Semantic Mapping: Peace Agreements — Constitutions

To what extent do peace agreements influence subsequent constitutions?

This question can be answered by finding provisions in peace agreements that are semantically similar to sections of later constitutions. This process is referred to as semantic mapping, where constitution sections are said to be mapped by agreement provisions.

The demonstrator illustrates the mapping process using peace agreements and constituitions from a number of countries. A high number of semantically similar provision-section pairs indicates the degree to which agreement provisions determine the content of constitutions.

In addition to mapping data, the demonstrator presents a list of mapped sections from the Bosnia & Herzegovina constitution, sample timeline visualisations from Bosnia & Herzegovina, and sample metadata analysis.