eXtensible Markup Language (XML)

General website development

Interface design

Collaborative publishing

Librarianship, Information & Museum Studies

Software/programming languages used:

Omeka

Discipline:

Platform:

Specifications:

Portable Document Format (PDF)

Dublin Core

ATOM

Powerpoint Document (.ppt)

JSON

RSS2

Data structuring and enhancement:

Cataloguing and indexing

Tags:

web content management

Alternate tool(s):

DSpace

Strategy and project management:

General project management

Licence:

GNU General Public License

lifecycleStage:

creation

Manual input and transcription

publishing

By Valentina Asciutti at Fri, 07/10/2011 - 15:03

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tool: PostgreSQL

Purpose:

PostgreSQL is a powerful, open source object-relational database system.

Features:

• fully ACID compliant
• full support for foreign keys, joins, views, triggers, and stored procedures (in multiple languages)
• includes most SQL 2008 data types, including INTEGER, NUMERIC, BOOLEAN, CHAR, VARCHAR, DATE, INTERVAL, and TIMESTAMP
• supports storage of binary large objects, including pictures, sounds, or video
• multi-Version Concurrency Control (MVCC)
• Highly customisable

A&H use case 1 description:

The “Great Britain Historical Geographical Information System (GBHGIS)” has used PostgreSQL to store the geographically-located historical statistics for Great Britain.

Creator:

Michael Stonebraker

Publisher:

PostgreSQL Global Development Group

Data capture:

Specifications:

PHP

Suite:

Software/programming languages used:

PostgreSQL

Tags:

database

query language

Alternate tool(s):

FileMaker, MySQL, SQLite, Firebird

Licence:

PostgreSQL License

lifecycleStage:

Platform:

By Valentina Asciutti at Thu, 17/06/2010 - 10:44

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tool: Oracle Database

Purpose:

Oracle Database is a relational database management system (RDBMS).

Features:

• Supports symmetric multiprocessing (SMP)
• Stores data logically in the form of tablespaces and physically in the form of datafiles
• Transportable tablespaces
• Advanced Queuing (AQ)
• 64-bit database
• Data Mining Option

A&H use case 1 description:

The “Great Britain Historical Geographical Information System (GBHGIS)” project has used Oracle Database to store all the geographically-located historical statistics for Great Britain.

Creator:

Software Development Laboratories (SDL)

Publisher:

Oracle Corporation

Data analysis:

Data mining

Specifications:

Manual input and transcription

Software/programming languages used:

Oracle Database

Suite:

Oracle

Data capture:

Alternate tool(s):

Firebird, Ingres

Tags:

Licence:

lifecycleStage:

Platform:

By Valentina Asciutti at Thu, 17/06/2010 - 10:25

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tool: ArcGIS

Purpose:

ArcGIS is a suite of software that comprises of Desktop GIS, Server GIS, Mobile GIS, and Online GIS. ArcGIS is a platform for building a complete geographic information system (GIS) that lets you easily create, edit, and analyse geographic knowledge on the desktop; publish data, maps, globes and models to a GIS server and/or share them online; and use them on the desktop, on the Web, or in the field.

Features:

• View and query maps
• Manipulate shapefiles and geodatabases
• Data manipulation, editing and analysis
• Mobile device enabled

A&H use case 1 description:

ArcGIS was used in the Mapping Medieval Chester project to integrate geographical and literary mappings of the medieval city using cartographic and textual sources and using these to understand more how urban landscapes in the Middle Ages were interpreted and navigated by local inhabitants.

A&H use case 2 description:

ArcGIS was used in the Troodos Archaeological and Environmental Survey Project to investigate the relationship between people and their environment, from the Neolithic period to the present day on the island of Cyprus. ArcGIS was used to gather, analyse and map geomorphological data.

