On the index page already entered entities are listed in a Table.
+At the index page already entered entities are listed in a Table.
-
-
Click on the + button to enter a new one.
-Click on the name of an entry in the list to access the detail view.
-To edit or delete an entry click on the Edit button in the detail view.
+Click on the + button to enter a new one
+Click on the name of an entry in the list to access the detail view
+To edit or delete an entry, click on the Edit button in the detail +view.
Place
CIDOC documentation:
E18 Physical Thing and
E53 Place
-A place can be e.g. a continent, a city or a graveyard.
+
A place can be e.g. a continent, a city, or a graveyard.
For step by step instructions have a look at our Places.
-On the index page already entered entities are listed in a Table.
+At the index page already entered entities are listed in a Table.
-Click on the + button to enter a new one.
-Click on the name of an entry in the list to access the detail view.
-To edit or delete an entry click on the Edit button in the detail view.
+Click on the + button to enter a new one
+Click on the name of an entry in the list to access the detail view
+To edit or delete an entry, click on the Edit button in the detail
+view.
Form fields
@@ -133,12 +134,12 @@ Form fieldsReference System
-
You can edit administrative units and historical places at Types in the
+
You can edit administrative units and historical places under Types in the
Places tab.
Administrative Unit
Hierarchy of administrative units in which the place is located, e.g. Austria,
-Italy and their respective subunits like Lower Austria, Styria.
+Italy and their respective subunits like Lower Austria or Styria.
Historical Place
@@ -149,35 +150,37 @@ Historical Place
Can be linked via tabs to
-Source - when it is referenced there
-Event - link new events. It’s not possible to link to existing events
-from here, this has to be done from the events itself
+Source - if a source refers to a place
+Event - you can link a place to a newly created event. It’s not
+possible to link to existing events in this way; you can link a place to
+an existing event via the event’s form though
-Actor - only creation of new actors (using the place as a residence)
-is supported here because for linking to existing actors there would be too
-much possibilities
-Feature - its subunit
+Actor - you can link a place to a newly created actor. It’s not
+possible to link to existing actors in this way; you can link a place to
+an existing actor via the actor’s form though
+Feature - as subunit of a place (for more information see below)
Places and their subunits
-In OpenAtlas a place is a physical thing that has a certain position and/or
-extends in space that can be connected to various other information (temporal,
-spatial, events, sources etc.). Furthermore, places can be divided into
-multiple subunits to record archaeological information. For more information
-on those subunits see Feature, Stratigraphic unit,
-Artifact, and Human remains as well as a detailed workflow example
-(Archaeological data).
-An example of a place would be a graveyard. That place is the superior unit.
+
In OpenAtlas a place is a “physical thing” (CIDOC CRM
+E18Physical Thing) that has a certain
+position and/or extends in space. It can be connected to various
+other information (temporal, spatial, events, sources, etc.). Furthermore,
+places can be divided into multiple subunits to record archaeological
+information. For more information on subunits see Feature,
+Stratigraphic unit, Artifact, and Human remains
+as well as a detailed workflow example (Archaeological data).
+An example of a place would be a graveyard. The place is the superior unit.
Each grave of this cemetery is considered a Feature that forms the
cemetery. Each of those graves is composed of one or many subunits
-(Stratigraphic unit). This would be the burials in the very grave
-(e.g. a primary and a secondary burial) and the back filling. Each
-stratigraphic unit may have associated Artifact belonging to the
-respective unit: e.g. the grave goods of one of the burials, the artifacts
-found in the back filling. Anthropological information can be added via
+(Stratigraphic unit)such as burials in the very grave
+(e.g. a primary and a secondary burial) and its back filling. Each
+stratigraphic unit may have associated Artifact, e.g. the grave goods
+of one of the burials or artifacts found in the back filling.
