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Ottoman Historical Dictionary. In-Process Presentation II. Agenda. Review of Background Review of Needs Assessment Implementation Process ER Diagram Change Design Decisions Feature Demo. History. Why is it important?
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Ottoman Historical Dictionary In-Process Presentation II
Agenda • Review of Background • Review of Needs Assessment • Implementation Process • ER Diagram Change • Design Decisions • Feature Demo
History • Why is it important? • Influenced cultures from North Africa to Islamic nations, Central Asia and Greece • No contemporary or online dictionary exist • Why is it a “historical” dictionary? • Dead language • Needed to interpret historical documents • More information then just a dictionary
Needs Assessment • Ottoman language structure • Online entry and verification • Three levels of access • Compared systems for code reuse
Implementation Process • Implementing in MySQL and PHP • Implementing three interfaces • Search • Entry • Verification • Continued meetings with clients • Obtaining real data • Verify design and implementation process
ERD Change • Version 4
ERD Change • Version 5
Design Decisions • Two databases, main and temporary • Dynamic forms • For one-to-many inserts • Arabic entered as Unicode codes • #&3456 • Ottoman/Turkish entered as digraphs • {o:}
Demo • Preliminary Interface • Not all features are fully functional • http://courses.washington.edu/ohd/ • Ottoman viewing directions
Thank you! • Questions? • Suggestions?