[tlug] 21dzk text database

[Charles Muller <cmuller-lst@example.com>]

TLUGers,

As an aside to my yet-unresolved SSH keypair problem, some of you may
have noticed the domain name of 21dzk, and I think that some might be
interested what we are doing, computer-wise.

I just moved to Todai to work at a digital humanites project (called 次
舌皛逅跂勉闕唫札鵐拭\xBC), which has as its center a text database of
the East Asian Buddhist canon (大舌皛逅跂勉闕√\xB4). We are going to develop
this canon by embedding it with all kinds of layered data and
metadata, so that when one selects a text for study or search, all
kinds of related information, including English translations,
scholarly articles, lexical resources and so forth will be readily
accessible through a single interface.

We currently have a prototype up and running (which is already
actually fairly sophisticated). If you go to 

http://21dzk.l.u-tokyo.ac.jp/SAT/database.html

You can search terms in the entire Japanese version of the Buddhist
canon (which is huge) rather quickly. Even better, if you click on the
tree items and open up a text, then use your mouse or keys to select a
portion of the _kanbun_ text, all of the terms within that selection that
are contained in my online dictionary will appear on the right. You
can then click on those links to open the entries in the
dictionary.

I know that not that many people are interested in Buddhism (at least
to this level), but I think that what we are building stands as a
model, to some extent, for the future of textual studies in the area
of Humanities Computing (of course, all of the people involved at the
basic level are Linuxers).

My seeking help with this SSH matter is not directly related to the
maintenance of this database. The project members have simply provided
me with a directory to store my basic working data, and I'd like to
use this to rsync my various computers placed in various locations.

Regards,

Chuck

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A. Charles Muller

Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology
Faculty of Letters
University of Tokyo
7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku
Tokyo 113-0033, Japan 

Web Site: Resources for East Asian Language and Thought
http://www.acmuller.net

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