diff --git a/_use-cases/valuesml/index.md b/_use-cases/valuesml/index.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..3a74959 --- /dev/null +++ b/_use-cases/valuesml/index.md @@ -0,0 +1,36 @@ +--- +title: ValuesML +subheadline: Unravelling Expressed Values in the Media for Informed Policy Making +permalink: /use-cases/valuesml/ +screenshot: screenshot.png +thumbnail: screenshot-thumb.png +hidden: false +--- + +**Source**: This use-case was summarized by Richard Eckart de Castilho based on information provided on the ValuesML website and the annotation guides published by the project.. + +The [ValuesML project][1], part of a JRC initiative, aims to enhance policymakers' understanding of citizens' values in relation to policy issues. +By using machine learning to analyze values expressed in news media and political manifestos, the project connects these values to policies, events, and political contexts. +In collaboration with the JRC’s Text Mining & Analytics Competence Centre, ValuesML leverages data from the Europe Media Monitor (EMM) and political manifestos to create a gold-standard dataset for training advanced values detection algorithms. + +A key aspect of the project involves annotating documents with personal values and their attainment levels using the INCEpTION annotation tool. +This process has resulted in over 2,500 annotated documents across nine languages, involving around 70 scholars. +The annotated corpus will help train algorithms to better understand how values influence public opinion and policy. + +Detailed informtation on the annotation schema and the INCEpTION configuration can be found in the [annotation guidelines][2]. +To shortly summarize, the most important functionalities of INCEpTION used in the project were: + +1. **Team-based Annotation**: Annotators could annotate texts by highlighting spans, selecting from predefined values, and specifying attainment levels. Key bindings were used to improve annotation efficiency. +2. **Workload management**: As annotators marked a completely annotated document as finished, project managers could track the progress of the project. +3. **Curation**: Curators could merge and resolve annotations from different annotators, ensuring consistent and high-quality data. The system provided clear visual markers (color-coded) for agreement or discrepancies between annotators. + +##### References + +* Reitis-Münstermann, T., Schulze Brock, P., Scharfbillig, M., Stefanovitch, N., and De Longueville, B., + Values in News and Political Manifestos: Annotation Guidelines, + Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg, 2024, + doi:10.2760/7398, [JRC137286](https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC137286). + [[PDF](https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/bitstream/JRC137286/JRC137286_01.pdf)] + +[1]: https://knowledge4policy.ec.europa.eu/projects-activities/valuesml-unravelling-expressed-values-media-informed-policy-making_en +[2]: https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC137286 \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/_use-cases/valuesml/screenshot-thumb.png b/_use-cases/valuesml/screenshot-thumb.png new file mode 100644 index 0000000..2f85454 Binary files /dev/null and b/_use-cases/valuesml/screenshot-thumb.png differ diff --git a/_use-cases/valuesml/screenshot.png b/_use-cases/valuesml/screenshot.png new file mode 100644 index 0000000..206f68b Binary files /dev/null and b/_use-cases/valuesml/screenshot.png differ