Evaluation of fuzziness and wobbliness in numismatics and ceramology

Chairs: Florian Thiery, Karsten Tolle, Allard Mees

Collaborators: Sebastian Gampe, David-Wigg-Wolf

Both exact and interpretive statements are central to exploring objects. Authors’ hidden assumptions, incomplete object preservation or imprecise technical concepts can strongly influence the latter.

Uniform modelling of the associated fuzziness and wobbliness in research data is challenging as different approaches are developed or implemented in research domains.

This TRAIL addresses the enrich & interpret, and reuse & cite phases of the research data lifecycle. The aim is to collect, evaluate and extend existing modelling approaches to fuzziness and wobbliness (e.g. uncertainty, vagueness, accuracy and precision) in research data in a case study of collection-related numismatic and ceramic research. This will identify common interactions that enable transformations from one research discipline-specific modelling approach to another.

Besides collecting mathematical, IT and other relevant implications of existing modelling approaches, this TRAIL will implement prototype modelling approaches in use cases and embed them in university courses, enabling scientists and students to evaluate the advantages and disadvantages in a verifiable way.

White and blue papers outlining best practices and transformation rules for modelling concepts will be published so that the solutions found for numismatic and ceramic research can be transferred and adapted to other research domains.