Development and Validation of a Corpus of Written Parliamentary Questions in the Hellenic Parliament

This paper presents the development of the first parliamentary corpus of written questions in the Hellenic Parliament. Moreover, we discuss a well-defined end-to-end process that has been streamlined and optimised to produce high-quality open text data based on parliamentary documents. Based on the...

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Main Authors: Fotios Fitsilis, George Mikros
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Language:English
Published: Ubiquity Press 2021-08-01
Series:Journal of Open Humanities Data
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Online Access:https://openhumanitiesdata.metajnl.com/articles/45
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description This paper presents the development of the first parliamentary corpus of written questions in the Hellenic Parliament. Moreover, we discuss a well-defined end-to-end process that has been streamlined and optimised to produce high-quality open text data based on parliamentary documents. Based on the above methodology, a representative sample of 2,000 questions from four parliamentary periods in the Hellenic Parliament has been extracted, validated, and placed into an open data repository. Furthermore, open data production is analysed, and several degrees of freedom in its application in alternative data sets are proposed and discussed. Consequently, the authors argue that this method constitutes a transferable and scalable practice that can be used by other representative institutions for the creation and subsequent study of their open data.
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spelling doaj-art-ed5b0cd0a51a4f03adb01f2e3604e7c52025-08-20T02:18:55ZengUbiquity PressJournal of Open Humanities Data2059-481X2021-08-01710.5334/johd.4537Development and Validation of a Corpus of Written Parliamentary Questions in the Hellenic ParliamentFotios Fitsilis0George Mikros1Scientific Service, Hellenic Parliament, AthensMiddle Eastern Studies Department, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Doha,This paper presents the development of the first parliamentary corpus of written questions in the Hellenic Parliament. Moreover, we discuss a well-defined end-to-end process that has been streamlined and optimised to produce high-quality open text data based on parliamentary documents. Based on the above methodology, a representative sample of 2,000 questions from four parliamentary periods in the Hellenic Parliament has been extracted, validated, and placed into an open data repository. Furthermore, open data production is analysed, and several degrees of freedom in its application in alternative data sets are proposed and discussed. Consequently, the authors argue that this method constitutes a transferable and scalable practice that can be used by other representative institutions for the creation and subsequent study of their open data.https://openhumanitiesdata.metajnl.com/articles/45hellenic parliamentparliamentary controlwritten questionshellenic ocr teamcrowdsourcingopen science
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Development and Validation of a Corpus of Written Parliamentary Questions in the Hellenic Parliament
Journal of Open Humanities Data
hellenic parliament
parliamentary control
written questions
hellenic ocr team
crowdsourcing
open science
title Development and Validation of a Corpus of Written Parliamentary Questions in the Hellenic Parliament
title_full Development and Validation of a Corpus of Written Parliamentary Questions in the Hellenic Parliament
title_fullStr Development and Validation of a Corpus of Written Parliamentary Questions in the Hellenic Parliament
title_full_unstemmed Development and Validation of a Corpus of Written Parliamentary Questions in the Hellenic Parliament
title_short Development and Validation of a Corpus of Written Parliamentary Questions in the Hellenic Parliament
title_sort development and validation of a corpus of written parliamentary questions in the hellenic parliament
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parliamentary control
written questions
hellenic ocr team
crowdsourcing
open science
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