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== History == | == History == | ||
As most Wittgenstein scholars and enthusiasts are well aware, the [https://wab.uib.no/ Wittgenstein Archives at the University of Bergen] maintain a rich collection of online resources related to Ludwig Wittgenstein's ''Nachlass''. | As most Wittgenstein scholars and enthusiasts are well aware, the [https://wab.uib.no/ Wittgenstein Archives at the University of Bergen (WAB)] maintain a rich collection of online resources related to Ludwig Wittgenstein's ''Nachlass''. | ||
In particular, since 2012, the WAB's [https://wab.uib.no/sfb/ "Semantic faceted search and browsing" (SFB) website] allows readers and researchers across the globe to search, filter and display individual remarks from the ''Nachlass'', or collections thereof, based on their content or relevant metadata. Moreover, since 2016, the WAB's [https://wab.uib.no/transform/wab.php?modus=opsjoner "Interactive dynamic presentation" (IDP) website] makes it possible for users to view entire manuscripts or typescripts, or collections thereof, in a linear or diplomatic style, while dynamically selecting which sets of information to display. In addition, since as early as 2009, the WAB offers a static ''Nachlass'' edition in facsimiles and transcriptions on the [https://wittgensteinsource.org "Wittgenstein Source" website]. | In particular, since 2012, the WAB's [https://wab.uib.no/sfb/ "Semantic faceted search and browsing" (SFB) website] allows readers and researchers across the globe to search, filter and display individual remarks from the ''Nachlass'', or collections thereof, based on their content or relevant metadata. Moreover, since 2016, the WAB's [https://wab.uib.no/transform/wab.php?modus=opsjoner "Interactive dynamic presentation" (IDP) website] makes it possible for users to view entire manuscripts or typescripts, or collections thereof, in a linear or diplomatic style, while dynamically selecting which sets of information to display. In addition, since as early as 2009, the WAB offers a static ''Nachlass'' edition in facsimiles and transcriptions on the [https://wittgensteinsource.org "Wittgenstein Source" website]. | ||
All three websites display their human-readable output by using dedicated software to index and parse the WAB's machine-readable transcriptions of Wittgenstein's manuscripts and typescripts. These transcriptions of the handwritten or typewritten material are encoded in the [[wikipedia:XML|XML]] format following the [[wikipedia:Text Encoding Initiative|TEI guidelines]]. While the transcriptions were originally published as part of the CD-based Bergen Electronic Edition (Oxford University Press 2000), the SFB, IDP, and Wittgenstein Source websites now allow anyone who has an Internet connection to easily browse them. | All three websites display their human-readable output by using dedicated software to index and parse the WAB's machine-readable transcriptions of Wittgenstein's manuscripts and typescripts. These transcriptions of the handwritten or typewritten material are encoded in the [[wikipedia:XML|XML]] format following the [[wikipedia:Text Encoding Initiative|TEI guidelines]]. While the transcriptions were originally published as part of the CD-based ''Bergen Electronic Edition'' (Oxford University Press 2000), the SFB, IDP, and Wittgenstein Source websites now allow anyone who has an Internet connection to easily browse them. | ||
The ''Nachlass'' contains approximately 3000 graphics and figures. Until 2022, these were represented in the Bergen ''Nachlass'' editions either as character transcriptions, facsimile snippets or | The ''Nachlass'' contains approximately 3000 graphics and figures. Until 2022, these were represented in the Bergen ''Nachlass'' editions either as character transcriptions, facsimile snippets or redrawings stemming from different sources. In this task, the WAB had received invaluable help from its transcribers and editors as well as from Michael R. Biggs and, since 2014, Hans Biesenbach. | ||
In 2022, on the initiative of Alois Pichler, director of the WAB, the WAB and Michele Lavazza, coordinator of the [https://wittgensteinproject.org/ Ludwig Wittgenstein Project], started a cooperation intended to redraw all graphics and figures that | In 2022, on the initiative of Alois Pichler, director of the WAB, the WAB and Michele Lavazza, coordinator of the [https://wittgensteinproject.org/ Ludwig Wittgenstein Project], started a cooperation intended to redraw all graphics and figures which at that point in time were represented by redrawings or facsimile snippets, following a uniform style in "normalized" format. With funding from the WAB, the project lasted from October 2022 to April 2024 and resulted in the recreation of [[Project:Statistics|approximately 1000 image files]] which were embedded in the transcriptions as they became available. The drawings were made by Michele Lavazza and graphic designer Sara Lavazza under the supervision and coordination of Alois Pichler. Precious help and consultancy was provided by Michael Biggs, Rune Falch, and Daphne Bielefeld. The new drawings are already incorporated in the IDP and SFB resources. | ||
It soon started to seem desirable that the image files should also become available – ''i.e.'', browsable and searchable – in and of themselves, and not only as an integral part of the manuscripts. Thus, Michele Lavazza built this website ([[Main Page|{{SITENAME}}]]) to host the files and used data from the WAB's XML transcriptions, combined with a database-like infrastructure powered by [https://semantic-mediawiki.org Semantic MediaWiki], to make it possible to search and filter them by description tags as well as by manuscript number. In this task, he received help from Frederic Kettelhoit and continued working in cooperation with Alois Pichler. | It soon started to seem desirable that the image files should also become available – ''i.e.'', browsable and searchable – in and of themselves, and not only as an integral part of the manuscripts. Thus, Michele Lavazza built this website ([[Main Page|{{SITENAME}}]]) to host the files and used data from the WAB's XML transcriptions, combined with a database-like infrastructure powered by [https://semantic-mediawiki.org Semantic MediaWiki], to make it possible to search and filter them by description tags as well as by manuscript number. In this task, he received help from Frederic Kettelhoit and continued working in cooperation with Alois Pichler. | ||
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On the other hand, the ''Free-text search'' section of the Main Page, just like the search bar that appears at the top of each page in this website, provides a tool to perform unstructured searches on the title and contents of the description pages of the files. | On the other hand, the ''Free-text search'' section of the Main Page, just like the search bar that appears at the top of each page in this website, provides a tool to perform unstructured searches on the title and contents of the description pages of the files. | ||
The semantic descriptors are based on the WAB's taxonomy for Wittgenstein's graphics and musical, mathematical and logical notation. The taxonomy was authored by the WAB in cooperation with Michael R. Biggs (graphics and musical notation; see his catalogue in ''Minerva – An Internet Journal of Philosophy'' 2 (1998)), Peter Philipp, Lawrence Goldstein and William T. Boos (mathematical and logical notation) and first published in the Bergen Electronic Edition. | The semantic descriptors are based on the WAB's taxonomy for Wittgenstein's graphics and musical, mathematical and logical notation. The taxonomy was authored by the WAB in cooperation with Michael R. Biggs (graphics and musical notation; see his catalogue in ''Minerva – An Internet Journal of Philosophy'' 2 (1998)), Peter Philipp, Lawrence Goldstein and William T. Boos (mathematical and logical notation) and first published in the ''Bergen Electronic Edition''. | ||
== Copyright == | == Copyright == | ||