Linking and Querying Ancient Texts

Available

• https://www.epcc.ed.ac.uk/projects-portfolio/laquat-linking-and-querying-ancient-texts
• Formerly described at now defunct AHnet site (Wayback Machine version)

Project team

• Edinburgh: Mario Antonioletti, Alastair Hume, Mike Jackson
• King's College London: Tobias Blanke, Gabriel Bodard, Mark Hedges, Shrija Rajbhandari

Description

• The Linking and Querying Ancient Texts (LAQuAT) project developed a software solution to link up diverse data resources for investigating, integrating and publishing inscriptions and papyri from the antique Greek and Roman world.
• The project investigated the use of the OGSA-DAI data grid middleware for providing integrated access to legacy data resources (databases and XML) in the humanities, specifically using this material from the classics.
• Datasets explored in this project included:
  • Inscriptions of Aphrodisias
  • Heidelberger Gesamtverzeichnis der griechischen Papyrusurkunden Ägyptens
  • Projet Volterra