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TOWARD A CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE FOR SYRIAC LITERATURE
MAPPING A TEXT CORPUS USING TEI AND RDF
Nathan P. Gibson Vanderbilt University Syriaca.orgFunding for Syriaca.org was provided by the National Endowment for the Humanities
(NEH) and other institutions. The views and opinions expressed here do not necessarily reflect those of Vanderbilt University, the NEH, or any other participating institutions.
SYRIAC LITERATURE ON PARCHMENT AND PAGEASSEMANI TO ZANETTI
Photo Credit: BNF Syr. 27, f. 92r from Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des Manuscrits, Syriaque 27 (719 CE) Image in the public domain
AS LITERATURE HISTORIES AND MANUSCRIPT CATALOGUES
AS PAGE SCANS AND DATABASES
CENTRAL QUESTION
How can a cyberinfrastructure help overcome problems of access and accident in Syriac literature?
SYRIAC LITERATURE IN ANGLE BRACKETSCYBERINFRASTRUCTURES
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DEFINITIONS
WHAT IS A CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE?
DEFINITIONS
WHAT IS A CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE?
“The material systems whereby we exchange the objects of our intellectual labor and ourselves internalize these objects”
(Crane, Seales, Terras 2009)
DEFINITIONS
WHAT IS A CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE?
“The material systems whereby we exchange the objects of our intellectual labor and ourselves internalize these objects”
(Crane, Seales, Terras 2009)
tangible: network, storage, software, data) + intangible: expertise, best practices, standards, tools, collections, collaborative environments)
(ACLS 2006 in Babeu 2011, 221)
DEFINITIONS
WHAT IS A CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE?
“The material systems whereby we exchange the objects of our intellectual labor and ourselves internalize these objects”
(Crane, Seales, Terras 2009)
tangible: network, storage, software, data) + intangible: expertise, best practices, standards, tools, collections, collaborative environments)
(ACLS 2006 in Babeu 2011, 221)
“Anything that is needed to connect more than one person, project, or entity is infrastructure. Anything used exclusively by a project is not.”
(Rockwell 2010 in Babeu 2011, 221)
DEVELOPMENT
WHAT IS A CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE?
Greek & Latin
Inspired by Voss and Procter 2009 in Babeu 2011, 222
DEVELOPMENT
WHAT IS A CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE?
PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE (COMPUTING)
Greek & Latin
Inspired by Voss and Procter 2009 in Babeu 2011, 222
DEVELOPMENT
WHAT IS A CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE?
PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE (COMPUTING)
PHYSICAL RESOURCES (COLLECTIONS)
Greek & Latin
Inspired by Voss and Procter 2009 in Babeu 2011, 222
DEVELOPMENT
WHAT IS A CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE?
PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE (COMPUTING)
PHYSICAL RESOURCES (COLLECTIONS)
ELECTRONIC RESOURCES (COLLECTIONS)
Greek & Latin
Inspired by Voss and Procter 2009 in Babeu 2011, 222
DEVELOPMENT
WHAT IS A CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE?
PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE (COMPUTING)
PHYSICAL RESOURCES (COLLECTIONS)
ELECTRONIC RESOURCES (COLLECTIONS)
CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE
Greek & Latin
Inspired by Voss and Procter 2009 in Babeu 2011, 222
DEVELOPMENT
WHAT IS A CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE?
PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE (COMPUTING)
PHYSICAL RESOURCES (COLLECTIONS)
ELECTRONIC RESOURCES (COLLECTIONS)
CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE
Greek & Latin Syriac
Inspired by Voss and Procter 2009 in Babeu 2011, 222
DEVELOPMENT
WHAT IS A CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE?
PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE (COMPUTING)
PHYSICAL RESOURCES (COLLECTIONS)
ELECTRONIC RESOURCES (COLLECTIONS)
CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE
PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE (COMPUTING)
Greek & Latin Syriac
Inspired by Voss and Procter 2009 in Babeu 2011, 222
DEVELOPMENT
WHAT IS A CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE?
PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE (COMPUTING)
PHYSICAL RESOURCES (COLLECTIONS)
ELECTRONIC RESOURCES (COLLECTIONS)
CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE
PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE (COMPUTING)
PHYSICAL RESOURCES (COLLECTIONS)
Greek & Latin Syriac
Inspired by Voss and Procter 2009 in Babeu 2011, 222
DEVELOPMENT
WHAT IS A CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE?
PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE (COMPUTING)
PHYSICAL RESOURCES (COLLECTIONS)
ELECTRONIC RESOURCES (COLLECTIONS)
CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE
PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE (COMPUTING)
PHYSICAL RESOURCES (COLLECTIONS)
ELECTRONIC RESOURCES (COLLECTIONS)
Greek & Latin Syriac
Inspired by Voss and Procter 2009 in Babeu 2011, 222
DEVELOPMENT
WHAT IS A CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE?
PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE (COMPUTING)
PHYSICAL RESOURCES (COLLECTIONS)
ELECTRONIC RESOURCES (COLLECTIONS)
CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE
PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE (COMPUTING)
PHYSICAL RESOURCES (COLLECTIONS)
ELECTRONIC RESOURCES (COLLECTIONS)
CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE
Greek & Latin Syriac
Inspired by Voss and Procter 2009 in Babeu 2011, 222
EXAMPLES
WHAT IS A CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE?
Perseus + Perseus Catalogue + Perseids
PURPOSE & GOALS
WHAT WOULD A CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE FOR SYRIAC LITERATURE BE?
PURPOSE & GOALS
WHAT WOULD A CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE FOR SYRIAC LITERATURE BE?
Needs:
PURPOSE & GOALS
WHAT WOULD A CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE FOR SYRIAC LITERATURE BE?
Needs:• There is no clavis (catalogue/inventory) of Syriac works to date.
PURPOSE & GOALS
WHAT WOULD A CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE FOR SYRIAC LITERATURE BE?
Needs:• There is no clavis (catalogue/inventory) of Syriac works to date. • Therefore no uniform titles for library cataloguing, and …
PURPOSE & GOALS
WHAT WOULD A CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE FOR SYRIAC LITERATURE BE?
Needs:• There is no clavis (catalogue/inventory) of Syriac works to date. • Therefore no uniform titles for library cataloguing, and …• No URIs for digital identification.
PURPOSE & GOALS
WHAT WOULD A CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE FOR SYRIAC LITERATURE BE?
Needs:• There is no clavis (catalogue/inventory) of Syriac works to date. • Therefore no uniform titles for library cataloguing, and …• No URIs for digital identification.
The New Handbook of Syriac Literature aims to fill the need for a Syriac clavis in a digital context, primarily through providing identifiers (URIs) for Syriac works.
PURPOSE & GOALS
WHAT WOULD A CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE FOR SYRIAC LITERATURE BE?
Needs:• There is no clavis (catalogue/inventory) of Syriac works to date. • Therefore no uniform titles for library cataloguing, and …• No URIs for digital identification.
The New Handbook of Syriac Literature aims to fill the need for a Syriac clavis in a digital context, primarily through providing identifiers (URIs) for Syriac works.
PURPOSE & GOALS
WHAT WOULD A CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE FOR SYRIAC LITERATURE BE?
Needs:• There is no clavis (catalogue/inventory) of Syriac works to date. • Therefore no uniform titles for library cataloguing, and …• No URIs for digital identification.
The New Handbook of Syriac Literature aims to fill the need for a Syriac clavis in a digital context, primarily through providing identifiers (URIs) for Syriac works.
Goals:
PURPOSE & GOALS
WHAT WOULD A CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE FOR SYRIAC LITERATURE BE?
Needs:• There is no clavis (catalogue/inventory) of Syriac works to date. • Therefore no uniform titles for library cataloguing, and …• No URIs for digital identification.
The New Handbook of Syriac Literature aims to fill the need for a Syriac clavis in a digital context, primarily through providing identifiers (URIs) for Syriac works.
Goals:• Not an entire cyberinfrastructure but working toward core features of one
PURPOSE & GOALS
WHAT WOULD A CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE FOR SYRIAC LITERATURE BE?
Needs:• There is no clavis (catalogue/inventory) of Syriac works to date. • Therefore no uniform titles for library cataloguing, and …• No URIs for digital identification.
The New Handbook of Syriac Literature aims to fill the need for a Syriac clavis in a digital context, primarily through providing identifiers (URIs) for Syriac works.
Goals:• Not an entire cyberinfrastructure but working toward core features of one• Serving multiple audiences: researchers, archivists, and heritage communities
METHODOLOGICAL DECISIONS
WHAT WOULD A CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE FOR SYRIAC LITERATURE BE?
