Ottoman Historical Dictionary In-Process Presentation II

Agenda Review of Background Review of Background Review of Needs Assessment Review of Needs Assessment Implementation Process Implementation Process ER Diagram Change ER Diagram Change Design Decisions Design Decisions Feature Demo Feature Demo

History Why is it important? Why is it important? –Influenced cultures from North Africa to Islamic nations, Central Asia and Greece –No contemporary or online dictionary exist Why is it a “historical” dictionary? Why is it a “historical” dictionary? –Dead language –Needed to interpret historical documents –More information then just a dictionary

Needs Assessment Ottoman language structure Ottoman language structure Online entry and verification Online entry and verification Three levels of access Three levels of access Compared systems for code reuse Compared systems for code reuse

Implementation Process Implementing in MySQL and PHP Implementing in MySQL and PHP Implementing three interfaces Implementing three interfaces –Search –Entry –Verification Continued meetings with clients Continued meetings with clients –Obtaining real data –Verify design and implementation process

ERD Change Version 4 Version 4

ERD Change Version 5 Version 5

Design Decisions Two databases, main and temporary Two databases, main and temporary Dynamic forms Dynamic forms –For one-to-many inserts Arabic entered as Unicode codes Arabic entered as Unicode codes –#&3456 Ottoman/Turkish entered as digraphs Ottoman/Turkish entered as digraphs –{o:}

Demo Preliminary Interface Preliminary Interface Not all features are fully functional Not all features are fully functional Ottoman viewing directions Ottoman viewing directions

Thank you! Questions? Questions? Suggestions? Suggestions?