Data Sources

Linked Jazz uses data from multiple sources. The most common source used are Oral Historical Transcripts.

Sources From College Institutions

  • Rutgers
  • UClA
  • Hamilton College
  • University Of Michigan

Input Data Output Data

DBPedia is the seed Dataset that extracts information from the transcripts of Jazz Musician made up of 9300 names and the information was filtered through RFD.

Volunteers are given excerpts from interviews through our crowdsourcing platform 52nd Street, and they are requested to provide more precise words to characterize the connection between the interviewee and the person referenced. The volunteer creates a triple that is saved in our dataset when they select a relationship from a list of options.

Transformation Of Data

This flow chart demonstrates the transformation process Used in the 52nd Street Program