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An emergent system for the creation and dissemination of manuscript transcriptions

An emergent system for the creation and dissemination of manuscript transcriptions. Fabio Carrera Stanley Selkow. Research Paper. Archives. Scholars. Transcriptions. Typical Transcription Process. Publishes. Requests. Receives. Uses. Creates. Transcription Assistant Project.

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An emergent system for the creation and dissemination of manuscript transcriptions

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  1. An emergent system for the creation and dissemination of manuscript transcriptions Fabio Carrera Stanley Selkow

  2. Research Paper Archives Scholars Transcriptions Typical Transcription Process Publishes Requests Receives Uses Creates

  3. Transcription Assistant Project • Makes manuscript images accessible on the web • Facilitates transcription using these images • Allows sharing of transcriptions • Makes searching for manuscripts and transcriptions possible

  4. Types of Transcription

  5. Research Paper Archives TEI Expert Transcriptions Transparent TEI Improving on Digital Transcriptions Recent Digital Transcription Projects Publishes Scholars Paid Transcribers Requests Uses Digital Hires Creates Receives Creates €€ • Is not cost-efficient • Only projects of special importance done

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  7. Manuscript Markup Language (MML) • TEI Compatible • Intuitive Interface • WYSIWYG Output <box type="Text" corner1x="134" corner1y="33" corner2x="196" corner2y="66" fontStyle="BOLD“ fontSize="24“ fontType="Monotype Corsiva"> JHS </box> <box type="Image" corner1x="331" corner1y="132" corner2x="379" corner2y="173"> <del type=“overstrike”> la fiera de los montes </del> Fri-Dec-06-14_25_59-EST-2002_9.jpg </box> <del type=“overstrike”> la fiera de los montes </del>

  8. Manuscript Accessibility • Metadata: • Information used to catalogue and identify manuscripts • Used as a means of sharing and searching • Currently supported manuscript metadata standards: • ISAD(G) General International Standard Archival Description • Dublin Core Metadata Initiative • Goal: Eliminate barriers to resource sharing

  9. Transcription Assistant Standard Metadata Transcription Assistant Standard Metadata ISADG Standard Metadata Dublin Core Standard Metadata Creator Name of Creator Author Identifier Reference Code Catalogue Number Scope & Content Description Content Media Type Media Type Format Width Width Length Length Physical Characteristics Physical Characteristics

  10. Archivist Transcription Assistant Archives Server Manuscript Metadata Electronic Image XPG Manuscript Image Format: XPG XPG Contents Type Transcription Assistant Standard Metadata Title Author … (Total of 65 elements)

  11. Archivist Scholar Transcription Assistant Archives Archive Server Manuscript Metadata Manuscript Metadata Image XPG XPG Manuscript Image Format: XPG Requests

  12. Scholar Archive Manuscript Metadata Transcription Metadata Transcription Metadata Creates Transcription Sends Appropriate XPG Image Loads XPG Image Enter Transcription Metadata Resulting Output

  13. Author: Jane Clerk Scope & Content: Tax records up to Aug 12, 1847 Physical Characteristics: Rip on bottom left portion. Format: JPEG Reference Code: WPIVen081214C36 MML File Contents MML File • Manuscript (i.e. image) metadata (inherited from XPG) • Manuscript image (inherited from XPG) • Transcription metadata (user defined) • Transcription text encoding Author: John Doe Organization: WPI Transcription Name: 08121847TaxRecords Transcription Description: Tax records <box type="Image" corner1x="331" corner1y="132" corner2x="379" corner2y="173"> <del type=“overstrike”> la fiera de los montes </del> Fri-Dec-06-14_25_59-EST-2002_9.jpg </box>

  14. Archive Archive MML MML MML MML MML MML MML MML MML MML MML MML MML MML MML MML MML MML MML MML MML MML MML MML MML MML MML MML MML MML MML MML MML MML MML MML MML MML MML MML MML MML MML MML MML MML MML MML MML MML MML MML MML MML Emergent System

  15. Future Goals • Implement automatic box drawing. • Implement handwriting recognition for word suggestion. • Client-Server system. • Create rating system for submitted transcriptions.

  16. Conclusion The system should: • Accelerate the availability of transcriptions • Improve the ability of historians to produce research material • Provide global non-destructive access to manuscripts otherwise available only in archives open to select scholars

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