2018-19 Academic Year Research Report

This is an addendum to my 2018-19 Academic Year Research Report submitted for review via Digital Measures.

Online documentation for research accomplishments:

1. We were able to successfully convert publicly accessible JSON-encoded statistical play-by-play datasets for all 14 games in the 2017 Alabama Crimson Tide football season into a linked data application using Wikibase. One can now navigate from play to play, drive to drive, and game to game within the 2017 football season using data drawn from existing statistical play-by-play datasets. Highlights:
   1. Example of a JSON-encoded statistical play-by-play dataset from 2017 Alabama versus Florida State football game.
   2. Property list for the ontology developed for this application.
   3. Example item pages from our Wikibase each containing metadata statements about each entity-type using properties from our ontology:
      1. For a play (view this example play's mediawiki page here)
      2. For a drive (view this example drive's mediawiki page here)
      3. For a game (view this example game's mediawiki page here)
   4. Example infobox templates deployed to generate infoboxes on each mediawiki page:
      1. For a play
      2. For a drive
      3. For a game

The result is a demonstration of how linked data can form the basis of an integrated navigation experience using RDF triples that are rendered automatically using MediaWiki infobox templates drawn their data from the linked data triplestore in our Wikibase. General research accomplishments pertaining to Research Goal 1: Based on our work during the academic year, we can now demonstrate how linked data from converted statistical play-by-play datasets can be incorporated into a framework for the organizing of multimedia assets. One key insight that we had in developing our application was to consider each play as a describable entity with its own Wikibase item page. To our knowledge, this level of granularity has not yet been attempted using Wikibase.

https://wikibase.slis.ua.edu/wiki/Tua_Tagovailoa_pass_complete_to_DeVonta_Smith_for_27_yds_for_a_TD_(Andy_Pappanastos_KICK)_(9/23/17) https://wikibase.slis.ua.edu/wiki/Da%27Ron_Payne_1_Yd_pass_from_Jalen_Hurts_(Andy_Pappanastos_Kick)_(1/1/18) https://wikibase.slis.ua.edu/wiki/Calvin_Ridley_12_Yd_pass_from_Jalen_Hurts_(Andy_Pappanastos_Kick)_(1/1/18) https://wikibase.slis.ua.edu/wiki/Damien_Harris_run_for_75_yds_for_a_TD_(Andy_Pappanastos_KICK)_(10-14-17)