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The Urkesh Global Record (Version 1, Beta release)

System’s design: Output

Page layout: the left sidebar

Giorgio Buccellati – March 2025

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Nature of the left sidebar

The left sidebar links to entries that describe the excavation unit as a whole.

It contains an introductory section at the top, that gives editorial information and provides some utilities, and three sections that give a synthetic overview of the unit.

I will use A16 as a model for the unit books:

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Top section: editorial and utilities

  1. Expand/Collapse
  2. Search
  3. EDITORIAL
    1. Urkesh website
    2. UGR
    3. UGR series
    4. this website
    5. Front matter
    6. Dedication
    7. Current version
  4. Shortcuts
  5. Topical index
  1. The menu as presented when first entering the site gives only the titles of the main entries; by clicking on Expand one can gest the entie table of contexts, with all the sub-chapters.
  2. A standard Search function that operates within the left hand side of the site.
  3. The Editorial section situates the unit digital book in its wider context and gives details about its bibliographical state.
    1. urkesh.org is the broadest frame within which the unit book has to be seen: it also gives a synoptic view of all the websites that belong in the system.
    2. the Urkesh Global Record (UGR) digital book sets the editorial frame within which any given unit book has to be seen.
    3. the UGR series entry links to the series of published UGR websites.
    4. the "this website" entry links to the home page of the website, which serves as the cover page in a printed book
    5. the Front Matter links to what what would be the title and copyright pages of a printed book, giving the full biliographical information relating to the digital book in question.
    6. a Dedication is present in some digital books, such as the one in the Ceramics book to which there is a link in the entry to gthe left.
    7. the Current version section situates the digitsl book as it is being accessed in relationship to its history. For instance, two earlier versions of A16 are linked to, where data are found as gthey were made public at an earlier stage of the work.
  4. The Shortcuts link lead to a section in the Mozan sitewide digital book where a number of links are found that help with finding useful information about the overall system.
  5. The Topical index gives a selective list of topics that are deemed to be particularly important. It draws primarily on the left hand side, but items from the right hand side are also included.

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Section 1. General introduction, methods and current unit

  1. GENERAL
    1. Mozan sitewide
    2. area AA
    3. palace AP
    4. page layout
    5. Grammar
  1. GENERAL
    1. The Mozan sitewide digital book is invoked here because it shows the relationship of unit A16 to the other excavation units.
    2. Area AA is the general topographical area within which A16 is located
    3. The most kimportant levels of A16 relate to the royal palace AP, which is presented here in detail.
    4. The page layout section in the UGR digital book describes in detail the organizaiton of the pages in each unit digital book.
    5. The Grammar provides the theoretical scaffolding and the explanation of the concepts and terms used in the unit books.
  1. UNIT
    1. preface
    2. overview
    3. authorship
    4. staff
    5. data set
    6. chronicle
    7. input
  1. UNIT
    1. preface
    2. overview
    3. authorship
    4. staff
    5. data set
    6. chronicle
    7. input

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Section 2. Discursive presentation of current unit

  1. GENERAL
    1. Mozan sitewide
    2. area AA
    3. palace AP
    4. page layout
    5. Grammar
  1. GENERAL
    1. Mozan sitewide
    2. area AA
    3. palace AP
    4. page layout
    5. Grammar
  1. A16
    1. Mozan sitewide
    2. area AA
    3. palace AP
    4. page layout
    5. Grammar
  1. A16
    1. Mozan sitewide
    2. area AA
    3. palace AP
    4. page layout
    5. Grammar

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Section 3. Tabulations for current unit

  1. GENERAL
    1. Mozan sitewide
    2. area AA
    3. palace AP
    4. page layout
    5. Grammar
  1. GENERAL
    1. Mozan sitewide
    2. area AA
    3. palace AP
    4. page layout
    5. Grammar
  1. A16---
    1. preface
    2. overview
    3. authroship
    4. staff
    5. data set
    6. chronicle
    7. input
  1. A16
    1. preface
    2. overview
    3. authroship
    4. staff
    5. data set
    6. chronicle
    7. input

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