+Anthropological information can be added via
Human remains - another subunit of stratigraphic unit.
diff --git a/openatlas/static/manual/entity/reference.html b/openatlas/static/manual/entity/reference.html
index 87451ae76..1fdb21bc3 100644
--- a/openatlas/static/manual/entity/reference.html
+++ b/openatlas/static/manual/entity/reference.html
@@ -111,15 +111,16 @@ ReferenceE31 Document
-Bibliography - e.g. book, inbook or article
+Bibliography - add book, inbook, or article
Edition - e.g. charter editions or chronicle edition
-External Reference - e.g. URLs of websites or DOIs
+External Reference - such as URLs of websites or DOIs
-
On the index page already entered entities are listed in a Table.
+At the index page already entered entities are listed in a Table.
-Click on the + button to enter a new one.
-Click on the name of an entry in the list to access the detail view.
-To edit or delete an entry click on the Edit button in the detail view.
+Click on the + button to enter a new one
+Click on the name of an entry in the list to access the detail view
+To edit or delete an entry, click on the Edit button in the detail
+view.
Form fields
@@ -131,8 +132,9 @@ Form fields
Citation example
-At Content an example citation can be defined which will be displayed under the
-form at insert/update of an edition or a bibliography.
+Via Content an example citation can be defined which will be
+displayed under the form during the insert/update of an edition or a
+bibliography.
Can be linked via tabs to
@@ -143,9 +145,10 @@ Can be linked via tabs toPlace
-When linking a Bibliography or Edition a page can be defined.
-When linking an External Reference a link text can be specified which be shown on the
-info page of referenced entities. In case no link text was provided the URL will be shown instead.
+While linking a Bibliography or Edition a page can be defined.
+While linking an External Reference a link text can be specified which
+be shown on the info page of referenced entities. In case no link text is
+provided the URL will be shown instead.
diff --git a/openatlas/static/manual/entity/reference_system.html b/openatlas/static/manual/entity/reference_system.html
index 9647c47a2..8c50cdfa8 100644
--- a/openatlas/static/manual/entity/reference_system.html
+++ b/openatlas/static/manual/entity/reference_system.html
@@ -111,28 +111,30 @@ Reference SystemE32 Authority Document
-
Reference systems can be used to link entities to external sources. You can
-see a list of available systems by clicking the Reference system button on
-the start page.
-Linking entities to external reference systems has many advantages like
-being able to find or provide more information from other sources and it makes
-it a lot easier to merge/compare data from other projects using the same
-reference systems.
-For step by step instructions to add a reference system have a look at our
+
Reference systems can be used to link entities to external sources. A list with
+available reference systems is provided when clicking the
+Reference system button on the start page.
+Linking entities to external reference systems has many advantages such as
+being able to find or provide more information from other sources. Futhermore,
+they facilitate the merge of data sets. By using reference systems LOD (Linked
+Open Data) can be created.
+Furthermore, analogue reference systems such as library catalogues or
+inventory numbers of a museum can be used in this way.
+For step by step instructions how to add a reference system have a look at our
References Systems example.
Included by default
-These systems are included in the default application. Furthermore,
-it was made use of their APIs to provide search functionality inside of
-OpenAtlas and display their information about already linked entities at the
-corresponding entity detail view.
+The following reference systems are pre-installed. By using their provided
+APIs, OpenAtlas can provide search functionality in the respective form fields
+and display information about already linked entities in the corresponding
+entity detail view.
Wikidata
Wikidata is a collaboratively edited multilingual
knowledge graph hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation. It is a common source of
-open data that Wikimedia projects such as Wikipedia, and anyone else, is able
-to use under the CC0 public domain license.
-By default it is usable for places, persons and groups.
+open data for Wikimedia projects such as Wikipedia. Everyone is able
+to use the information under the CC0 public domain license.
+By default it is usable for places, persons and groups within OpenAtlas.
GeoNames
@@ -140,18 +142,19 @@ GeoNames
GND
The GND or Gemeinsame Normdatei
(translated as Integrated Authority File) is an international authority
-file for the organisation of personal names, subject headings and corporate
+file for the organisation of personal names, subject headings, and corporate
bodies from catalogues. It is used mainly for documentation in libraries and
increasingly also by archives and museums.
-By default it is usable for persons.
+By default it is usable for persons in OpenAtlas.
@@ -160,50 +163,53 @@ Usage
adding or updating an entity.
