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Open Texts & Open Tools

This text discusses the challenges and methodologies of representing, analyzing, and utilizing evidence in the humanities through various text analysis tools. It addresses theoretical complexities, the need for a pragmatic approach, and the importance of iteration in hermeneutics. The document examines the evolution of text analysis tools, from historical concordancers to modern web-based applications, while emphasizing the role of TAPoR as a supportive resource for researchers. It serves as a guide to navigating complex digital environments to enhance scholarly work in the humanities.

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Open Texts & Open Tools

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  1. Open Texts & Open Tools TAPoR and Web Tools Geoffrey Rockwell grockwel@mcmaster.ca

  2. Googlizer - List Words http://cheiron.mcmaster.ca/~lianyan/

  3. The Problem • Transcription: Representation and Analysis • How to represent evidence in the humanities • What to do with it, how to analyze it • Problem of text analysis tools • Theoretical problems We are not really sure what we should do or could do • Technical problems The tools are too complex to try We need to fiddle • Pragmatic approach • Place of text analysis in the humanities and digital culture

  4. Theory Problem Hermeneutical Model Encounter bearing revealing Evidence Question Narrative Practice Release hinting distorting Answer Chimera Importance of iteration to the point of dialogue

  5. Hermeneutics of Text Analysis Encounter bearing revealing Evidence Query formalization digitization Narrative (slow and limited) Analysis AutomatedTechnique Synthesis Release hinting distorting Answer Chimera Concordance (queridence) Moving to Interactive Model: Affordances & Prospects

  6. Technical Evolution Text-Analysis Tools • Text-analysis and Concordances: • 1247, Concordance to the Vulgate Bible, Paris • 1949, Father Busa Index Thomisticus • 1970s, Batch Concordancers like OCP • 1989, TACT - Interactive Concordancers • 1990s, WWW for Delivery of E-Texts • Current Situation • Accessible E-texts on the Web • Commercial and Open XML Tools for Servers • XML Tools that need adaptation and support • Texts are bundled with tools or not at all

  7. Text Analysis Portal for Research What is TAPoR? • Canada Foundation for Innovation Infrastructure Project • Providing an aggregation of text tools • On servers with associated labs • Multi-University project • Supporting researchers and projects across Canada • Open to the community • Building a Portal • Workbench model for experimentation • Not a digital library Not torpor or tapir Tapor or Taper: “Originally, A wax candle, in early times used chiefly for devotional or penitential purposes.” (OED)

  8. Portal Model Portal Entry Documentation and Training Commercial and Open Source Tools Representative Texts Workspace Found and Created Texts myTAPoR Created Tools Web Services Publishing and Project Tools Tool Broker

  9. HyperListes - Texts Open Access to XML

  10. HyperListes - Special Page http://strange.mcmaster.ca/tapor.html

  11. List Elements Results

  12. Philologic - HyperPo http://philologic.uchicago.edu/samples.php?database=biblionet

  13. HyperPo

  14. Conclusion: Open Texts • Exposing texts to tools elsewhere Provide a convenient handle for web tools • Creating your own analytical interface to open texts Build your own interface • Providing links that automatically pipe content to a web tool Guide users like ARFTL and HyperPo • Why bother? Can you anticipate what techniques will be useful on your texts? Digital Culture - Just-In-Time-Texts and the application of text analysis techniques

  15. The End www.tapor.ca Information about the TAPoR project strange.mcmaster.ca/~taporware Older version that you can download cheiron.mcmaster.ca/~lianyan Current experimental version

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