Ancient Egyptian texts in contexts. Towards a conceptual data model (the Thot Data Model - TDM)

[en] In this paper, we propose a conceptual data model that could be the basis for future implementations of databases and digital corpuses of Ancient Egyptian texts that fully integrate the material dimensions of writing. The types of metadata that can be used for documenting the elements and relationships of this model are discussed and the resources (URIs) available for its online implementation (in the perspective of the ‘linked open data’ movement) are examined.

Disciplines :

Classical & oriental studies
Computer science

Author, co-author :

Polis, Stéphane ; Université de Liège > Département des sciences de l'antiquité > Egyptologie

Razanajao, Vincent ; Université de Liège > Département des sciences de l'antiquité > Egyptologie

Language :

English

Title :

Ancient Egyptian texts in contexts. Towards a conceptual data model (the Thot Data Model - TDM)

Publication date :

December 2016

Journal title :

Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies

ISSN :

0076-0730

eISSN :

2041-5370

Publisher :

Wiley

Special issue title :

Digital Approaches to the Ancient World

Volume :

Issue :

Pages :

24-41

Peer reviewed :

Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi

Additional URL :

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.2041-5370.2016.12036.x/full

Funders :

F.R.S.-FNRS - Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique

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