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This proposed semantic network model of contra dance shows the connections

between entities and concepts using a specific vocabulary to describe relationships.

This kind of modeling can later be leveraged as linked data and ontologies.

Further Research

This project is the beginning of future research opportunities into:

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  • using pluralist methods of knowledge organization and representation to study ICH, particularly folk dances, rituals, and event-based traditions

  • application of facet analysis, entity relationship (ER) modeling, the CIDOC Conceptual Reference Model (CRM), and the IFLA Library Reference Model (LRM) to contra dance

  • developing structured vocabularies and domain knowledge bases like thesauri and ontologies for contra dance and other folk dance forms

  • building digital repositories and exhibitions for visualizations of folk dance figures, patterns, and movements

  • developing metadata schemas and cataloging standards for folk dance and other folk traditions

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