Comments on: Challenges to Historical Visualization: the Need for an Event Standard http://chnm2008.thatcamp.org/05/23/challenges-to-historical-visualization-the-need-for-an-event-standard/ The Humanities And Technology Camp Tue, 04 May 2010 07:56:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Liste non exhaustive des thématiques abordées lors des THATCamp | ThatCamp Paris 2010 http://chnm2008.thatcamp.org/05/23/challenges-to-historical-visualization-the-need-for-an-event-standard/#comment-140 Liste non exhaustive des thématiques abordées lors des THATCamp | ThatCamp Paris 2010 Tue, 04 May 2010 07:53:53 +0000 http://thatcamp.org/?p=34#comment-140 [...] http://thatcamp.org/2008/05/challenges-to-historical-visualization-the-need-for-an-event-standard/ [...] [...] http://thatcamp.org/2008/05/challenges-to-historical-visualization-the-need-for-an-event-standard/ [...]

]]> By: THATCamp » Blog Archive » And.. we’re off! http://chnm2008.thatcamp.org/05/23/challenges-to-historical-visualization-the-need-for-an-event-standard/#comment-139 THATCamp » Blog Archive » And.. we’re off! Sat, 16 May 2009 03:44:23 +0000 http://thatcamp.org/?p=34#comment-139 [...] and we can begin to organize ourselves.  An example of this from last year’s unconference is a post by Tom Scheinfeldt where he suggested an idea, received feedback, and found interested campers to participate in his [...] [...] and we can begin to organize ourselves.  An example of this from last year’s unconference is a post by Tom Scheinfeldt where he suggested an idea, received feedback, and found interested campers to participate in his [...]

]]> By: THATCamp » Blog Archive » Visualization and Interface for Variorum and Critical Editions, Text and Video http://chnm2008.thatcamp.org/05/23/challenges-to-historical-visualization-the-need-for-an-event-standard/#comment-138 THATCamp » Blog Archive » Visualization and Interface for Variorum and Critical Editions, Text and Video Fri, 30 May 2008 19:01:34 +0000 http://thatcamp.org/?p=34#comment-138 [...] tools some of which - (TEI) standards for markup of digital texts, collaborative annotation, and timelines - have been proposed for discussion. I would like to offer some of our thoughts about possible [...] [...] tools some of which – (TEI) standards for markup of digital texts, collaborative annotation, and timelines – have been proposed for discussion. I would like to offer some of our thoughts about possible [...]

]]> By: THATCamp » Blog Archive » THATCamp as moveable feast http://chnm2008.thatcamp.org/05/23/challenges-to-historical-visualization-the-need-for-an-event-standard/#comment-137 THATCamp » Blog Archive » THATCamp as moveable feast Fri, 30 May 2008 02:26:47 +0000 http://thatcamp.org/?p=34#comment-137 [...] around representing time in humanities data. Along those lines, maybe as a part of a session on historical visualization, I’d be happy to share some experiences from the late, lamented Temporal Modelling Project I [...] [...] around representing time in humanities data. Along those lines, maybe as a part of a session on historical visualization, I’d be happy to share some experiences from the late, lamented Temporal Modelling Project I [...]

]]> By: Patrick Gosetti-Murrayjohn http://chnm2008.thatcamp.org/05/23/challenges-to-historical-visualization-the-need-for-an-event-standard/#comment-136 Patrick Gosetti-Murrayjohn Thu, 29 May 2008 13:26:44 +0000 http://thatcamp.org/?p=34#comment-136 Just tossing in the semantic web Event Ontology http://motools.sourceforge.net/event/event.html as something for consideration. Just tossing in the semantic web Event Ontology http://motools.sourceforge.net/event/event.html
as something for consideration.

