| | 1 | = Data model for ISMI = |
| | 2 | |
| | 3 | Conceptual objects in the database: |
| | 4 | |
| | 5 | * (abstract-) '''TEXT''' |
| | 6 | * '''ALIAS''' (title for text or name for person or place) |
| | 7 | * '''WITNESS''' (aka manuscript) |
| | 8 | * '''CODEX''' (of one or more witnesses) |
| | 9 | * '''COLLECTION''' |
| | 10 | * '''REPOSITORY''' (aka library) |
| | 11 | * '''PERSON''' |
| | 12 | * '''PLACE''' |
| | 13 | * '''SUBJECT''' |
| | 14 | |
| | 15 | == Objects == |
| | 16 | |
| | 17 | === TEXT === |
| | 18 | |
| | 19 | an abstract text (mostly with a specific title) that exists as one or more ''witnesses''. |
| | 20 | |
| | 21 | Attributes: |
| | 22 | * '''full_title''' (arabic) |
| | 23 | * '''full_title_translit''' (transliteration, generated from arabic if not present) |
| | 24 | * '''short_title''' canonical short title in arabic or latin (if applicable) |
| | 25 | * '''language''' |
| | 26 | * MAIN: |
| | 27 | * Arabic |
| | 28 | * Persian-Farsi |
| | 29 | * Greek-classical |
| | 30 | * Hebrew |
| | 31 | * Latin |
| | 32 | * Syriac |
| | 33 | * SECONDARY: |
| | 34 | * Armenian |
| | 35 | * Castillian |
| | 36 | * Catalan |
| | 37 | * Chinese |
| | 38 | * French |
| | 39 | * German |
| | 40 | * Greek-Byzantine |
| | 41 | * Hindi |
| | 42 | * Italian |
| | 43 | * Mongolian |
| | 44 | * Persian-Old |
| | 45 | * Persian-Middle |
| | 46 | * Russian |
| | 47 | * Sanskrit |
| | 48 | * Turkish (Ottoman pre-1839) |
| | 49 | * Turkish (Ottoman 1839-) |
| | 50 | * Turkish (pre-Ottoman) |
| | 51 | * Turkish-Republican |
| | 52 | * Urdu |
| | 53 | * Uighur |
| | 54 | * '''incipit''' i.e. beginning (arabic text) |
| | 55 | * '''explicit''' i.e. ending (arabic text) |
| | 56 | * '''dedication''' (arabic text) |
| | 57 | * '''creation_date''' (hijra date, should generate a CE date) |
| | 58 | * '''creation_date_ce''' (legacy) |
| | 59 | * '''creation_date_num''' (legacy) |
| | 60 | * '''text_type''' i.e. genre |
| | 61 | * First-order prose composition (or compilation) [matn] |
| | 62 | * First-order verse composition (didactic poem) |
| | 63 | * Second-order composition (Commentary) [sharh] |
| | 64 | * Third-order composition (Supercommentary) |
| | 65 | * Fourth-order composition (Gloss) |
| | 66 | * Fifth-order composition (Supergloss) |
| | 67 | * Sixth-order composition |
| | 68 | * Seventh-order composition |
| | 69 | * Rearrangement |
| | 70 | * Abridgement (epitome) |
| | 71 | * Versification |
| | 72 | * Translation |
| | 73 | * Paraphrase |
| | 74 | * Supplement |
| | 75 | * '''text_arrangement''' latin text description of number of books, parts, chapters, sections |
| | 76 | * '''table_of_contents''' (arabic text) |
| | 77 | * '''notes''' some text notes |
| | 78 | |
| | 79 | Relations: |
| | 80 | * TEXT is_commentary_on TEXT |
| | 81 | * TEXT is_translation_of TEXT |
| | 82 | * TEXT is_version_of TEXT |
| | 83 | * is redaction (revision, abbreviation, paraphrase, ...) of text |
| | 84 | * TEXT was_created_by PERSON |
| | 85 | * TEXT was_created_in PLACE |
| | 86 | * TEXT was_dedicated_to PERSON |
| | 87 | * ALIAS is_alias_title_of TEXT |
| | 88 | * ALIAS is_alias_incipit_of TEXT |
| | 89 | * TEXT has_subject SUBJECT |
| | 90 | * ... |
| | 91 | |
| | 92 | |
| | 93 | Problematic attributes: |
| | 94 | * '''subject''' of text (legacy attribute '''genre''', replaced by relation) |
| | 95 | * hay'a, zīj, mīqāt, astrolabe, etc |
| | 96 | * -> a canonical list of subjects should be present in the database |
| | 97 | * format/structure of text (number of books, parts, chapters, sections) |
| | 98 | * ''bibliographical information'' (secondary literature) |
