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One Transcription at a time Making History One Transcription at a time April 1,2005

The Sources of History Oral Traditions Written Records Physical Artifacts Written Records

The Records of History Books Manuscripts ≈ 5500 on-line repositories Tens of thousands Archives Billions of manuscript pages? Tens of Thousands Transcribers

The Making of History Read/Transcribe Sources Read/Transcribe Sources Extract facts Write Papers/Books

The Emergent Transcriptions Concept Leverage work of Transcribers Accumulate Transcriptions Create Virtuous Cycle Enable Full-Text Searches Learn Handwriting Give Proper Credit

The Overall Philosophy Stimulate Tipping-point Emergence Give Away all Software Make Transcription app the “hook” Give substantial Quid-pro-quos Be Generous with Credit Entice Use through Incentives Accumulate Transcriptions!

The Big Picture Archive Archive Archive MML MML MML MML MML MML MML Accumulation MML MML

The Emergent Transcriptions System Archive Assistant (AA) Transcription Assistant (TA) Contribution Accountant (CA)

The Archive Assistant Manage Manuscript Images Couple them with Metadata Allow web-searches Serve out manuscripts Serve out transcriptions Accept New/Modified Transcriptions

The Transcription Assistant Visualize Manuscript Image together with its Transcription Facilitate Transcriptions Help Read Handwriting Promote Transcription Submissions Help Paper Writing Process

Figure 1. The Transcription Assistant ™ application interface.

The Contribution Accountant Compare Transcription with existing Compare Boxing with existing Give Provisional Credit for Changes Maintain Attribution Tree Maintain Transcription Versions Re-evaluate Credit on Consensus Assign Credibility to submitters Weigh Submissions

The Technology Linux or Windows OS Apache Server My SQL Database Open-source Java Applications Standards Manuscript Markup Language (MML) XPeg Metadata Superset ETS Metadata Superset

Current Status Rewriting TA Separating out AA Designing CA Setting up Server (escripts.wpi.edu)

Next Year’s MQPs Archive Assistant v.1.0 Contribution Accountant v. 1.0 Transcription Assistant v. 2.0

(under Emergent Systems Lab) For More Information: Prof. Fabio Carrera (carrera@wpi.edu) or Prof. Stanley Selkow (sms@wpi.edu) Web Pages: www.wpi.edu/~carrera (under Emergent Systems Lab)