Howdy Late Nite MCNers, Sorry about the funky extra lines and strange line-breaks, etc. in my prior note. Apparently the listserv is a bit quirky with HTML-formatted "plain text." So I have specifically set this one as actual plain text and expect a better result... :-/
In my prior update note, I mentioned a complementary follow-up paper I have in development. By way of foreshadowing its content, I am specifically working on a corpus/data-set of Softalk magazine TOC (table of contents), mastheads, and Advertiser Index pages as found here: https://github.com/SoftalkAppleProject/datasets_toc-masthead-adindex I am working with PRImA to help shift the OCR/layout-recognition folks from a bottom-up page-focused approach (Rainman-type thinking) to a top-down whole-issue and complete serial publication perspective (Sherlock-type thinking). Specifically, I will be using #PRESSoo's Z12 Issuing Rule and Z5 Issuing Rule Change classes as entity "containers" for a fine-grained pattern language describing the complex document structure of the commercial magazine. The ISSN SIG authors have a rather pedestrian assumption about the potential use of this model element. (See http://goo.gl/LqBGrz) But I believe Issuing Rules are a perfect way to bring a top-down serial publication strategy to text- and layout-recognition strategy within the digitization pipeline. If anyone is currently using #PRESSoo or has plans to use it, please feel free to contact me so we can exchange ideas and explore potential collaboration. BTW, the ICOM #CIDOC2016 conference is going on right now in Milan where the #cidocCRM and its derivatives are front and center. I am a member of the ICOM CIDOC and a member of the #cidocCRM SIG although I am not at the conference. I am doing my best to communicate my interest remotely. If you, too, are interested in this important museum informatics event, you can "listen in" as well as participate via the #CIDOC2016 hashtag. Happy-Healthy Vibes, -: Jim :- Jim Salmons and Timlynn Babitsky Twitter: @Jim_Salmons, @TimlynnBabitsky, @FactMiners, @Softalk_Apple www.FactMiners.org (Our #CitizenScience project) www.SoftalkApple.com (Our #DigitalHistory project) _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l@mcn.edu To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://mcn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l The MCN-L archives can be found at: http://www.mail-archive.com/mcn-l@mcn.edu/