Dr. Sara L. Uckelman uckelman@uni-heidelberg.de Cluster of - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Dr. Sara L. Uckelman uckelman@uni-heidelberg.de Cluster of Excellence “Asia and Europe in a Global Context” Ruprecht-Karls Universität Heidelberg MAD | HD 3–4 April 2014 Dr. Sara L. Uckelman (Heidelberg) DMNES 3 Apr 2014 1 / 9

Content All names recorded in sources written between 600 and 1600, minus: References to historical/non-contemporary people, and to names occurring only in fictional literature or poetry. Goal: available on the internet, hopefully for free (i.e., without subscription) fully searchable as well as browsable. updatable. with complete citations for all entries in so far as possible. exemplary of a wide range of spellings, dates, and usages. Dr. Sara L. Uckelman (Heidelberg) DMNES 3 Apr 2014 2 / 9

Motivation Recently there has been significant interest in compiling word dictionaries of various medieval languages: Middle English Dictionary the TLFi project (Old French) Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources Dictionary of Medieval Latin from Celtic Sources Anglo-Norman Dictionary Dictionary of the Scots Language Dictionnaire Étymologique de l’Ancien Français These dictionaries, however, do not include personal names, in their citations, except incidentally (cf., e.g., personal names where the bynames are used as attestations of ME words in the MED). Dr. Sara L. Uckelman (Heidelberg) DMNES 3 Apr 2014 3 / 9

Audiences Linguists and philologists Historians Genealogists Re-enactors Parents Dr. Sara L. Uckelman (Heidelberg) DMNES 3 Apr 2014 4 / 9

Technical Right now, the Dictionary data is stored in individual XML files in a git repository. We are working on building an eXist-db app, for querying and browsing via a web interface, into which the XML files will be imported. The Dictionary will be online at http://www.dmnes.org (not yet available). Dr. Sara L. Uckelman (Heidelberg) DMNES 3 Apr 2014 5 / 9

Prototype Dr. Sara L. Uckelman (Heidelberg) DMNES 3 Apr 2014 6 / 9

Prototype Dr. Sara L. Uckelman (Heidelberg) DMNES 3 Apr 2014 7 / 9

Prototype Dr. Sara L. Uckelman (Heidelberg) DMNES 3 Apr 2014 8 / 9

Stay informed, Get involved You can follow the Dictionary ’s progress via our blog and on Facebook: http://dmnes.wordpress.com/ https://www.facebook.com/thedmnes Want to help out? We’re looking for people with skills in: XML, XQuery writing TEI-compliant XML schemata eXist-db web development & design Contact Sara at sara.uckelman@asia-europe.uni-heidelberg.de . Dr. Sara L. Uckelman (Heidelberg) DMNES 3 Apr 2014 9 / 9