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Revealing the Mill Race: An exploration of collaborative flood risk ontologies Louise Mullagh and Justin Larner Project funded by the Ensemble Innovation Prize, Lancaster University

Map of the area showing the Mill Race circa. 17788

Flooding in Lancaster December 2015

Excavation works reveal part of the Mill Race

The Revealing the Mill Race project aims to explore the issue of flooding in Lancaster using the Data Drift methodology to create an ontology of both digital and non-digital data

Data Drift methodology: the map pouch

The Data Drift methodology in action Walk 2: Sunderland Point, Walk 3: Todmorden, Walk 1: Tiree, Scotland Lancaster Yorkshire October 2016 December 2016 July 2017

Adding artefacts and notes to the large map

How to classify a range of digital and non-digital data

A collaborative ontology for Mill Race flooding in Lancaster

Work plan 1) Share knowledge between stakeholders 2) Hold workshops with local businesses 3) Structure digital and non-digital data in an ontology 4) Feed back findings to stakeholders 5) The ontology can then be the basis of a local flooding model

For more information about the project contact: Louise Mullagh: l.mullagh@lancaster.ac.uk Justin Larner: j.larner1@lancaster.ac.uk