| | 99 | * ''number of versions'' [this number will generate additional forms to fill in unique details for each version; a version is usually an author's reedition but could have been made by students or someone else, even w/o author's approval] |
| | 100 | * information whether the work has been published, translated, studied (relations) |
| | 101 | * Text Arrangement: list of chapters, with a title in Arabic attached to each chapter. |
| | 102 | * ''basis of text'' [the immediate text to which this is related as commentary, translation, gloss, etc.] |
| | 103 | |
| | 104 | |
| | 105 | Problems: |
| | 106 | * alias titles e.g. greek, latin linked to translations? [yes; also for persons, e.g. Avicenna=Ibn Sīnā] |
| | 107 | * must Text Arrangement be a new definition? It is composed of several field! [yes since each component of the text arrangement corresponds to a particular page and line number in a witness; e.g. chapter 3 might correspond to f. 31a, line 2 in one witness, f. 42b, line 20 in another witness, etc.] |
| | 108 | |
| | 109 | |
| | 110 | === WITNESS === |
| | 111 | |
| | 112 | witnesses (manuscripts) are concrete written pieces of paper lying in a library. |
| | 113 | |
| | 114 | Attributes: |
| | 115 | * '''title''' as written on the manuscript (if different from text title) |
| | 116 | * '''title_translit''' transliteration of title |
| | 117 | * '''author_name''' as written on the manuscript |
| | 118 | * '''source_of_information''' |
| | 119 | * catalog, ...(we need a list of values here!) |
| | 120 | * '''ms_number''' (legacy) |
| | 121 | * '''codex_part''' |
| | 122 | * '''folios''' total number and/or text |
| | 123 | * '''incipit''' if different from TEXT |
| | 124 | * '''explicit''' if different from TEXT |
| | 125 | * '''colophon''' (arabic text) |
| | 126 | * '''is_autograph''' is this manuscript the autograph of the text (yes/no) |
| | 127 | * '''creation_date''' (hijra, translated to CE) |
| | 128 | * '''creation_date_ce''' |
| | 129 | * '''page_dimensions''' height + width in cm |
| | 130 | * '''written_area_dimensions''' height + width in cm |
| | 131 | * '''lines_per_page''' |
| | 132 | * '''writing_surface''' (predefined list) |
| | 133 | * '''page_layout''' (latin text) |
| | 134 | * '''script''' |
| | 135 | * include comments on legibility, ink, etc. |
| | 136 | * '''other_features''' |
| | 137 | * '''diagrams_and_illustrations''' information on diagrams and illustrations |
| | 138 | * include number of diagrams, folios, color of ink, brief description |
| | 139 | * include number of tables if possible, folios, color of ink, brief description |
| | 140 | * '''scans''' URL to images of the witness |
| | 141 | * '''notes_on_title_author''' |
| | 142 | * '''notes_on_collation_and_corrections''' information on collation and corrections |
| | 143 | * '''notes_on_ownership''' |
| | 144 | * '''notes''' |
| | 145 | |
| | 146 | Relations: |
| | 147 | * WITNESS is_exemplar_of TEXT |
| | 148 | * WITNESS is_part_of CODEX |
| | 149 | * is part of a collection |
| | 150 | * is in a library |
| | 151 | * WITNESS was_created_by PERSON |
| | 152 | * WITNESS was_created_in PLACE |
| | 153 | * WITNESS had_patron PERSON |
| | 154 | * WITNESS is_similar_to WITNESS |
| | 155 | * with notes |
| | 156 | * WITNESS was_annotated_by PERSON |
| | 157 | * information about annotation |
| | 158 | * WITNESS was_taught_by PERSON |
| | 159 | * WITNESS was_studied_by PERSON |
| | 160 | * WITNESS was_owned_by PERSON |
| | 161 | * WITNESS was_studied_in PLACE/INSTITUTION |
| | 162 | |
| | 163 | Problems: |
| | 164 | * annotations/marginal notes |
| | 165 | * Text Arrangement Pagination (from Text Arrangement into TEXT). |
| | 166 | This field shows folio and line number of the start of each chapter (from TEXT) in the list. |
| | 167 | * alternative MS/catalog numbers? |
| | 168 | * ALIAS library/collection/shelfmark -> different CODEX |
