[AI-Generated Summary]: This article by Sun Xianbin and You Xingchao reviews two pioneering attempts from 15 years ago at Peking University’s Data Analysis Research Center to build ancient Chinese texts knowledge bases - the “Zizhi Tongjian Knowledge Service System” and the “China Historical Bibliography Database System” - discussing the theoretical framework of ontology-based semantic networks, practical challenges in text annotation, and the critical importance of knowledge base construction as foundation for AI applications in ancient texts digitization.
Language: Chinese (中文)
Authors
- 孫顯斌 (Sun Xianbin) - Chinese Academy of Sciences Institute for the History of Natural Sciences
- 攸興超 (You Xingchao) - Dougong Technology Co., Ltd.
Key Projects Discussed
1. Zizhi Tongjian Knowledge Service System (資治通鑒知識服務系統)
- Developed 2008-2019 with Zhonghua Book Company
- Comprehensive text annotation with 7 ontology types
- Semantic network analysis capabilities
- Full-text semantic search functionality
2. China Historical Bibliography Database System (中國歷代典籍總目系統)
- Developed 2009 with National Library of China
- 27 bibliography sources, over 2 million entries
- FRBR-based structural analysis
- Multi-dimensional navigation and statistical analysis
Core Concepts
- Ontology (本體): Semantic referents in texts
- Annotation (標記): Text markers linked to ontologies
- Four Requirements for Computability: Structuralization, Unification, Standardization, Relationalization
Published in: 《中國古典學》第七輯 (Chinese Classical Studies, Vol. 7)