The Twitter Ontology Travis Allen for video of this presentation see: ontology.mp4

Why? Major social media site – 400,000,000 tweets a day Sociological & cultural studies Military intelligence “Arab Spring”

The Scope Statement Scope: “Create an ontology of Twitter that accurately represents the mechanical functions of the Twitter platform”

The Conceptual Model Twitter?

The “Textbook”

The Terms

The Layout

The Protégé File Basic Formal Ontology Information Artifact Ontology

Important Terms Tweet: A message posted via Twitter containing 140 characters or fewer – Twitter Glossary

Important Terms Username: Also known as a Twitter Handle. Must be unique and contain fewer than 15 characters. Is used to identify you on Twitter for replies and mentions. –Twitter Glossary

The ‘true path’ rule Retweet is_a Tweet Tweet is_a Information Content Entity Message_Content is_a Textual Entity Follower is_a User List is_a Column

Real Tweet Test Display_Name (and probably Person) Profile_Picture Username Message_Content Time Date Annotation and Retweet Timestamp Result of processes ‘Favorite’ and ‘Retweeting’ Follower role Direct_Message Reply process

Improvement Full & continued integration with IAO, BFO, more? Consideration of Ontology Protocol integration

Questions/Discussion