Data Collection

In this session, we will discuss different types of data that we encounter in the field of Assyriology and the different uses for different types of data. We will then discuss data sources and data collection, as well as different file formats, data processing and data storage.

What is Data in Assyriology

Sources for Assyriological Data / Data Collection Methods

File Formats

Processing Data

Storing Data

Documentation

Resources

CDLI Data Dumps (GitHub): https://github.com/cdli-gh/data

Getting ORACC project JSON files (Niek Veldhuis): https://github.com/niekveldhuis/ORACC-JSON

Python Tools for Working with ORACC: https://github.com/oracc/pyoracc

Literature

Gardiner, E., & Musto, R. (2015). The Elements of Digital Humanities: Text and Document. In The Digital Humanities: A Primer for Students and Scholars (pp. 31-42). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/CBO9781139003865.004

Gardiner, E., & Musto, R. (2015). The Elements of Digital Humanities: Object, Artifact, Image, Sound, Space. In The Digital Humanities: A Primer for Students and Scholars (pp. 43-66). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/CBO9781139003865.005

Owens, Trevor (2011): ‘Defining Data for Humanists: Text, Artifact, Information or Evidence?’ Journal of Digital Humanities 1/1. http://journalofdigitalhumanities.org/1-1/defining-data-for-humanists-by-trevor-owens/

Schöch, Christof (2013): ‘Big? Smart? Clean? Messy? Data in the Humanities.’ Journal of Digital Humanities 2/3. http://journalofdigitalhumanities.org/2-3/big-smart-clean-messy-data-in-the-humanities/