METHODOLOGICAL DECISIONS
WHAT WOULD A CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE FOR SYRIAC LITERATURE BE?
• Entities:
METHODOLOGICAL DECISIONS
WHAT WOULD A CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE FOR SYRIAC LITERATURE BE?
• Entities: • authors/editors (http://syriaca.org/person/…)
METHODOLOGICAL DECISIONS
WHAT WOULD A CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE FOR SYRIAC LITERATURE BE?
• Entities: • authors/editors (http://syriaca.org/person/…)• works & literary traditions (http://syriaca.org/work/…)
METHODOLOGICAL DECISIONS
WHAT WOULD A CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE FOR SYRIAC LITERATURE BE?
• Entities: • authors/editors (http://syriaca.org/person/…)• works & literary traditions (http://syriaca.org/work/…)• bibliographic items (http://syriaca.org/bibl/…)
METHODOLOGICAL DECISIONS
WHAT WOULD A CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE FOR SYRIAC LITERATURE BE?
• Entities: • authors/editors (http://syriaca.org/person/…)• works & literary traditions (http://syriaca.org/work/…)• bibliographic items (http://syriaca.org/bibl/…)
• Formats:
METHODOLOGICAL DECISIONS
WHAT WOULD A CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE FOR SYRIAC LITERATURE BE?
• Entities: • authors/editors (http://syriaca.org/person/…)• works & literary traditions (http://syriaca.org/work/…)• bibliographic items (http://syriaca.org/bibl/…)
• Formats: • TEI —> HTML + RDF
METHODOLOGICAL DECISIONS
WHAT WOULD A CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE FOR SYRIAC LITERATURE BE?
• Entities: • authors/editors (http://syriaca.org/person/…)• works & literary traditions (http://syriaca.org/work/…)• bibliographic items (http://syriaca.org/bibl/…)
• Formats: • TEI —> HTML + RDF• TEI —> MADS/EAC?
DATA SOURCES
WHAT WOULD A CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE FOR SYRIAC LITERATURE BE?
DATA SOURCES
WHAT WOULD A CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE FOR SYRIAC LITERATURE BE?
• Digital manuscript catalogues
DATA SOURCES
WHAT WOULD A CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE FOR SYRIAC LITERATURE BE?
• Digital manuscript catalogues• Wright, British Library
DATA SOURCES
WHAT WOULD A CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE FOR SYRIAC LITERATURE BE?
• Digital manuscript catalogues• Wright, British Library• Hill Museum & Manuscript Library
DATA SOURCES
WHAT WOULD A CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE FOR SYRIAC LITERATURE BE?
• Digital manuscript catalogues• Wright, British Library• Hill Museum & Manuscript Library• etc.
DATA SOURCES
WHAT WOULD A CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE FOR SYRIAC LITERATURE BE?
• Digital manuscript catalogues• Wright, British Library• Hill Museum & Manuscript Library• etc.
• Existing print and digital inventories
DATA SOURCES
WHAT WOULD A CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE FOR SYRIAC LITERATURE BE?
• Digital manuscript catalogues• Wright, British Library• Hill Museum & Manuscript Library• etc.
• Existing print and digital inventories• Comprehensive Bibliography of Syriac Christianity
DATA SOURCES
WHAT WOULD A CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE FOR SYRIAC LITERATURE BE?
• Digital manuscript catalogues• Wright, British Library• Hill Museum & Manuscript Library• etc.
• Existing print and digital inventories• Comprehensive Bibliography of Syriac Christianity• eKtobe
DATA SOURCES
WHAT WOULD A CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE FOR SYRIAC LITERATURE BE?
• Digital manuscript catalogues• Wright, British Library• Hill Museum & Manuscript Library• etc.
• Existing print and digital inventories• Comprehensive Bibliography of Syriac Christianity• eKtobe• claves of subjects/authors
TEI + RDF MODEL
WHAT WOULD A CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE FOR SYRIAC LITERATURE BE?
https://github.com/srophe/srophe-app-data/blob/dev/data/works/tei/nhsl/tei/2501.xml
SYRIAC LITERATURE IN FUTURE RESEARCH
1.Authorship 2.Chronological Trends & Geographical Trends 3.Significant Works 4.Test Case: Syriac Biblical Material
Experimental data. Not for citation.
Four Gospels (Peshitta)
Epistles of Paul
Catholic Epistles
Experimental data. Not for citation.
Experimental data. Not for citation.
Experimental data. Not for citation.
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