The social, political and legal aspects of text and data mining (TDM).

Brook, Michelle; Murray-Rust, Peter; Oppenheim, Charles

Abstract

The ideas of textual or data mining (TDM) and subsequent analysis go back hundreds if not thousands of years. Originally carried out manually, textual and data analysis has long been a tool which has enabled new insights to be drawn from text corpora. However, for the potential benefits of TDM to be unlocked, a number of non-technological barriers need to be overcome. These include legal uncertainty resulting from complicated copyright, database rights and licensing, the fact that some publishers are not currently embracing the opportunities TDM offers the academic community, and a lack of awareness of TDM among many academics, alongside a skills gap.

Citation

BROCK, M., MURRAY-RUST, P. and OPPENHEIM, C. 2014. The social, political and legal aspects of text and data mining (TDM). D-Lib Magazine [online], 20(11/12). Available from: https://doi.org/10.1045/november14-brook

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Nov 30, 2014
• Online Publication Date: Nov 30, 2014
• Publication Date: Nov 30, 2014
• Deposit Date: Nov 21, 2014
• Publicly Available Date: Nov 21, 2014
• Journal: D-Lib Magazine
• Print ISSN: 1082-9873
• Electronic ISSN: 1082-9873
• Publisher: Corporation for National Research Initiatives (CNRI)
• Peer Reviewed: Not Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 20
• Issue: 11/12
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1045/november14-brook
• Public URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10059/1077
• Contract Date: Nov 21, 2014