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tool: Melita

Purpose: 

Melita is a text annotation tool that uses Adaptive Information Extraction to identify text of relevance to user-defined scenarios. In the initial stages of use the user trains the tool to annotate sections of text, which are recorded as a set of rules. The rules may be revised and refined over time to improve accuracy and subsequently applied to similar texts. The application is now discontinued and has been replaced by AKTive Media.

Features: 

• Adaptive Information Extraction
• Scenario-based annotation

A&H use case 1 description: 
The Plebeian Lives project are using Melita to annotate primary source texts written by Londoners that describe relief for the poor, criminal justice, and medical care during the 18th century.
Publisher: 
University of Sheffield
Creator: 
Department of Computer Science, University of Sheffield
Data analysis: 
Data mining
Text mining
Specifications: 
Resource Description Framework (RDF)
eXtensible Markup Language (XML)
DAML+OIL
XI
lifecycleStage: 
analysis
Tags: 
text analysis
adaptive information extraction
Text annotation
Alternate tool(s): 

AKTive Media

Platform: 
Java
Licence: 
Unknown
Software/programming languages used: 
MELITA
By Valentina Asciutti at Wed, 20/01/2010 - 14:50

tool: xMod

Purpose: 

A tool capable of transforming a collection of TEI encoded XML records into a web site. To perform the process, the tool requires a set of valid XML files, a configuration script that indicates the relationship between files and a ‘personality pack’ (CSS and image files) that determine its visual appearance.

Features: 
  • Batch file processing
  • Modular XSLT structure, with special libraries for different transformation scenarios
  • Ability to group files for generation of indices at document and intra-document level
A&H use case 1 description: 
The Centre for Computing in the Humanities used xMod to model and publish the Online Chopin Variorum Edition web site.
A&H use case 2 description: 
The Centre for Computing in the Humanities used xMod to model and publish the Henry III Fine Rolls Project web site.
Publisher: 
Centre for Computing in the Humanities, King's College London
Creator: 
Centre for Computing in the Humanities, King's College London
Data publishing and dissemination: 
General website development
Data structuring and enhancement: 
Text encoding - descriptive
lifecycleStage: 
structuring
publishing
Tags: 
Perl
tei
markup
encoding
web site
docbook
eXtensible Markup Language (XML)
Platform: 
Perl
Licence: 
Unknown
Software/programming languages used: 
xMod
Specifications: 
Text Encoding Initiative (TEI) XML
DocBook (DBK)
Perl
By polito at Tue, 19/01/2010 - 15:45

tool: RDB2Java

Purpose: 

A suite of software components designed to support the development of interfaces between web applications on J2EE systems.

Features: 
  • Effective management of database-driven web sites
A&H use case 1 description: 
The Prosopography of the Byzantine World project used RDB2Java when developing a prosopographical database of named individuals associated with the Byzantine Empire and surrounding areas that were referenced in the period from 642 to 1265.
A&H use case 2 description: 
The LangScape Project has used RDB2Java when developing a database of Anglo-Saxon estate boundaries.
Publisher: 
Centre for Computing in the Humanities, King's College London
Creator: 
Centre for Computing in the Humanities, King's College London
Licence: 
Unknown
lifecycleStage: 
creation
publishing
Tags: 
JAVA
relational database
J2EE
Specifications: 
RDB2Java
Platform: 
Java
By garethknight at Tue, 19/01/2010 - 15:23

tool: ARTISAN

Purpose: 

ARTISAN (Automatic Retrieval of Trademark Images by Shape Analysis) is a software tool for the analysis and comparison of still image files. It uses a Content-based image retrieval (CBIR) technique to analyse the visual content of an image, contrasting against alternative methods that involve searching of associated metadata. The software builds upon the principles of Gestalt psychology, analysing an image in its entirety and locating images to which it has a broad resemblance.

Features: 
  • Content-based image retrieval (CBIR)
A&H use case 1 description: 
The SHREW (SHape REtrieval of Watermarks) project adopted and enhanced the ARTISAN system as a tool for retrieval of historical watermark images.
A&H use case 2 description: 
The EU-funded PROFI project builds upon the experiences gained in the development of ARTISAN, using similar techniques to retrieve figurative images (such as clip art, logos, signs) from large databases (http://www.cs.york.ac.uk/profi/)
Publisher: 
University of Northumbria
Creator: 
University of Northumbria
Data analysis: 
Content-based image retrieval
Specifications: 
raster image formats
lifecycleStage: 
analysis
Tags: 
Content-based image retrieval
Image comparison
cbir
Platform: 
Unknown
Licence: 
Unknown
Software/programming languages used: 
ARTISAN
By garethknight at Tue, 19/01/2010 - 14:40