Comments on: Web archiving / zotero translators

By: egh

egh — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 17:10:36 +0000

Hi Jeffrey - Great! You might want to have a look at the Memento project, which attempts to provide a uniform interface for users to browse previous versions of web sites & to link to stable URLs of previous versions of a page.

By: jeffreycwitt

jeffreycwitt — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 16:18:16 +0000

I’d love to get an introduction to web-archiving. I working on a “digital critical edition” that is “progressively” published. i.e. can be updated and perfected as more readers review it, use it, and make comments. Having an archive system (similar to the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy) would really help with stable citations, even as new editions emerge.

By: egh

egh — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 15:26:55 +0000

Hi Tim – Unfortunately we won’t know until the camp is planned, but if you miss it I’m sure we can figure something out.

By: Tim Ruckle

Tim Ruckle — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 13:37:12 +0000

I would LOVE to learn more about Zotero translators. Which day/time are you talking about here? I’m coming from Berkeley but won’t be able to make both days…

By: egh

egh — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 06:26:29 +0000

Thanks for the info, Avram! I’m sorry you won’t be able to make it up.

By: Avram Lyon

Avram Lyon — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 04:31:19 +0000

This should be a good experience– custom translators can really be a game-changer for anyone working significantly with online resources. I’d focus on showing that translators can be a quick way to automate any kind of tedious work online, especially if it, as DH people often find, involves harvesting a lot from one resource. It even ties in with web archiving, in that basic translators can stand in for web archiving tools for people whose interests are relatively limited in scope.

I’d love to come up to the Bay Area to drop in, but I’m busy next weekend. I could run an encore edition here in SoCal if there’s interest.

By: egh

egh — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 03:17:36 +0000

Hi Sebastian – Thanks for the reminder. I’ll check with Avram to see if he has any tips. I won’t touch non-framework translators, especially because I know very little about them!

By: adam.smith

adam.smith — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 22:00:19 +0000

Eric – as you probably know, Avram gave very effective translator writing courses based on your framework – that’s pretty doable with pretty limited coding experience. I wouldn’t try to teach non-framework translators unless you have a lot of time.

By: egh

egh — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 17:01:29 +0000

Hi Chloé: I’ll see what we can do. In the worst case we can probably use a laptop to record the session. -Erik

By: Chloé

Chloé — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 13:36:54 +0000

Hi Erik! It would be so great if you could provide a streaming channel (or make a recorded video) of your workshop, we are also very interested in web archiving here in France 🙂