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Overview

VCP Authoring and Publishing Systems are what allow individuals to contribute data to VCP, as well as revise it in an ongoing basis, and then publish it within VCP in an integrated fashion. The present document provides a bird eye's view of these systems. They can be classified into five different areas in accordance with the general kind of resource they deal with: (i) Documentation, (ii) Essays, (ii) Structure Scholarly Data & other Reference Resources, and (iv) Miscellaneous Systems.

Documentation

Wikis get used for all documentation of any type – introductions, help, status reports, technical, and so forth, and delivered through our Wiki-to-THL publication. These are are stored in TOOLBOX and ABOUT VCP. These include:

  • Technical documentation on Creating and Processing Data for Contributors: Toolbox. * Help files & User References for actually using a specific VCP resource: Toolbox. * Background, introductions to, or surveys of anything technical, or formats of work (like a dictionary): Toolbox. * Copyright and Licensing information: Toolbox. * Portal “Status Reports”: About VCP. * Portal “Read More” links that give an introduction to a given Portal or Resource: About THL * Portal “How to Participate” links: About VCP.

However, neither of these worksites should contain scholarly content or work.

Scholarly Essays

Scholarly essays get rendered with XML.

Currently our workflow system involves preparing essays up in Word using a complex system of TEI-based Microsoft Word styles, and then converting them to XML using a Visual Basic Macro. These include tables of terminology which get converted into powerful interactive glossaries. However, once converted, a XML editor is required to make further changes, which is beyond most scholars. It would be very useful to have some type of online XML editing mechanism for scholars to continue to revise their work. Best of all would be if it was WYSIWYG. However, a Wiki could be used for the creation and revision of a scholarly essay not yet ready to be rendered into XML. In that case, use a worksite dedicated to that subject. In addition, some intellectual content which is more informational in character, and which may need ongoing revision, could be rendered in a Wiki within a relevant worksite.

Scholarly Structured Data & Other Reference Resources

The full list:

  • Audio-Video Database: PHP/MYSQL system; includes integrated online editing facilities. * Bibliographies: PHP/MYSQL system; includes integrated online editing facilities. * Image Database: PHP/MYSQL system; includes integrated online editing facilities. * Place Dictionary: not yet in place. * Timeline: not yet in place. * Who's Who Roster of Virtual Cities: a Java application slated for replacement; integrated online editing facilities. Scope: a roster of organizations, individuals and projects in general involved with digital urban history.

Miscellaneous Systems

Then there are other systems and tools that typically involve some visual aspect:

  • Flash Interactive Maps: * **Map Guide**: used to display our GIS data. * **Unity**: used to display three dimensional reconstructions of architecture.
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