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Ordered input files as database
| The ordered input is the basic archive upon which the browser edition is built. Thus it serves atthe same time as the basic underlying database, for the browser edition and other outputs derived through our own programs, and for alternative analyses serving the goals of independent research. In addition to the text files of the ordered input, the Data Bases section also make available certain data in tabular format (in particular the data pertaining to ceramic analysis of any given digital book), and all the graphic files pertaining to the same digital book. |
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Durability and portability
Besides serving as a data base for further independent analysis, a major goal of the ASCII ordered input and of the standard format of the graphic files is to provide the maximum possible guarantee for the durability of the data.
The durability of the system as a whole (including the elaboration of the data and the production of the browser edition) is linked to the portability of the programs. I have not yet faced this issue directly, but it will be an important priority for the immediate future.
It should also be stressed that the data base of which we are talking refers exclusively to the analytical portion of the Urkesh Global Record (I estimate that it accounts for about 90% of its total content), not to the synthetic portion nor to the Urkesh website as a whole.
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Contents of the database section
One may refer to the A16 digital book to see an example of the Data Base section. Besides an introduction, it contains a section on texts and another on graphics.
The texts are in turn divided between those in ordered input format and those in tabular format.
Following is the complete table of contents, with links to the A16 digital book as example.
Introduction
Texts
a aggregates
c composites
f features
i items
k loci
q lots
qi q-items
qp sherds
s strata
v views
Spreadsheets
introduction
bones
sherds
Photographs
V14d40
V14d41
V14d42
V14d45
V14d50
V14k16
V14k50
V15d40
V15d41
V15d45
V15d46
V15d47
V15d79
V15e50
V16d50
V16d51
V16d58
V17e50
V18e50
Templates
Drawings
Plots
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