Digital London: Creating a searchable web of interlinked sources on eighteenth century London
Digital London: Creating a searchable web of interlinked sources on eighteenth century London
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数字伦敦：创建一个关于 18 世纪伦敦的相互关联的可搜索网络
DOI：
10.1108/00330330510627926
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2005
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R. Shoemaker
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目的
- 概述了在开发一个基于网络的数字化十八世纪伦敦原始资料的相互联系的集合时遇到的概念和技术困难，以及创造的机会。
设计/方法/方式
- 作为一个更大的项目的试点研究，各种主要来源，包括老贝利诉讼（OBP），被数字化，然后使用名称链接。本文概述了解决记录链接中的不确定性和显示一系列不同的历史来源，同时保持其档案完整性所采取的解决方案。
结果
- 记录应该以不同程度的概率联系起来，允许用户参与选择哪些记录真正涉及同一个人。
研究限制/影响
- 需要进一步开展工作，以建立机制，使用户能够具体说明记录联系的确定程度，并制定在处理多个档案来源时搜索和显示结果的方法。
独创性/价值
- 本文展示了将XML标记与灵活的记录链接策略相结合来链接复杂的数字化资源集合的潜力。由此产生的资料将使历史学家提出新的历史问题;在这种情况下，关于个人在塑造伦敦社会福利规定的演变中所扮演的角色。
Purpose
– To outline the conceptual and technical difficulties encountered, as well as the opportunities created, when developing an interlinked collection of web‐based digitised primary sources on eighteenth century London.
Design/methodology/approach
– As a pilot study for a larger project, a variety of primary sources, including the Old Bailey Proceedings (OBP), were digitised and then interlinked using names. The paper outlines the solutions adopted for dealing with uncertainties in record linkage and for displaying a range of different historical sources while preserving their archival integrity.
Findings
– Records should be linked with varying degrees of probability, allowing users to participate in the choice of which records truly concern the same individuals.
Research limitations/implications
– Further work is necessary to create mechanisms for allowing users to specify levels of certainty in record linkage, and to develop methods for searching and displaying results when working with multiple collections of archival sources.
Originality/value
– This paper shows the potential of combining XML markup with flexible record linkage strategies to interlink complex collections of digitised sources. The resulting source will allow historians to ask new historical questions; in this case concerning the role played by individuals in shaping the evolution of social welfare provision in London.