ID
-The identifier of the entity in the external reference system. For GeoNames
-and Wikidata it will be checked for a valid format.
+The identifier of an entity in the external reference system. For GeoNames
+and Wikidata IDs will be checked for a valid format.
Precision
When linking to an external reference a precision is required. Available
options are the SKOS based definitions
-of the confidence degree that concepts can be used interchangeable.
+of confidence degree.
-Close match: Concepts are sufficiently similar that they can be used
-interchangeably in some information retrieval applications
-Exact match: High degree of confidence that the concepts can be used
+
Close match: Concepts (here a dataset in OpenAtlas and a dataset in an
+external reference system) are sufficiently similar, therefore they can be
+used interchangeably in some information retrieval applications
+Exact match: High degree of confidence that the concepts (a dataset in
+OpenAtlas and a dataset in an external reference system) can be used
interchangeably
-E.g. if a historical project links the city of Vienna to Wikidata, a
-close match would be more suitable, because the Wikidata entry is more
-about the current city and not the historical one.
+E.g. if a historical project links the city of Vienna in Wikidata, a
+close match would be more suitable, as the Wikidata entry deals
+primarily with the current city Vienna and not the historical place.
Configuration
-Admins and manager can add, update and delete external reference systems.
+Admins and manager can add, update, and delete external reference systems.
-Name - e.g. Wikipedia; can not be changed for Wikidata or GeoNames
-Website URL - an URL to the project site of the reference system
-Resolver URL - an URL that can be linked to in combination with an ID,
-e.g. the resolver URL https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/ would create
-together with a Q123
-identifier the external link: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q123
-Example ID - an example id to show the desired format e.g. Q123
-for Wikidata
+Name - e.g. Wikipedia; the name can not be changed for the
+pre-installed reference systems Wikidata and GeoNames
+Website URL - URL of the reference system (e.g.
+Wikidata for Wikidata)
+Resolver URL - URL that - in combination with the ID - links to an
+entity in the reference system (e.g. the resolver URL
+https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/ in combination with the ID Q123
+creates the external link: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q123 (September)
+Example ID - an example id to show the desired format (e.g. Q123
+for Wikidata)
External reference match - default precision selected in forms
Description - a short description, shown in forms when mouse over
the i icon
Classes - a checkbox list of available classes, for GeoNames only place
is available
-Classes can be removed from a system by clicking on the tab with the
+
Classes can be removed from a reference system by clicking on the tab with the
corresponding class name and clicking the Remove button. This button is
-only available if there are no entities of this class linked to the reference
-system.
+only available if there are no entities of this class linked to it yet.
Reference systems can be deleted only if no classes are attached to it.
-Wikidata and GeoNames are integrated and cannot be deleted but if desired they
-can be disabled by removing the classes.
+Wikidata and GeoNames are integrated into OpenAtlas and cannot be deleted but,
+if desired, can be disabled by removing the classes.
diff --git a/openatlas/static/manual/entity/source.html b/openatlas/static/manual/entity/source.html
index 9867b007b..c41724758 100644
--- a/openatlas/static/manual/entity/source.html
+++ b/openatlas/static/manual/entity/source.html
@@ -111,22 +111,22 @@ Source
CIDOC documentation:
E33 Linguistic Object
-Written sources, like for example medieval charters or letters, can be entered
-in OpenAtlas at the Source menu item.
-On the index page already entered entities are listed in a Table.
+Written sources, for example medieval charters or letters, can be entered
+via the Source menu item.
+At the index page already entered entities are listed in a Table.
-Click on the + button to enter a new one.
-Click on the name of an entry in the list to access the detail view.
-To edit or delete an entry click on the Edit button in the detail view.
+Click on the + button to enter a new one
+Click on the name of an entry in the list to access the detail view
+To edit or delete an entry, click on the Edit button in the detail
+view.
Form fields
@@ -134,10 +134,9 @@ Can be linked via tabs to
-Reference - where it is documented in, e.g. in various editions of
-charters or secondary sources
-Translation - respectively to the text in the original language
-(e.g. Latin), can be a comment too
+Reference - link to the literature the source is documented in, e.g.