| | 169 | |
| | 170 | === CODEX === |
| | 171 | |
| | 172 | a codex is a physical, bound collection of manuscripts |
| | 173 | |
| | 174 | Attributes: |
| | 175 | * '''identifier''' (shelfmark or catalog id) |
| | 176 | * '''number_of_folios''' |
| | 177 | * '''table_of_contents''' table of witnesses in the codex |
| | 178 | * '''binding''' (select from list) |
| | 179 | * '''dimensions''' |
| | 180 | * '''distinguishing_features''' (e.g. presentation copy, decoration) |
| | 181 | * '''notes_on_ownership''' |
| | 182 | * '''notes''' |
| | 183 | |
| | 184 | Relations: |
| | 185 | * WITNESS is_part_of CODEX |
| | 186 | * CODEX is_part_of COLLECTION |
| | 187 | * CODEX is_part_of LIBRARY |
| | 188 | * CODEX is_copy_of CODEX |
| | 189 | * CODEX was_copied_by PERSON |
| | 190 | * CODEX was_owned_by PERSON |
| | 191 | * CODEX had_patron PERSON |
| | 192 | * ALIAS is_alias_identifier CODEX |
| | 193 | |
| | 194 | Problems: |
| | 195 | * does every witness have to be in a codex? yes |
| | 196 | |
| | 197 | |
| | 198 | === COLLECTION === |
| | 199 | |
| | 200 | a codex is in a collection (in a repository). |
| | 201 | |
| | 202 | Attributes: |
| | 203 | * '''name''' of collection |
| | 204 | * '''notes''' |
| | 205 | * owner and historical information |
| | 206 | * description of holdings |
| | 207 | |
| | 208 | Relations: |
| | 209 | * CODEX is_part_of COLLECTION |
| | 210 | * COLLECTION is_part_of LIBRARY |
| | 211 | |
| | 212 | |
| | 213 | === REPOSITORY === |
| | 214 | |
| | 215 | a collection is in a repository (aka library) |
| | 216 | |
| | 217 | Attributes: |
| | 218 | * '''name''' of repository |
| | 219 | * more info? |
| | 220 | |
| | 221 | Relations: |
| | 222 | * CODEX is_part_of REPOSITORY |
| | 223 | * COLLECTION is_part_of REPOSITORY |
| | 224 | * REPOSITORY is_in PLACE |
| | 225 | |
| | 226 | |
| | 227 | === PERSON === |
| | 228 | |
| | 229 | persons are (real or hypothetical) people that have some relation to a manuscript/text. |
| | 230 | |
| | 231 | Attributes: |
| | 232 | * '''name''' full arabic (or other script) name |
| | 233 | * '''name_translit''' transliteration of name |
| | 234 | * '''short_name''' canonical short name (in transliteration) |
| | 235 | * '''birth_date''' birth date (hijra) |
| | 236 | * '''birth_date_ce''' birth date (ce) |
| | 237 | * '''death_date''' death date (hijra) |
| | 238 | * '''death_date_ce''' birth date (ce) |
| | 239 | * '''url''' link to biography |
| | 240 | * '''authority_id''' id in library of congress authority file |
| | 241 | * '''notes''' |
| | 242 | |
| | 243 | Relations: |
| | 244 | * TEXT was_created_by PERSON |
| | 245 | * WITNESS was_created_by PERSON |
| | 246 | * TEXT/WITNESS/CODEX had_patron PERSON |
| | 247 | * ALIAS is_alias_name_of PERSON |
| | 248 | * PERSON was_born_in PLACE |
| | 249 | * PERSON died_in PLACE |
| | 250 | * PERSON was_influenced_by PERSON |
| | 251 | * (...) |
| | 252 | |
| | 253 | Problems: |
| | 254 | * anonymous or insufficiently specified names |
| | 255 | * alternative names (historical change?) |
| | 256 | |
| | 257 | Anonymous authors: |
| | 258 | - link to one generic Anonymous person (with optional notes) |
| | 259 | - if more individuating information becomes available a new person will be created and linked as an author |
| | 260 | |
| | 261 | |
| | 262 | === ALIAS === |
| | 263 | |
| | 264 | alias titles or names for places and persons. |
| | 265 | |
| | 266 | Attributes: |
| | 267 | * '''alias''' arabic or latin or other text |
| | 268 | * '''alias_translit''' semi-automatically generated transliteration if necessary |
| | 269 | |
| | 270 | Relations: |
| | 271 | * ALIAS is_alias_name_of PERSON |
| | 272 | * ALIAS is_alias_title_of TEXT |
| | 273 | * ALIAS is_alias_incipit_of TEXT |
