TLA Development
Version history
- 12/15/2022:
- Web app: v2.01, improvements
Citation notes, authors' list, development plan, smartphone layout, external references, Unicode keyboard, text path, information notes, Trismegistos links, labels - Text corpus: v17, unchanged
- Web app: v2.01, improvements
- 10/31/2022:
- Web app: v2.0, development package 1
- Text corpus: v17
Comparison of legacy vs. new TLA, with development perspectives
| Legacy TLA (v1.x) | New TLA (v2.x) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New/extended/improved information | ||||
| Lemmata: Hieroglyphs | ✓ (JSesh MdC) | ✓ (Unicode, JSesh MdC) | ||
| Lemmata: computed attestation time span in the TLA corpus | ✕ | ✓ | ||
| Lemmata: Nominal classes | ✕ | ✓ | ||
| Lemmata: English translation equivalents | partly (hiero. only) | completed (hiero. only) | ||
| Lemmata: French translation equivalents | partly (hiero. only) | partly (hiero. only) | ||
| Lemmata: comments | ✕ | ✓ (esp. medical texts) | ||
| Lemmata: linking composites/parts (ḥm-nṯr > ḥm, ...) | ✓ (Demotic only) | ✓ | ||
| Sentences/sentence words: comments | ✓ | to come (high priority) | ||
| Sentence words: hieroglyphs | (✓) (JSesh MdC; few) | ✓ (JSesh-MdC; many) | ||
| Sentence words: word class | ✕ | ✓ | ||
| Sentence words: grammatical annotation | ✕ | ✓ (BTS, LMG) | ||
| Sentence words: contextual meaning | (✓) (for searched lemma only) | ✓ | ||
| Texts/objects: authorship | ✓ (main author) | ✓ (main author, further editors) | ||
| Content with free license | ✕ | ✓ (CC BY-SA 4.0 Int.) | ||
| Content without free license | ✓ | ✕ (continued usage in legacy TLA; concerns Edfu project data) | ||
| Digital references | ||||
| References to DZA | ✓ (website internal) | ✓ (reference to legacy TLA for the time being) | ||
| References to other digital projects | ✓ (few) | ✓ (more) | ||
| Basic functionalities | ||||
| Lemma search: via transcription, word class, bibliography | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Lemma search: transcription encoding type | MdC | Unicode, MdC | ||
| Lemma search: incl. hierarchy | ✓ | to come (medium priority) | ||
| Lemma search: incl. composites (ḥm > ḥm-nṯr, ...) | ✕ | to come (medium priority) | ||
| Root search; Lemma search: via root transcription | ✕ | ✓ | ||
| Lemma search result: sorting | ✓ | ✓ (new: chronological) | ||
| Collocation search | ✓ | to come (high priority) | ||
| Sentence search (transliteration, grammar, translation, ...) | ✕ | to come (medium priority) | ||
| Hieroglyph search, lemma spelling | ✓ | (low priority) | ||
| Hieroglyph search, sentences | ✕ | to come (medium priority) | ||
| Lemma pages | ✓ (stable IDs) | ✓ (citable) | ||
| Single sentence pages | ✕ | ✓ (citable) | ||
| Occurences list | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Occurences list: sorting | ✓ | to come (medium priority) | ||
| Text pages: metadata | ✓ | ✓ (citable) | ||
| Text pages: text content (sentences) | ✓ | to come (highest priority) | ||
| 0bject page | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Text/object search | ✓ | to come (high priority) | ||
| Text/object tree/browser | ✓ | to come (medium priority) | ||
| Thesaurus entry pages | ✕ | ✓ (citable) | ||
| Analysis | ||||
| Word statistics | ✓ | (low priority) | ||
| Collocation analysis | ✓ | (low priority) | ||
| Lexical gravity | ✓ | ✕ | ||
| Citeability/verifiability | ||||
| Persistent lemma IDs/URLs | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Look up lemma ID | (✓) (via URL) | ✓ | ||
| Persistent sentence/sentence word IDs/URLs | ✕ | ✓ | ||
| Look up sentence ID | ✕ | ✓ | ||
| Look up sentence word ID | ✕ | to come (medium priority) | ||
| Persistent text/object IDs/URLs | ✕ | ✓ | ||
| Look up text/object ID | ✕ | ✓ | ||
| Persistent thesaurus entry IDs/URLs | ✕ | ✓ | ||
| Look up thesaurus entry ID | ✕ | ✓ | ||
| Content persistently verifiable | ✕ | to come: raw data publication (medium priority) | ||
| Usability | ||||
| Web application languages | DE, EN | DE, EN; perspectively more | ||
| Smartphone compatibility (responsive design) | ✕ | ✓ | ||
| Print support (layout) | ✕ | ✓ | ||
| Citation assistance on pages | ✕ | ✓ | ||
| Share functionality | ✕ | ✓ | ||
| Feedback form | ✕ | to come (high priority) | ||
| Reuse | ||||
| Free licensing of data | ✕ | ✓ (CC BY-SA 4.0 Int.) | ||
| Transcription in Unicode | ✕ | ✓ | ||
| Hieroglyphs in Unicode | ✕ | ✓ (lemmata; experimental for sentences) | ||
| Additional resources | ||||
| Wb. browser | ✓ (website-internal) | ✕ (usage in legacy TLA for the time being) | ||
| Vormanuskript browser | ✓ (website-internal) | ✕ (usage in legacy TLA for the time being) | ||
| DZA browser | ✓ (website-internal) | ✕ (usage in legacy TLA for the time being) | ||
Known issues
For a list of known issues, see here.