+editions of charters or secondary sources
+Translation - add translations of the source or a comment
diff --git a/openatlas/static/manual/entity/stratigraphic_unit.html b/openatlas/static/manual/entity/stratigraphic_unit.html
index e8b898c85..c70924c5e 100644
--- a/openatlas/static/manual/entity/stratigraphic_unit.html
+++ b/openatlas/static/manual/entity/stratigraphic_unit.html
@@ -110,9 +110,10 @@ Stratigraphic unit
Click on the + button to enter a new one.
Click on the name of an entry in the list to access the detail view.
To edit or delete an entry click on the Edit button in the detail view.
Click on the + button to enter a new one
Click on the name of an entry in the list to access the detail view
To edit or delete an entry, click on the Edit button in the detail +view.
Form fields
@@ -133,12 +134,12 @@Form fieldsReference System -
You can edit administrative units and historical places at Types in the +
You can edit administrative units and historical places under Types in the Places tab.
Administrative Unit
Hierarchy of administrative units in which the place is located, e.g. Austria, -Italy and their respective subunits like Lower Austria, Styria.
+Italy and their respective subunits like Lower Austria or Styria.Historical Place
@@ -149,35 +150,37 @@Historical Place
Can be linked via tabs to
-Source - when it is referenced there
-Event - link new events. It’s not possible to link to existing events
-from here, this has to be done from the events itself
+Source - if a source refers to a place
+Event - you can link a place to a newly created event. It’s not
+possible to link to existing events in this way; you can link a place to
+an existing event via the event’s form though
-Actor - only creation of new actors (using the place as a residence)
-is supported here because for linking to existing actors there would be too
-much possibilities
-Feature - its subunit
+Actor - you can link a place to a newly created actor. It’s not
+possible to link to existing actors in this way; you can link a place to
+an existing actor via the actor’s form though
+Feature - as subunit of a place (for more information see below)
Source - when it is referenced there
Event - link new events. It’s not possible to link to existing events -from here, this has to be done from the events itself
Source - if a source refers to a place
Event - you can link a place to a newly created event. It’s not +possible to link to existing events in this way; you can link a place to +an existing event via the event’s form though
Actor - only creation of new actors (using the place as a residence) -is supported here because for linking to existing actors there would be too -much possibilities
Feature - its subunit
Actor - you can link a place to a newly created actor. It’s not +possible to link to existing actors in this way; you can link a place to +an existing actor via the actor’s form though
Feature - as subunit of a place (for more information see below)
Places and their subunits
-In OpenAtlas a place is a physical thing that has a certain position and/or -extends in space that can be connected to various other information (temporal, -spatial, events, sources etc.). Furthermore, places can be divided into -multiple subunits to record archaeological information. For more information -on those subunits see Feature, Stratigraphic unit, -Artifact, and Human remains as well as a detailed workflow example -(Archaeological data).
-An example of a place would be a graveyard. That place is the superior unit. +
In OpenAtlas a place is a “physical thing” (CIDOC CRM +E18Physical Thing) that has a certain +position and/or extends in space. It can be connected to various +other information (temporal, spatial, events, sources, etc.). Furthermore, +places can be divided into multiple subunits to record archaeological +information. For more information on subunits see Feature, +Stratigraphic unit, Artifact, and Human remains +as well as a detailed workflow example (Archaeological data).
+An example of a place would be a graveyard. The place is the superior unit. Each grave of this cemetery is considered a Feature that forms the cemetery. Each of those graves is composed of one or many subunits -(Stratigraphic unit). This would be the burials in the very grave -(e.g. a primary and a secondary burial) and the back filling. Each -stratigraphic unit may have associated Artifact belonging to the -respective unit: e.g. the grave goods of one of the burials, the artifacts -found in the back filling. Anthropological information can be added via +(Stratigraphic unit)such as burials in the very grave +(e.g. a primary and a secondary burial) and its back filling. Each +stratigraphic unit may have associated Artifact, e.g. the grave goods +of one of the burials or artifacts found in the back filling. +Anthropological information can be added via Human remains - another subunit of stratigraphic unit.