| | 274 | * ALIAS is_alias_explicit_of TEXT |
| | 275 | |
| | 276 | |
| | 277 | === PLACE === |
| | 278 | |
| | 279 | places are institutions, dwellings or locations that have some relation to a manuscript/text/person/library/... |
| | 280 | |
| | 281 | Attributes: |
| | 282 | * '''name''' original script name |
| | 283 | * '''name_translit''' (translit) |
| | 284 | * '''type''' of place |
| | 285 | * institution, city_part, city, region (also country) |
| | 286 | * '''location''' geographic coordinates (point and polygon?) |
| | 287 | |
| | 288 | Relations: |
| | 289 | * PLACE is_part_of PLACE (city is part of region, etc) |
| | 290 | * WITNESS was_created_in PLACE |
| | 291 | * PERSON was_born_in PLACE |
| | 292 | * LIBRARY is_in PLACE |
| | 293 | * ALIAS is_alias_name_of PLACE (at a certain time?) |
| | 294 | |
| | 295 | |
| | 296 | === SUBJECT === |
| | 297 | |
| | 298 | subjects are subject matters that are treated in a text. |
| | 299 | |
| | 300 | Attributes: |
| | 301 | * '''name''' subject name or description (English?) |
| | 302 | * '''name_arabic''' |
| | 303 | * '''notes''' |
| | 304 | |
| | 305 | Relations: |
| | 306 | * SUBJECT is_part_of SUBJECT |
| | 307 | * TEXT has_subject SUBJECT |
| | 308 | |
| | 309 | Examples: |
| | 310 | * ASTROLOGY |
| | 311 | * ASTRONOMY |
| | 312 | * hay’a (4-part division) |
| | 313 | * hay’a (general astronomy) |
| | 314 | * mīqāt |
| | 315 | * qibla determination |
| | 316 | * taqwīm |
| | 317 | * ASTRONOMICAL INSTRUMENTS |
| | 318 | * astrolabes |
| | 319 | * celestial globes/armillary spheres |
| | 320 | * equatoria |
| | 321 | * observational |
| | 322 | * quadrants |
| | 323 | * sundials |
| | 324 | * ASTRONOMICAL TABLES (ZĪJES) |
| | 325 | * CHRONOLOGY |
| | 326 | * COSMOLOGY-philosophical |
| | 327 | * COSMOLOGY-religious |
| | 328 | * GEOGRAPHY-mathematical |
| | 329 | * GEOGRAPHY-terrestrial phenomena (hay’at al-arḍ) |
| | 330 | * MATHEMATICS |
| | 331 | * algebra |
| | 332 | * arithmetic |
| | 333 | * arithmetic tables |
| | 334 | * basic arithmetic |
| | 335 | * number theory |
| | 336 | * geometry |
| | 337 | * conic sections |
| | 338 | * Euclidean constructions |
| | 339 | * general geometry |
| | 340 | * mensuration |
| | 341 | * inheritance (farā’iḍ) |
| | 342 | * magic squares |
| | 343 | * spherics |
| | 344 | * trigonometry |
| | 345 | * OPTICS |
| | 346 | * TECHNOLOGY |
| | 347 | * mechanical devices |
| | 348 | * military |
| | 349 | * navigation |
| | 350 | * PHILOSOPHY |
| | 351 | * metaphysics/ilâhiyyât |
| | 352 | * natural philosophy/tabî‘iyyât |
| | 353 | * epistemology/tasawwur and tasdîq |
| | 354 | * philosophy of mind/‘ilm al-nafs |
| | 355 | * ethics/akhlâq |
| | 356 | * politics/siyâsa |
| | 357 | * logic/mantiq |
| | 358 | * dialectic/âdâb al-bahth, ‘ilm al-munâzara |
| | 359 | * philosophy of language/‘ilm al-wad‘, ‘ilm al-balâgha, usûl al-fiqh |
| | 360 | * multiple subjects |
| | 361 | * other |
| | 362 | |
| | 363 | |
| | 364 | == Secondary literature == |
| | 365 | |
| | 366 | Items: |
| | 367 | * bibliographical items (book/article/etc) |
| | 368 | * later separate authors with aliases |
| | 369 | |
| | 370 | Relations: |
| | 371 | * covers text/manuscript/codex/collection/library or person |
| | 372 | |
| | 373 | |
| | 374 | == Questions == |
| | 375 | |
| | 376 | * historical record of manuscripts in libraries? |
| | 377 | * historical record of author attribution? |
| | 378 | * historical record of ownership? |
| | 379 | * have the possibility to maintain a list of Titles which were wrongly attributed to an author in secondary literature |
| | 380 | * collect secondary literature |
| | 381 | * format of dates |
| | 382 | * workflow for public and non-public entries in the display? |
