Changes between Initial Version and Version 1 of IsmiDataModel

Timestamp:

Jun 5, 2008, 10:35:51 AM (16 years ago)

Author:

Robert Casties

Comment:

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IsmiDataModel

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+= (new) database structure for ISMI =
+
+Conceptual objects in the database:
+
+  * (abstract-) '''text'''
+  * '''alias''' (title for text or name for person or place) 
+  * '''manuscript'''
+  * '''codex''' (of one or more manuscripts)
+  * '''collection'''
+  * '''library'''
+  * '''person'''
+  * '''place'''
+  
+
+== Objects ==
+
+=== Texts ===
+
+abstract texts (mostly with a specific title) that exist as one or more manuscripts.
+
+Relations:
+  * is commentary on text
+  * is translation of text
+  * is redaction (revision, abbreviation, paraphrase, ...) of text
+  * has alias title
+  * was written by an author
+  * ...
+
+Information:
+  * full title (transliteration)
+  * short title (translit)
+  * title in original script
+  * script
+  * language
+  * incipit (beginning) text sample
+  * explicit (end) text sample
+  * dedication text sample
+  * date of composition
+  * place of composition (relation)
+  * subject of text (hay'a, zīj, mīqāt, astrolabe, etc)
+    * -> a canonical list of subjects should be present in the database
+  * type/genre of text (matn, sharḥ, taḥrīr, ...)
+  * format/structure of text (number of books, parts, chapters, sections)
+  * table of contents
+  * information whether the work has been published, translated, studied (relations)
+
+Problems:
+  * is a translation another abstract text?
+  * alias titles e.g. greek, latin linked to translations?
+
+
+=== Manuscripts ===
+
+manuscripts are concrete written pieces of paper lying in a library.
+
+Relations:
+  * manuscript is instance (exemplar) of a text
+  * is part of a codex
+    * is part of a collection
+    * is in a library
+  * was copied by a copyist
+  * had a patron (person)
+  * can be direct copy of another manuscript
+  * was copied/written in place
+
+Informations:
+  * transliteration of title as written on the manuscript
+  * title as written on the manuscript
+  * MS number
+  * folios
+  * lines per page
+  * script 
+    * include comments on legibility, ink, etc
+  * distinguishing features (e.g. state of preservation)
+  * copy date
+  * colophon ("this was copied by") sample
+  * incipit/explicit if different from standard text
+  * information on diagrams, maps, tables
+    * include number of diagrams, folios, color of ink, brief description
+    * include number of tables if possible, folios, color of ink, brief description
+  * annotations/marginal notes
+
+Problems:
+  * alternative MS/catalog numbers?
+  * how to manage annotations?
+
+=== Codices ===
+
+a codex is a physical, bound collection of manuscripts
+
+Relations:
+  * contains one or more manuscripts
+  * was written in place
+  * is part of a collection
+  * is in a library
+  * can be direct copy of another codex
+  * was owned by person
+  * was patronized by person
+  * was copied by person
+
+Information:
+  * dimensions
+  * material
+  * distinguishing features (e.g. presentation copy, decoration)
+  * table of contents (with titles and folio numbers)
+  * other information (including language(s) used in codex)
+  * owner(s) (relation)
+  * patron(s) (relation)
+  * reader(s) (relation)
+    * ''for the above three: locations and dates if available''
+  * information on additional material (diagrams, maps, tables, etc)
+
+Problems:
+  * does every manuscript have to be in a codex?
+
+
+=== Persons ===
+
+persons are (real or hypothetical) people that had some relation to a manuscript/text.
+
+Relations:
+  * is author of manuscript (text?)
+  * is author of commentary (manuscript/text?)
+  * is copyist of manuscript
+  * is patron of manuscript/text
+  * is owner of manuscript
+  * is annotator of manuscript
+  * is reader of manuscript
+  * is teacher/student of person
+  * is patron of person
+  * has alias names
+
+Information:
+  * short name (translit)
+  * long name (translit)
+  * original script name
+  * birth/work/death date
+  * birth/work/death place
+
+Problems:
+  * anonymous or insufficiently specified names
+  * alternative names (historical change?)
+
+Anonymous authors:
+  - link to one generic Anonymous person (with optional notes)
+  - if more individuating information becomes available a new person will be created and linked as an author
+
+
+=== Places ===
+
+places are places that have some relation to a manuscript/text/person/library/...
+
+Types:
+  * institution (Madrasa Mosque in Cairo, etc.)
+  * city area (Fustat in Cairo)
+  * city
+  * region (Egypt, Iran, Maghreb, etc.)
+
+Relations:
+  * place is part of other place (city is part of region, etc)
+  * manuscript was written in 
+  * person was born/lived/died in 
+  * library is in
+  * has alias name (at certain time)
+
+Information:
+  * name of place (translit)
+  * original script name
+  * location(?)
+
+Problems:
+  * linking to historical names?
+
+
+=== Alias names ===
+
+alias titles or names for places and persons.
+
+Relation:
+  * is alias of text/place/person
+
+Information:
+  * name (translit)
+  * original script name
+  * script
+  * at a certain time
+
+
+=== Collections ===
+
+a manuscript is in a collection in a library.
+
+Relations:
+  * contains manuscripts
+  * is part of a library
+
+Information:
+  * collection name
+  * owner and historical information
+  * description of holdings
+
+=== Libraries ===
+
+a codex is in a library 
+
+Relations:
+  * contains codices
+  * contains collections
+  * is in a place
+
+Information:
+  * name of library
+  * more info
+
+== Secondary literature ==
+
+Items:
+  * bibliographical items (book/article/etc)
+  * later separate authors with aliases
+
+Relations:
+  * covers text/manuscript/codex/collection/library or person
+
+== Tasks ==
+
+Tasks that should be done with the database.
+
+== Examples ==
+
+Edifying examples.
+
+== Questions ==
+
+  * historical record of manuscripts in libraries?
+  * historical record of author attribution?
+  * historical record of ownership?
+  * have the possibility to maintain a list of Titles which were wrongly attributed to an author in secondary literature
+  * collect secondary literature
+  * format of dates
+  * workflow for public and non-public entries in the display?