ReferenceE31 Document
-Bibliography - e.g. book, inbook or article
+Bibliography - add book, inbook, or article
Edition - e.g. charter editions or chronicle edition
-External Reference - e.g. URLs of websites or DOIs
+External Reference - such as URLs of websites or DOIs
-
Bibliography - e.g. book, inbook or article
Bibliography - add book, inbook, or article
Edition - e.g. charter editions or chronicle edition
External Reference - e.g. URLs of websites or DOIs
External Reference - such as URLs of websites or DOIs
On the index page already entered entities are listed in a Table.
+At the index page already entered entities are listed in a Table.
-
-
Click on the + button to enter a new one.
-Click on the name of an entry in the list to access the detail view.
-To edit or delete an entry click on the Edit button in the detail view.
+Click on the + button to enter a new one
+Click on the name of an entry in the list to access the detail view
+To edit or delete an entry, click on the Edit button in the detail +view.
Form fields
@@ -131,8 +132,9 @@Form fields
Citation example
-At Content an example citation can be defined which will be displayed under the
-form at insert/update of an edition or a bibliography.
+Via Content an example citation can be defined which will be
+displayed under the form during the insert/update of an edition or a
+bibliography.
Can be linked via tabs to
@@ -143,9 +145,10 @@Can be linked via tabs toPlace
When linking a Bibliography or Edition a page can be defined.
-When linking an External Reference a link text can be specified which be shown on the -info page of referenced entities. In case no link text was provided the URL will be shown instead.
+While linking a Bibliography or Edition a page can be defined.
+While linking an External Reference a link text can be specified which +be shown on the info page of referenced entities. In case no link text is +provided the URL will be shown instead.
Included by default
-These systems are included in the default application. Furthermore, -it was made use of their APIs to provide search functionality inside of -OpenAtlas and display their information about already linked entities at the -corresponding entity detail view.
+The following reference systems are pre-installed. By using their provided +APIs, OpenAtlas can provide search functionality in the respective form fields +and display information about already linked entities in the corresponding +entity detail view.
Wikidata
Wikidata is a collaboratively edited multilingual knowledge graph hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation. It is a common source of -open data that Wikimedia projects such as Wikipedia, and anyone else, is able -to use under the CC0 public domain license.
-By default it is usable for places, persons and groups.
+open data for Wikimedia projects such as Wikipedia. Everyone is able +to use the information under the CC0 public domain license. +By default it is usable for places, persons and groups within OpenAtlas.
GeoNames
@@ -140,18 +142,19 @@GeoNames
GND
The GND or Gemeinsame Normdatei
(translated as Integrated Authority File) is an international authority
-file for the organisation of personal names, subject headings and corporate
+file for the organisation of personal names, subject headings, and corporate
bodies from catalogues. It is used mainly for documentation in libraries and
increasingly also by archives and museums.
-By default it is usable for persons.
+By default it is usable for persons in OpenAtlas.
Usage
adding or updating an entity.
ID
-The identifier of the entity in the external reference system. For GeoNames
-and Wikidata it will be checked for a valid format.
+The identifier of an entity in the external reference system. For GeoNames
+and Wikidata IDs will be checked for a valid format.
Precision
When linking to an external reference a precision is required. Available
options are the SKOS based definitions
-of the confidence degree that concepts can be used interchangeable.
+of confidence degree.
-Close match: Concepts are sufficiently similar that they can be used
-interchangeably in some information retrieval applications
-Exact match: High degree of confidence that the concepts can be used
+
Close match: Concepts (here a dataset in OpenAtlas and a dataset in an
+external reference system) are sufficiently similar, therefore they can be
+used interchangeably in some information retrieval applications
+Exact match: High degree of confidence that the concepts (a dataset in
+OpenAtlas and a dataset in an external reference system) can be used
interchangeably
-E.g. if a historical project links the city of Vienna to Wikidata, a
-close match would be more suitable, because the Wikidata entry is more
-about the current city and not the historical one.
+E.g. if a historical project links the city of Vienna in Wikidata, a
+close match would be more suitable, as the Wikidata entry deals
+primarily with the current city Vienna and not the historical place.
