Introduction to the Special Issue on Mining the Humanities: Technologies and Applications

摘要

In the era of the current digital revolution our society is based on the so-called digital industry surrounded by a high-tech global economy. Data and information play a key role building relationships with a range of organizations working on data; the latter taking a variety of forms, such as big, small, linked and open. This information industry allows humans to explore their personalized needs, therefore simplifying the procedure of interacting with the digital world. As it seems that almost any conversation on information and communication these days inevitably includes the term "data" at some point, it is more than evident that their interpretation must be contextual and aligned with everyday's human needs and actions. As a consequence, a huge amount of heterogeneous human-related data is generated, enriched and exploited for creating new research opportunities and challenges.