This paper presents the Story Map Building and Visualizing Tool (SMBVT), asoftware that allows users to create and visualise semantic story maps using auser-friendly web interface. The tool uses Wikidata as external reference knowledge base and exploits Semantic Web technologies in the back-end system to represent stories modelled on the Narrative ontology, aCRM-based vocabulary for representing narratives. SMBVT is entirely open-source and accessible after free registration.
Keywords: {SemanticWeb,Ontology,StoryMaps,Narratives,StoryMapBuildingandVisualizingTool,Narrative Ontology}
