Abstract
The Digital Research Archive for Byzantium (DiFaB) is currently establishing a valuable tool for scholars in the field of Byzantine Studies while also aiming at interdisciplinary research. This paper introduces the specifities of the field, after which the project and working strategies are described. The long-established affinity of byzantinists to topography can be linked with a strong interest in new mapping technologies, of which the project DiFaB plans to make use. Technical aspects such as compliancy are discussed in their role as requisites for present and future interoperability and eventual co-operations. The currently established standards produce striking answers to certain problems, however there is still room for advancement. By illustrating the problems encountered so far, this paper serves as an attempt to contribute to their further development. The paper further argues the usefulness of mapping for Byzantine art history with possible analogies to other cultural/historical sciences and the innovative potential of historical databases due to their visualisability and the effect of serendipity.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Preview
Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.
References
Barber, E., Merton, R.K., 2004, The Travels and Adventures of Serendipity. A Study in Sociological Semantics and the Sociology of Science. Princeton
CanCore, 2009, http://www.cancore.ca. Accessed 27 April 2009.
DCMI Box Encoding Scheme, 2006, Dublin Core Metadata Initiative. http://dublincore.org/documents/2006/04/10/dcmi-box. Accessed 27 April 2009.
DCMI Metadata Terms, 2008, Dublin Core Metadata Initiative. http://dublincore.org/documents/2008/01/14/dcmi-terms. Accessed 27 April 2009.
DCMI Period Encoding Scheme, 2006, Dublin Core Metadata Initiative. http://dublincore.org/documents/2006/04/10/dcmi-period. Accessed 27 April 2009.
DCMI Point Encoding Scheme, 2006, Dublin Core Metadata Initiative. http://dublincore.org/documents/2006/04/10/dcmi-point. Accessed 27 April 2009.
Dreyer, R., 2002, Maßgaben zur Archivierung digitaler Kamerabilder. http://www.bundestag.de/wissen/archiv/oeffent/Gutachten_Archivierung_Kamerabilder.pdf. Accessed 27 April 2009.
Dublin Core Metadata Initiative, 2009, http://dublincore.org. Accessed 27 April 2009.
Getty Vocabulary Program, 2009, The J. Paul Getty Trust. http://www.getty.edu/research/conducting_research/vocabularies/. Accessed 27 April 2009.
Guilland, R., 1969, Études de topographie de Constantinople Byzantine. Berlin-Amsterdam
Haldon, J., 2005, The Palgrave atlas of Byzantine history. Basingstoke
Hogarth, D.G., 1920, The Nearer East. London
IEEE, 2002, Draft Standard for Learning Object Metadata. New York
Institut für Byzanzforschung, 2009, Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. http://www.oeaw.ac.at/byzanz/tibpr.htm. Accessed 27 April 2009.
Janin, R., 1964, Constantinople Byzantine. Développement urbain et répertoire topographique.Paris
Kocabaş, U., (ed) 2008, The “old ships” of the “New Gate”. Vol. 1. Istanbul
Koder, J., 2001, Der Lebensraum der Byzantiner. Historisch-geographischer Abriß ihres mittelalterlichen Staates im östlichen Mittelmeerraum. Nachdruck mit bibliographischen Nachträgen. Wien
Magdalino, P., 2007, Studies on the History and Topography of Byzantine Constantinople. Aldershot
Maull, O., 1962, Der Einfluß geographischer Faktoren auf die Geschichte des byzantinischen Reiches. Südostforschungen 21: 1–21
MinervaEC Project, 2008, Technical Guidelines for Digital Cultural Content Creation Programmes. http://www.minervaeurope.org/publications/MINERVA%20TG%202.0.pdf. Accessed 27 April 2009.
Müller-Wiener, W., 1977, Bildlexikon zur Topographie Istanbuls. Byzantion, Konstantinupolis, Istanbul bis zum Beginn des 17. Jahrhunderts. Tübingen
Ostrogorsky, G., 1959, Byzantine Cities in the Early Middle Ages. Dumbarton Oaks Papers 13: 47–66
Ousterhout, R., 1987, The architecture of the Kariye Camii in Istanbul. Washington
PHAIDRA: Permanent Hosting Archiving and Indexing of Digital Resources and Assets, 2009, University of Vienna. http://www.univie.ac.at/phaidra. Accessed 27 April 2009.
Philippson, A., 1939, Das byzantinische Reich als geographische Erscheinung. Leiden
Puglia, S., Reed, J., Rhodes, E., 2004, Technical Guidelines for Digitizing Archival Materials for Electronic Access. Creation of Production Master Files—Raster Images. U.S. National Archives and Records Administration. http://www.archives.gov/preservation/technical/guidelines.pdf. Accessed 27 April 2009.
Ramsey, W.M., 1890, The historical Geography of Asia Minor. London
Salzenberg, W., 1854, Alt-christliche Baudenkmale von Constantinopel vom V. bis XII. Jahrhundert. Berlin
Temporal Database, 2009, Wikipedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Temporal_database&oldid=281027082. Accessed 27 April 2009.
Underwood, P., 1966, The Kariye Djami. Vol. 1–3. New York
Underwood, P., 1975, The Kariye Djami. Studies in the art of the Kariye Djami and its intellectual background. Vol. 4. New York
Using Dublin Core, 2005, Dublin Core Metadata Initiative. http://dublincore.org/documents/2005/11/07/usageguide/elements.shtml. Accessed 27 April 2009.
Van Andel, P., 1994, Anatomy of the Unsought Finding. Serendipity: Origin, History, Domains, Traditions, Appearances, Patterns and Programmability. The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 45: 631–648
Van Millingen, A., 1899, Byzantine Constantinople. The walls of the city and adjoining historical sites. London
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2011 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Gargova, F., Teetor, S., Terkl, D., Unterweger, U. (2011). DiFaB – A Databased Visual Archive of Byzantium and the Challenges of Indexing Historical Material Culture. In: Kriz, K., Cartwright, W., Hurni, L. (eds) Mapping Different Geographies. Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-15537-6_13
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-15537-6_13
Published:
Publisher Name: Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg
Print ISBN: 978-3-642-15536-9
Online ISBN: 978-3-642-15537-6
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental ScienceEarth and Environmental Science (R0)