Publisher:

Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI)

Creator:

Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI)

Data capture:

Geophysical survey

GPS and total station surveys

Specifications:

Microsoft's .NET Framework

COM

Visual Basic

TCP/IP

Unified Modelling Language (UML)

Visual C++

Delphi

Data publishing and dissemination:

Disk publishing

Collaborative publishing

Audio-visual interaction (synchronous)

Communication and collaboration:

Graphical interaction (synchronous)

Software/programming languages used:

Discipline:

Data analysis:

Spatial data analysis

Data structuring and enhancement:

Cataloguing and indexing

2d modelling - raster

2d modelling - vector

3d modelling - interactive

Graphical rendering

Alternate tool(s):

GRASS (Geographic Analysis Support System) GIS, ThinkGeo

Tags:

GIS

Geospatial computing

Geospatial technology

Strategy and project management:

Practice-led research:

Platform:

lifecycleStage:

Licence:

Suite:

By natalie.hutchinson at Mon, 29/03/2010 - 10:08

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tool: RivEx

Purpose:

RivEx is a river network tool designed to run under ESRI ArcMap 9.1. It allows for quality control and analysis of the river network and creation of node layers.

Features:

• Process connected river centre lines
• Generate new node layers for the nodes of the network
• Attribute your network including stream order
• Convert your network to a measured network
• Re-orientate (flip) network polylines
• Quality controlled snapping of sites to the river network
• Export river network data to KML (Google Earth) format

A&H use case 1 description:

RivEx was used in conjunction with ESRI ArcMap on the North Sea Palaeolandscapes project to map the river network that was part of the prehistoric landscape stretching from the English Channel to the Norwegian coast line.

Publisher:

RivEx

Creator:

Duncan Hornby

Data publishing and dissemination:

Specifications:

Graphical interaction (asynchronous)

Communication and collaboration:

Data analysis:

lifecycleStage:

Discipline:

Data capture:

Use of existing digital data

Data structuring and enhancement:

2d modelling - raster

2d modelling - vector

3d modelling - interactive

Tags:

Strategy and project management:

Human factors analysis

Alternate tool(s):

MotherPlanet

Practice-led research:

2d graphic design

2d illustration

3d graphic design

Virtual world modelling

Platform:

Microsoft Windows 2000

Microsoft Windows XP

Software/programming languages used:

Rivex

Licence:

commercial

By natalie.hutchinson at Fri, 19/03/2010 - 15:15

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tool: GeoNames

Purpose:

A global geographical database that may be used to identify, tag and disambiguate all references to location. The database contains over 8 million entries, each of which possesses a geographic name (in various languages), latitude, longitude, elevation, population, administrative subdivision and postal codes and information on unique features.

Features:

• Built upon web service, enabling transparent look-up and use of content through third-party tools and sites
• Browse by geographic location, country name, size of geographic region and other categories.
• Full text search support
• Extensible, enabling users to expand existing information or contribute new content
• Support for the World Geodetic System 1984 (WGS84) co-ordinate system

A&H use case 1 description:

GeoNames is used in the Embedding GeoCrossWalk project to geotag locations found in proceedings of the Stormont Assembly.

Publisher:

GeoNames.org

Creator:

Marc Wick

Data publishing and dissemination:

Specifications:

World Geodetic System 1984 (WGS1984)

Communication and collaboration:

Textual interaction (asynchronous)

Data analysis:

Data mining

Record linkages

Searching and querying

lifecycleStage:

Discipline:

Classics and Ancient History

History

Data capture:

Text recognition

Use of existing digital data

Data structuring and enhancement:

Tags:

geocoding

neogeography

digital maps

Strategy and project management:

Alternate tool(s):

Unlock

Practice-led research:

Platform:

Software/programming languages used:

GeoNames

Licence:

Creative Commons

By natalie.hutchinson at Fri, 12/03/2010 - 10:57

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tool: GeoParser

Purpose:

GeoParser is a text analysis tool that may be used to identify, tag and (where appropriate) disambiguate references to geographic location in a text resource. The tool uses Natural Language Processing to analyse the composition of a resource and identifying words that match its geographic database. The approach is useful for processing ambiguous references, such as names that may have one of several locations (e.g. Belfast in Ireland, New Zealand and Canada) and distinguishing names that may be confused with other action (e.g. Reading in Berkshire and reading as an activity).

Features:

• Analyse text stored in structured, semi-structured and unstructured text formats
• Creates information that may be processed and used by a global gazetteer

A&H use case 1 description:

The Embedded GeoCrossWalk project use the GeoParser to extracts the place names found in proceedings of the Stormont Assembly.

