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A national treasure

A national treasure. As a national treasure, substantial amounts of public money have been expended on Domesday Book, often developing new technologies in the process. first edition funded by Parliament in 1783 facsimile edition by the Ordnance Survey in 1860s

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A national treasure

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  1. A national treasure As a national treasure, substantial amounts of public money have been expended on Domesday Book, often developing new technologies in the process • first edition funded by Parliament in 1783 • facsimile edition by the Ordnance Survey in 1860s • first computerisation funded by SSRC in the 1980s • BBC Domesday survey in 1986 • Domesday Explorer in 2000

  2. Domesday Book, 1783 For the first edition of Domesday Book, a special type was devised to mimic the appearance of the manuscript

  3. Domesday Book, 1861 The Ordnance Survey pioneered the process of photozincography for the first facsimile edition in the 1860s

  4. First attempt to computerise Domesday The earliest attempt to computerise Domesday Book was made at Hull university in 1980

  5. By the late 1980s, a complete electronic text of Domesday Book was in use at Hull

  6. In 1986, the BBC published an electronic Domesday of contemporary England Within 15 years, it was obsolete

  7. Domesday Book , 2000 The first electronic edition of Great Domesday Book

  8. Domesday Explorer • the electronic text • making Domesday Explorer • using Domesday Explorer • Domesday Explorer Help

  9. The Phillimore edition The Phillimore reference system is the most precise and convenient method for citing Domesday Book The Domesday Explorer CD-ROM of Great Domesday is based upon the Phillimore edition (1974-86), the first complete modern translation of Domesday Book

  10. The Phillimore edition, 1974-1986 The first complete translation

  11. The Phillimore indexes, 1992 The first comprehensive national indexes

  12. Domesday Explorer Domesday Explorer provides a sophisticated software framework for: • a complete translation of Great Domesday Book • high resolution images of the Latin facsimile • interactive mapping facilities • 500,000 embedded codes to aid retrieval • indexes • an elegant user interface • extensive HELP on software and data

  13. Matt Palmer developer George Slater developer John Palmer historian

  14. Making Domesday Explorer 500,000 codes embedded in Domesday Explorer aid retrieval Relating words to codes is a critical design feature

  15. Making Domesday Explorer text and indexes are linked for fast and efficient retrieval

  16. Making Domesday Explorer the logic of complex phrase searching

  17. Domesday Explorer main screen Selected entry Facsimile view Navigator window Searches window Text view Text and Facsimile view selected here Change tab for another view of results

  18. Domesday Explorer UK relief map selected Entries selected Search: All Domesday Map selected All Domesday entries mapped

  19. Domesday Explorer Search: All Domesday Text & Facsimile selected Search results seen as text and facsimile

  20. Domesday Explorer : Type search terms here Search form Ctrl + S launches search form Search for Slave OR Slaves

  21. Domesday Explorer 1233 entries for slave Check on Results 4608 entries for slaves Check Results button gives breakdown of words found by search

  22. Domesday Explorer Slaves mapped Greyed-out: no data active search

  23. Domesday Explorer HELP index HELP on software and data Click to jump to section or entry

  24. Thank you for watching

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