]]> By: Douglas Knox http://chnm2008.thatcamp.org/05/23/challenges-to-historical-visualization-the-need-for-an-event-standard/#comment-135 Douglas Knox Tue, 27 May 2008 00:26:43 +0000 http://thatcamp.org/?p=34#comment-135 This session idea overlaps with some things I have been thinking about, but I would like to push the skeptical angle further. I'm all in favor of exploring creative approaches to visualization and linking of temporal data. But I think history and historical thinking are a challenge for the digital humanities (in what might be an intellectually productive way), and it's not a matter of standards so much as of the underlying assumptions built into data types and logic. We're now well set up for visualizations of time where data values change over time but the fundamental properties are essentially timeless. Birth and death dates, for example, are temporal, but the fact that the class of humans is such that each can be assigned birth and death dates is something that we can presume doesn't change over time. How do we visualize or represent more complex narratives in which categories themselves come into being and pass out of relevance? Are there representational problems in the historical humanities that call for the development of modal logics, and tools to support them? I don't know what that would look like, but I am prepared to help further identify the problem with some examples. This session idea overlaps with some things I have been thinking about, but I would like to push the skeptical angle further. I’m all in favor of exploring creative approaches to visualization and linking of temporal data. But I think history and historical thinking are a challenge for the digital humanities (in what might be an intellectually productive way), and it’s not a matter of standards so much as of the underlying assumptions built into data types and logic. We’re now well set up for visualizations of time where data values change over time but the fundamental properties are essentially timeless. Birth and death dates, for example, are temporal, but the fact that the class of humans is such that each can be assigned birth and death dates is something that we can presume doesn’t change over time. How do we visualize or represent more complex narratives in which categories themselves come into being and pass out of relevance? Are there representational problems in the historical humanities that call for the development of modal logics, and tools to support them? I don’t know what that would look like, but I am prepared to help further identify the problem with some examples.

]]> By: Jeanne Kramer-Smyth http://chnm2008.thatcamp.org/05/23/challenges-to-historical-visualization-the-need-for-an-event-standard/#comment-134 Jeanne Kramer-Smyth Sat, 24 May 2008 01:36:13 +0000 http://thatcamp.org/?p=34#comment-134 It might be interesting to consider how the FreeBase.com community is handling the collection of structured data surrounding events : http://freebase.com/view/time/event For example - I love that they have created a data set for use in specifying 'Cause of Death': http://freebase.com/view/people/cause_of_death . See how they use it in this entry on Julius Caesar: http://freebase.com/view/en/julius_caesar . It might be interesting to consider how the FreeBase.com community is handling the collection of structured data surrounding events : http://freebase.com/view/time/event

For example – I love that they have created a data set for use in specifying ‘Cause of Death’: http://freebase.com/view/people/cause_of_death . See how they use it in this entry on Julius Caesar: http://freebase.com/view/en/julius_caesar .

]]> By: Sean Gillies http://chnm2008.thatcamp.org/05/23/challenges-to-historical-visualization-the-need-for-an-event-standard/#comment-133 Sean Gillies Fri, 23 May 2008 18:44:20 +0000 http://thatcamp.org/?p=34#comment-133 This could have a lot in common with http://thatcamp.org/2008/05/time-and-space-session/. This could have a lot in common with http://thatcamp.org/2008/05/time-and-space-session/.

]]> By: Sean Gillies http://chnm2008.thatcamp.org/05/23/challenges-to-historical-visualization-the-need-for-an-event-standard/#comment-132 Sean Gillies Fri, 23 May 2008 18:41:58 +0000 http://thatcamp.org/?p=34#comment-132 I think this has a lot in common with http://thatcamp.org/2008/05/time-and-space-session/. I think this has a lot in common with http://thatcamp.org/2008/05/time-and-space-session/.

]]> By: THATCamp » Blog Archive » 2 Ideas http://chnm2008.thatcamp.org/05/23/challenges-to-historical-visualization-the-need-for-an-event-standard/#comment-131 THATCamp » Blog Archive » 2 Ideas Fri, 23 May 2008 18:37:27 +0000 http://thatcamp.org/?p=34#comment-131 [...] Schedule « Challenges to Historical Visualization: the Need for an Event Standard [...] [...] Schedule « Challenges to Historical Visualization: the Need for an Event Standard [...]

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