ViRR Miscellaneous

ViRR,MPDL,FIZ

Documentation
All Project Documentation can be found here.

DFG Praxisregeln

Glossary
Short Glossary about the used terms
 * Pagination
 * Physical pagination = page label (the printed page numbers of the scans; some are unnumbered, some use Roman numbers and some Arabic ones)
 * Logical Pagination = page number (strict numeration of the scans starting with 1)
 * In METS the terms "physical" and "logical" are used as type of a structMap. There physical structMaps only contain all pages of a book (with no further structuring). The logical structMaps instead structures the book in several elements (e.g. chapters). The linking between the pages listed in the physical structMap and the structural elements listed in the logical structMap is solved via the structLink.


 * For the scans we use the term page (or sometimes picture)
 * Structural Content = all structural elements with their descriptive metadata in their hierarchical order with the corresponding physical pagination
 * Metadata parts = pagination, structural content of a book, bibliographical metadata of a work
 * Notation = bibl. metadata in one of the display types
 * Technical details:
 * Container: Multivolume, volume, monograph
 * Item: ToC (structural content which includes the pagination), page


 * In the ZVDD METS Profile most information about the books is stored in the logical structMap like following information about the ViRR books
 * e: einband (always e1-e4, two for the front cover and two for the back cover)
 * v: vorgebundene, nichtbedruckte Seiten (always after the front cover)
 * d: derivate (content pages)
 * n: nachgebundenen Seiten (always after the content pages)

Contacts

 * MPIeR
 * Dr. Sigrid Amedick, Head of Library, amedick_at_mpier.uni-frankfurt.de, +49 (0)69 / 789 78 - 129 (project lead)
 * Monika Fritz, Librarian, fritz_at_mpier.uni-frankfurt.de
 * Prof. Dr. Karl Haerter, Scientist, haerter_at_mpier.uni-frankfurt.de
 * Dr. Volker Novak, Head of IT, novak_at_mpier.uni-frankfurt.de


 * Uni Heidelberg
 * Dr. Heino Speer: heino.speer_at_adw.uni-heidelberg.de (project lead)
 * Almuth Bedenbender: almuth.bedenbender_at_uni-heidelberg.de (project support)

= Expectations =

Expectations MPIeR

 * 1) The content of the collection ViRR will be digitally preserved and persistently identified.
 * 2) [[Image:Checkmark.png | 20px]] The data of the collection ViRR will be published open access.
 * 3) [[Image:Checkmark.png | 20px]] ViRR will be an open collection, so the import of further digitized work will be possible after the solution is in production.
 * 4) The ViRR solution has to be configurable so that the institute will be able to use it independently for further digitization projects.
 * 5) The solution, services and framework are continuously maintained and further developed by a central unit.
 * 6) The ViRR project has to follow the DFG Praxisregeln. The paper covers following aspects:
 * 7) * selection of works
 * 8) * digitization techniques
 * 9) * digital preservation
 * 10) * [[Image:Checkmark.png | 20px]] metadata (METS and TEI for structure metadata, should)
 * 11) * re-use and integration with portals (OAI-PMH, must)
 * 12) * [[Image:Checkmark.png | 20px]] persistent identification (URNs and/or DOIs, should) - Is now handle
 * 13) * [[Image:Checkmark.png | 20px]] accessibility of metadata & digitized works (open access, must)
 * 14) * [[Image:Checkmark.png | 20px]] required functionalities for representation

Expectations MPDL

 * [[Image:Checkmark.png | 20px]] ViRR will be a service based on the eSciDoc infrastructure for handling scanned books.
 * [[Image:Checkmark.png | 20px]] ViRR will be delivered as an open source self-contained solution, which can be installed and run with predefined standard set-up.
 * The MPDL will use the ViRR solution as showcase for demonstrating possible research data scenarios based on the infrastructure. The institute's staff will support respective outreach activities by reporting on their experiences.
 * The MPDL has access to the root account for administration purposes.
 * [[Image:Checkmark.png | 20px]] The data of ViRR will be hosted at the MPDL (and/or its partners like the GWDG), who are also responsible for the server administration. Details will be fixed in a service level agreement.

= Similar solutions=

A comparison of other solutions to the ViRR solution can be found here (requires login).

= Collaborations = For the markup of the digitized works a collaboration with the DTA (Deutsches Text Archiv) is in discussion. The aim of the DTA is to create a digital collection with several hundred million tokens (words) from German documents. This collection should contain the scans and transcriptions of the documents and should reflect a representative picture of the linguistic and cultural development of starting from the middle of the 17th century until now.