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Text Mapping as Modelling
What is modelling?
Universität zu Köln Digital Humanities – Historisch-Kulturwissenschaftliche Informationsverarbeitung
Prof. Dr. Eide
What is a model? • Science and scholarship
– model of — descriptive – model for — prescriptive
• Different uses – Mathematics: axiomatic system – Art and fashion: model for artwork, photomodel – Type: “the newest model”
• From model of – describe the world, e.g. seen from a museum
• To model for – make a museum documentation system
Universität zu Köln Universität zu Köln Digital Humanities – Historisch-Kulturwissenschaftliche Informationsverarbeitung
Prof. Dr. Eide
Empirical model model of
Theoretical model
model for
modelled object created object
Generating knowledge
comparison calibration verification
comparison evaluation
Thanks to Oliver Nakoinz for inspiration
Modelling and simulation
Models are • Made for a purpose • Made by someone • Subjective • Abstractions • Simplification of the modelled
– remove information – add information
• Not neutral • Similarity with original can be visual or abstract
Universität zu Köln Universität zu Köln Digital Humanities – Historisch-Kulturwissenschaftliche Informationsverarbeitung
Prof. Dr. Eide
Possible purposes • Understand reality • Describe reality • Communication • Cognitive assistance • Simplify complex things • Experiments • Simulation • System development
Universität zu Köln Universität zu Köln Digital Humanities – Historisch-Kulturwissenschaftliche Informationsverarbeitung
Prof. Dr. Eide
Model or modelling
• Model – the goal is a product – example: text encoding to make an edition
• Modelling – the goal is the process – example: text encoding to examine into
how the text can be modelled
Universität zu Köln Universität zu Köln Digital Humanities – Historisch-Kulturwissenschaftliche Informationsverarbeitung
Prof. Dr. Eide
Types of models
• Class models (object oriented) • Entity-relationship models • XML Schemata • Ontologies • Maps
Universität zu Köln Universität zu Köln Digital Humanities – Historisch-Kulturwissenschaftliche Informationsverarbeitung
Prof. Dr. Eide
Modelling as research strategy
• What are you making the model of? • Why do you need a model? • What would you like the model to help
you or others to find out? • What will the model look like?
Universität zu Köln Universität zu Köln Digital Humanities – Historisch-Kulturwissenschaftliche Informationsverarbeitung
Prof. Dr. Eide