The Shape of a Benedictine Monastery: The SaintGall Ontology (Extended Version)
Claudia Cantale, Domenico Cantone, Manuela Lupica Rinato, Marianna, Nicolosi-Asmundo, and Daniele Francesco Santamaria
TL;DR
This paper introduces an OWL 2 ontology based on the Saint Gall plan, an ancient document outlining the ideal Benedictine monastery layout, to facilitate digital modeling and analysis of monastic architecture.
Contribution
It provides a formal OWL 2 ontology of the Saint Gall plan, enabling computational reasoning and digital representation of monastic complex designs.
Findings
Ontology accurately models the Saint Gall plan structure
Enables reasoning about monastic layouts
Facilitates digital preservation and analysis
Abstract
We present an OWL 2 ontology representing the Saint Gall plan, one of the most ancient documents arrived intact to us, which describes the ideal model of a Benedictine monastic complex that inspired the design of many European monasteries.
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Taxonomy
TopicsSemantic Web and Ontologies · Geographic Information Systems Studies