CURIOS Mobile: Linked Data exploitation for tourist mobile apps in rural areas

Nguyen, Hai H.; Beel, David; Webster, Gemma; Mellish, Chris; Pan, Jeff Z.; Wallace, Claire

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-15615-6_10

CURIOS Mobile: Linked Data exploitation for tourist mobile apps in rural areas

Nguyen, Hai H.; Beel, David; Webster, Gemma; Mellish, Chris; Pan, Jeff Z.; Wallace, Claire

Authors

Hai H. Nguyen

David Beel

Dr Gemma Webster G.Webster@napier.ac.uk
Visiting Associate Professor

Chris Mellish

Jeff Z. Pan

Claire Wallace

Contributors

Thepchai Supnithi
Editor

Takahira Yamaguchi
Editor

Jeff Z. Pan
Editor

Vilas Wuwongse
Editor

Marut Buranarach
Editor

Abstract

As mobile devices proliferate and their computational power has increased rapidly over recent years, mobile applications have become a popular choice for visitors to enhance their travelling experience. However, most tourist mobile apps currently use narratives generated specifically for the app and often require a reliable Internet connection to download data from the cloud. These requirements are difficult to achieve in rural settings where many interesting cultural heritage sites are located. Although Linked Data has become a very popular format to preserve historical and cultural archives, it has not been applied to a great extent in tourist sector. In this paper we describe an approach to using Linked Data technology for enhancing visitors’ experience in rural settings. In particular, we present CURIOS Mobile, the implementation of our approach and an initial evaluation from a case study conducted in the Western Isles of Scotland.

Citation

Nguyen, H. H., Beel, D., Webster, G., Mellish, C., Pan, J. Z., & Wallace, C. (2014, November). CURIOS Mobile: Linked Data exploitation for tourist mobile apps in rural areas. Presented at 4th Joint International Conference, JIST 2014, Chiang Mai, Thailand

Presentation Conference Type	Conference Paper (published)
Conference Name	4th Joint International Conference, JIST 2014
Start Date	Nov 9, 2014
End Date	Nov 11, 2014
Online Publication Date	Feb 21, 2015
Publication Date	Feb 21, 2015
Deposit Date	Mar 4, 2016
Publisher	Springer
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	8943
Pages	129-145
Series Title	Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Series Number	8943
Series ISSN	0302-9743
Book Title	Semantic Technology : 4th Joint International Conference, JIST 2014
Chapter Number	10
ISBN	9783319156149
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-15615-6_10
Keywords	Mobile devices; mobile applications; tourism; tourist mobile apps; Linked Data; CURIOS Mobile; rural areas;
Public URL	http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/9483