than rush the final validation now.
Done for the year.
#RSEng #GraphDB #Numismatics
Done for the year.
#RSEng #GraphDB #Numismatics
December 22, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Core fixtures for the v0.9 graph model release in January 2026 are nearly finished. I’d hoped to wrap this up before the holidays, but I’m stopping at the 90% mark. I’d rather re-evaluate with fresh eyes in January than rush the final validation now.
Done for the year.
#RSEng #GraphDB #Numismatics
Done for the year.
#RSEng #GraphDB #Numismatics
RDF reification for complex image semantics often leads to structural bloat.
We use the Property Graph to keep Modifiers and Events as first-class citizens. No "triple-spaghetti," just maintainable logic and performance.
Logic first, serialization second.
#RSE #GraphDB #Neo4j #DigitalHumanities
We use the Property Graph to keep Modifiers and Events as first-class citizens. No "triple-spaghetti," just maintainable logic and performance.
Logic first, serialization second.
#RSE #GraphDB #Neo4j #DigitalHumanities
December 19, 2025 at 1:11 PM
RDF reification for complex image semantics often leads to structural bloat.
We use the Property Graph to keep Modifiers and Events as first-class citizens. No "triple-spaghetti," just maintainable logic and performance.
Logic first, serialization second.
#RSE #GraphDB #Neo4j #DigitalHumanities
We use the Property Graph to keep Modifiers and Events as first-class citizens. No "triple-spaghetti," just maintainable logic and performance.
Logic first, serialization second.
#RSE #GraphDB #Neo4j #DigitalHumanities
Wrestling with mapping free-text coin descriptions to our graph. The NLP/RE pipeline is almost ready, but semantic ambiguity is a beast. Human language nuances strike back every time.
Definitely not a bash script job for the lunch break.
#RSEng #Numismatics #DigitalHumanities #NLP
Definitely not a bash script job for the lunch break.
#RSEng #Numismatics #DigitalHumanities #NLP
December 18, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Wrestling with mapping free-text coin descriptions to our graph. The NLP/RE pipeline is almost ready, but semantic ambiguity is a beast. Human language nuances strike back every time.
Definitely not a bash script job for the lunch break.
#RSEng #Numismatics #DigitalHumanities #NLP
Definitely not a bash script job for the lunch break.
#RSEng #Numismatics #DigitalHumanities #NLP
Breaking out of the cold start.
We are one year into our 25-year mission to build the Thesaurus of Ancient Greek Numismatics.
www.imagines-nummorum.eu/en
🧵 1/3 #RSEng #Numismatics #DigitalHumanities
We are one year into our 25-year mission to build the Thesaurus of Ancient Greek Numismatics.
www.imagines-nummorum.eu/en
🧵 1/3 #RSEng #Numismatics #DigitalHumanities
Imagines Nummorum
Imagines Nummorum (ThING) is creating a digital thesaurus of ancient Greek coins in order to unlock their pictorial and cultural-historical potential.
www.imagines-nummorum.eu
December 17, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Breaking out of the cold start.
We are one year into our 25-year mission to build the Thesaurus of Ancient Greek Numismatics.
www.imagines-nummorum.eu/en
🧵 1/3 #RSEng #Numismatics #DigitalHumanities
We are one year into our 25-year mission to build the Thesaurus of Ancient Greek Numismatics.
www.imagines-nummorum.eu/en
🧵 1/3 #RSEng #Numismatics #DigitalHumanities