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Research Challenges in EMLoT: a Digital Humanities perspective Michele Pasin Centre for Computing in the Humanities Kings College, London michele.pasin@ kcl.ac.uk 1 Three main points.. 1. Modeling . Creating a computational representation

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Michele Pasin Centre for Computing in the Humanities Kings College, London

michele.pasin@ kcl.ac.uk

Research Challenges in EMLoT: a Digital Humanities perspective

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Three main points..

  • 1. Modeling. Creating a computational

representation of the history of textual transmission

  • 3. Reuse. From a passive resource, to a platform

that supports the creation of new knowledge

  • 2. Access. Complex data need simple access

points: the faceted browser

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1)Modeling: from Endnote to a relational DB

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1)Modeling: from Endnote to a relational DB

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1)Modeling: EMLoT data model in a nutshell

Event: The Privy Council takes action over the performance of the Isle of Dogs Primary Source: PRO, PC 2/22 author: unknown type: manuscript, letter Person: Jonson, Benjamin Nashe, Thomas Ferrys Troupe: Pembroke's Men Venue: Swan Secondary Source: English Professional Theatre, 1530-1660 type: records collection, editors: Glynne Wickham, William Ingram, Herbert Berry

transcribes describes h a p p e n e d

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factual textual

has-participants

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1)Modeling: two different levels of abstraction

EMLoT Transcription Record:

Authored by: Tanya Hagen Primary Source Transcribed: PRO, PC 2/22 Location of Transcription (in Sec.Source): pag. 120, vol. 2 Primary Source as Cited in Sec.Source: PRO, PC 2/22/m.724d. Transcription Notes: excerpted; parenthetical date(s); parenthetical note(s); spelling and punctuation standardized

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2)Access: complex data need complex simple access points

  • avoiding the ʻzero resultsʼ problem
  • geared towards non-experts (but not only!)
  • building an interface that facilitates navigation in a

potentially unfamiliar domain

  • ʻI donʼt know much about the domain, but I can still discover things of

interest and make sense of this stuffʼ

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2)Access: using a Faceted Search interface

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2)Access: using a faceted search interface

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2)Access: the faceted browser in EMLoT

All the facets are always accessible 25 facets divided into 4 groups:

  • document description
  • citation
  • event & person
  • troupe & venue

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2)Access: the faceted browser in EMLoT

Live preview of ‘ search success’

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2)Access: the faceted browser in EMLoT

Incremental search through adding/removing available filters

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3)Reuse: the workspace

  • Problem: transforming the website

from a static resource, to a platform where new knowledge gets created

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3)Reuse: the workspace

  • save items of interest for working with them later
  • organize EMLoT items into personal collections,

add notes to them

  • publish collections via the EMLoT website,

share them with colleagues or students

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3)Reuse: the workspace

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3)Reuse: the workspace

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3)Reuse: the workspace

  • we’re still testing the most

advanced functionalities of the workspace - available in the coming weeks!

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... thanks!

http:/www.emlot.kcl.ac.uk email me at: michele.pasin@kcl.ac.uk

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