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Data modeling for early modern emblems
Dr. Thomas Stäcker (HAB WolfenbüAel); Workshop Brown University (Providence), 14-‐16.3.2012 [email protected]
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NEH/DFG Project, 2009-‐2012 (predecessors since 2002)
Herzog August Bibliothek, WolfenbüAel, Germany
University of Illinois at Urbana-‐Champaign
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University of Illinois
Mara Wade Timothy Cole Myung-‐Ja Han Tom Kilton
Herzog August Bibliothek
Thomas Stäcker Andrea Opitz Manuela Schink
Members of Research Team
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Goals
digi'za'on of a comprehensive corpus of emblem books (800 imprints)
transcribing moAos (>15.000) and indexing picturae (10.000) by Iconclass nota'ons
crea'ng a joint portal for emblem research
Andrea Alciato,
Emblem-‐atum Liber,
1531
MoAo
Pictura
Subscrip'o
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Modeling problems
Structural level physcial book structure
divisions,paragraphs according to page sequence
emblem structure moAo, pictura, epigram independent of page sequence
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proprietary emblem schema and/or standards such as TEI unique iden'fica'on (global emblem iden'fier)
Modeling problems
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Bibliographic descrip'ons
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emblem components
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Modeling the emblem
<emblem:emblem xml:id="E018313" globalID="hAp://hdl.handle.net/10111/EmblemRegistry:E018313"> <emblem:moAo xml:id="E018313_M1"> <emblem:transcrip'on xlink:href=„hAp://diglib.hab.de/drucke/li-‐3284/start.htm?image=00139“ xml:lang="de">
Deß Herzens Flucht. </emblem:transcrip'on>
<emblem:transcrip'on xlink:href="hAp://diglib.hab.de/drucke/li-‐3284/start.htm?image=00140" xml:lang="la">
Cordis Fuga. </emblem:transcrip'on>
</emblem:moAo> <emblem:pictura medium="engraving" xml:id="E018313_P1" xlink:href="hAp://diglib.hab.de/drucke/li-‐3284/start.htm?image=00140"> <emblem:iconclass rdf:about="hAp://iconclass.org/86(+0)"> <skos:nota'on>86(CORDIS FUGA)</skos:nota'on> <skos:prefLabel xml:lang="de">Sprichwörter, Redewendungen, etc.</skos:prefLabel> <emblem:keyword xml:lang="de">Redewendung</emblem:keyword> <emblem:keyword xml:lang="de">Sprichwort</emblem:keyword> </emblem:iconclass> …
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Embedded in structural book metadata (TEI compa'ble )
<div type="emblem_pictura" n="E018313" facs="#drucke_li-‐3284_00140"> <p> <index indexName="bsw" facs="#drucke_li-‐3284_00140">
<term key="86(CORDIS FUGA)" type="ICONCLASS"> <term xml:lang="de">Redewendung</term> <term xml:lang="de">Sprichwort</term> </term>
</index> </p> </div>
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Modeling problems -‐ iden7fica7on
book level work expression edi'on copy
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Iden'fica'on – global emblem ID (copy level)
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Different Levels of Access Points
Search / Discovery functions –
Search Books & Emblems Search Books only Search Emblems only Browse by Iconclass
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Emblem Level Access
Emblems Tab –
Brings up all the emblems included in the book
Selecting Emblem Tab also makes both Emblem Detail and Browse Iconclass Tabs alive.
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Pictura Level Access
Emblem Detail Tab introduces –
*emblem IdentiFier *thumbnail *motto *emblem/pictura links *Iconclass headings (with notation and label)
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Iconclass Browse
Makes available iconclass headings browseable and searchable by 1. Notation 2. Language 3. Keywords
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ICONCLASS Browser provided by arkyves via <iframe>
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Interfaces -‐ OAI
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ICONCLASS nota'ons indexed by Foto Marburg or Arkyves
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modeling issues
Mingling general (basic) standards (structural metadata) and proprietary community related formats Defining general en''es in the humani'es: work, edi'on, copy (cf. FRBR/RDA) -‐ person, place, subject, 'me (special role of illustra'ons) Unique and persistent iden'fica'on of en''es Sharing data across language boundaries (e.g. by using ICONCLASS or similar standards) Perspec'ves for joint capturing or exchanging data and collabora've research scenarios