ID
-The identifier of the entity in the external reference system. For GeoNames -and Wikidata it will be checked for a valid format.
+The identifier of an entity in the external reference system. For GeoNames +and Wikidata IDs will be checked for a valid format.
Precision
When linking to an external reference a precision is required. Available options are the SKOS based definitions -of the confidence degree that concepts can be used interchangeable.
+of confidence degree.-
-
Close match: Concepts are sufficiently similar that they can be used -interchangeably in some information retrieval applications
-Exact match: High degree of confidence that the concepts can be used +
Close match: Concepts (here a dataset in OpenAtlas and a dataset in an +external reference system) are sufficiently similar, therefore they can be +used interchangeably in some information retrieval applications
+Exact match: High degree of confidence that the concepts (a dataset in +OpenAtlas and a dataset in an external reference system) can be used interchangeably
E.g. if a historical project links the city of Vienna to Wikidata, a -close match would be more suitable, because the Wikidata entry is more -about the current city and not the historical one.
+E.g. if a historical project links the city of Vienna in Wikidata, a +close match would be more suitable, as the Wikidata entry deals +primarily with the current city Vienna and not the historical place.
Configuration
-Admins and manager can add, update and delete external reference systems.
+Admins and manager can add, update, and delete external reference systems.
-
-
Name - e.g. Wikipedia; can not be changed for Wikidata or GeoNames
-Website URL - an URL to the project site of the reference system
-Resolver URL - an URL that can be linked to in combination with an ID, -e.g. the resolver URL https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/ would create -together with a Q123 -identifier the external link: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q123
-Example ID - an example id to show the desired format e.g. Q123 -for Wikidata
+Name - e.g. Wikipedia; the name can not be changed for the +pre-installed reference systems Wikidata and GeoNames
+Website URL - URL of the reference system (e.g. +Wikidata for Wikidata)
+Resolver URL - URL that - in combination with the ID - links to an +entity in the reference system (e.g. the resolver URL +https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/ in combination with the ID Q123 +creates the external link: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q123 (September)
+Example ID - an example id to show the desired format (e.g. Q123 +for Wikidata)
External reference match - default precision selected in forms
Description - a short description, shown in forms when mouse over the i icon
Classes - a checkbox list of available classes, for GeoNames only place is available
Classes can be removed from a system by clicking on the tab with the +
Classes can be removed from a reference system by clicking on the tab with the corresponding class name and clicking the Remove button. This button is -only available if there are no entities of this class linked to the reference -system.
+only available if there are no entities of this class linked to it yet.Reference systems can be deleted only if no classes are attached to it. -Wikidata and GeoNames are integrated and cannot be deleted but if desired they -can be disabled by removing the classes.
+Wikidata and GeoNames are integrated into OpenAtlas and cannot be deleted but, +if desired, can be disabled by removing the classes.CIDOC documentation: E33 Linguistic Object
-Written sources, like for example medieval charters or letters, can be entered -in OpenAtlas at the Source menu item.
-On the index page already entered entities are listed in a Table.
+Written sources, for example medieval charters or letters, can be entered +via the Source menu item.
+At the index page already entered entities are listed in a Table.
-
-
Click on the + button to enter a new one.
-Click on the name of an entry in the list to access the detail view.
-To edit or delete an entry click on the Edit button in the detail view.
+Click on the + button to enter a new one
+Click on the name of an entry in the list to access the detail view
+To edit or delete an entry, click on the Edit button in the detail +view.
Form fields
Can be linked via tabs to
-Reference - where it is documented in, e.g. in various editions of
-charters or secondary sources
-Translation - respectively to the text in the original language
-(e.g. Latin), can be a comment too
+Reference - link to the literature the source is documented in, e.g.
+editions of charters or secondary sources
+Translation - add translations of the source or a comment
Reference - where it is documented in, e.g. in various editions of -charters or secondary sources
Translation - respectively to the text in the original language -(e.g. Latin), can be a comment too
Reference - link to the literature the source is documented in, e.g. +editions of charters or secondary sources
Translation - add translations of the source or a comment