Publisher:

University of Edinburgh School of Informatics - Language Technology Group

Creator:

University of Edinburgh School of Informatics - Language Technology Group

Specifications:

Textual interaction (asynchronous)

plain text

metadata records

Data capture:

Text recognition

Communication and collaboration:

Software/programming languages used:

GeoParser

Discipline:

English Language and Literature

Data analysis:

Searching and querying

Spatial data analysis

Text mining

Data structuring and enhancement:

Cataloguing and indexing

Text encoding - referential

Tags:

Parsing

Geoparser

Strategy and project management:

Alternate tool(s):

Metacarta’s GeoTagger, Digital Reasoning’s GeoLocator, Lockheed Martin’s AeroText, and SRA’s NetOwl

Practice-led research:

University of Edinburgh fee-free use (no modifications)

Licence:

Platform:

lifecycleStage:

analysis

publishing

By natalie.hutchinson at Fri, 12/03/2010 - 10:44

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tool: MMax2

Purpose:

MMax2 is a text annotation tool for creating and visualizing annotations. It has advanced and customizable methods for information and relation visualization.

Features:

• Determination of the word class / part of speech (POS) for words in a text
• Determination of word senses, including the disambiguation of homonymous and polysemous words
• Detection of anaphoric expressions and identification of their antecedents

A&H use case 1 description:

The MMax2 annotation tool has been used by the Embedded GeoCrossWalk project to perform annotation of the Stormont Papers resource.

Publisher:

EML Research gGmbH

Creator:

Christoph Muller

Software/programming languages used:

MMAX2

Data capture:

Text recognition

Specifications:

Textual interaction (asynchronous)

Communication and collaboration:

Suite:

Apache

Discipline:

Classics and Ancient History

English Language and Literature

Modern Languages

History

Data analysis:

Content analysis

Searching and querying

Visualisation

Data publishing and dissemination:

Collaborative publishing

User contributed content

Tags:

annotation

corpus linguistics

Corpus annotation

Strategy and project management:

Preservation

Practice-led research:

Text encoding - descriptive

Alternate tool(s):

NXT (NITE XML), Annotate

Data structuring and enhancement:

Text encoding - referential

Licence:

Apache

Platform:

lifecycleStage:

analysis

By natalie.hutchinson at Fri, 12/03/2010 - 10:33

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tool: Python

Purpose:

A general-purpose high-level programming language that places an emphasis upon code readability. Python supports a number of development models, including object oriented, imperative, and functional design. It provides automatic memory management and a fully dynamic type system.

Features:

• very clear, readable syntax
• strong introspection capabilities
• intuitive object orientation
• natural expression of procedural code
• full modularity, supporting hierarchical packages
• exception-based error handling
• very high level dynamic data types
• extensive standard libraries and third party modules for virtually every task
• extensions and modules easily written in C, C++ (or Java for Jython, or .NET languages for IronPython)
• embeddable within applications as a scripting interface

A&H use case 1 description:

The “Inscriptions of Roman Cyrenaica (IRCyr)” has used Python to pre-process the files containing the Latin and Greek inscriptions of Roman Cyrenaica.

Publisher:

Python Software Foundation

Creator:

Guido Van Rossum

Data publishing and dissemination:

Disk publishing

General website development

Server scripting

Web browser scripting

Specifications:

Microsoft's .NET Framework

C++

lifecycleStage:

Tags:

Alternate tool(s):

Perl, Ruby, Java, Scheme, Tcl

Platform:

Python Software Foundation

.net

Licence:

Software/programming languages used:

Python

By Valentina Asciutti at Thu, 04/03/2010 - 12:29

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tool: TextPad

Purpose:

TextPad is a text editor. It may be used as a basic text editor, web page editor, or as part of a programming IDE.

Features:

• Universal Naming Convention (UNC) style names support
• Files up to the limits of 32-bit virtual memory can be edited
• Spell checker with dictionaries in 10 languages
• Multi file editing support
• Commands to change case, and transpose words, characters and lines
• Commands to indent blocks of text, split or join lines, and insert whole files
• Change tracking

A&H use case 1 description:

The corpus of Anglo-Saxon stone sculpture project has used Textpad to produce archive formats of the data collected to publish catalogues of all the Anglo-Saxon carved stones.

Publisher:

Helios Software Solutions

Creator:

Helios Software Solutions

Tags:

text editing

Specifications:

ASCII

Licence:

commercial

Alternate tool(s):

EditPlus, UltraEdit

lifecycleStage: