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tags:: #zotero date:: 2024 title:: @Management of Heterogeneous Data in Digital Editions: A Model-Driven Approach item-type:: journalArticle original-title:: Management of Heterogeneous Data in Digital Editions: A Model-Driven Approach language:: en authors:: Sebastian Enns library-catalog:: Zotero links:: Local library, Web library

• Abstract
  • The increasing use of web technologies in the Digital Humanities presents new opportunities for handling domain-specific content but also introduces challenges, particularly due to the heterogeneity of data models. Users of this domain often encounter difficulties in finding or configuring systems for their Digital Editions that can manage complex documents and perform necessary adjustments. This frequently results in self-management, where users must set up and maintain intricate technical infrastructures. To address these issues, a multi-level modeling architecture is proposed for integrating and managing heterogeneous data in Digital Editions. This model-driven infrastructure abstracts elements and relationships across various projects, enhancing interoperability and customization. Key contributions include the development of a meta-model, the implementation of multi-level modeling techniques, and the creation of tools such as a modeling tool, data importer, text editor, and web page generator. These tools are going to improve the efficiency, flexibility, and sustainability of essential processes in Digital Editions, encompassing the conception, elaboration, and publication phases. The approach is going to evaluate, how a modeldriven infrastructure based on a platform-independent multi-level modeling approach will improve the efficiency and applicability of the technology in the aforementioned steps of Digital Editions.

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• Notes

  • Annotazioni

    (18/7/2024, 16:58:01)

    • “Heterogeneous Data in Digital Editions” (Enns, 2024, p. 1) #5fb236

    • “Digital Editions” (Enns, 2024, p. 1) #ffd400 What do you mean? What are they?

    • “multi-level modeling architecture is proposed for integrating and managing heterogeneous data in Digital Editions.” (Enns, 2024, p. 1) #a28ae5

    • “across various projects, enhancing interoperability and customization” (Enns, 2024, p. 1) #a28ae5

    • “multi-level modeling techniques, and the creation of tools such as a modeling tool, data importer, text editor, and web page generator.” (Enns, 2024, p. 1) #ffd400 Check the related work.

    • “Digital Editions are scholarly publications that provide foundational material for research in the humanities and cultural studies in digital form” (Enns, 2024, p. 1) #a28ae5

    • “conception phase” (Enns, 2024, p. 1) #5fb236

    • “conception phase, the data model is developed, the subject of the edition is determined, contents and questions are defined, and the relationships within and outside the edition are established.” (Enns, 2024, p. 1) #a28ae5

    • “Elaboration” (Enns, 2024, p. 1) #5fb236

    • “involves exploring the contents through the description and transcription of documents, as well as establishing metadata standards.” (Enns, 2024, p. 1) #a28ae5

    • “Publication” (Enns, 2024, p. 1) #5fb236

    • “includes the release of the edited subjects in a suitable environment” (Enns, 2024, p. 1) #a28ae5

    • “data model was developed” (Enns, 2024, p. 1) #a28ae5

    • “model transformations of the actual data model of the edition” (Enns, 2024, p. 1) #5fb236

    • “ther, the variety and complexity of technologies in the Digital Humanities often lead to inadequate and inefficient tools that do not meet specific research requirements [41]. Additionally, these tools often lack user-friendliness and demand significant dedication to master [35]. Large, standardized infrastructures are often too rigid, costly, and unable to adequately support the dynamic, innovative needs of Humanities research” (Enns, 2024, p. 1) #ffd400 All of these motivations are peculiar and need to be presented by complementing the text with reference to some concrete examples.

    • “heterogeneous data, obsolete tools and complex technical infrastructures,” (Enns, 2024, p. 1) #5fb236

    • “Using multi-level modeling, further model layers can be created based on a meta-model, which can extend the existing model with additional conditions and aspects” (Enns, 2024, p. 2) #5fb236

    • “abstraction of elements and relations from data models of existing Digital Editions” (Enns, 2024, p. 2) #a28ae5

    • “model-driven infrastructure that includes an additional domain-specific model layer based on a meta-model.” (Enns, 2024, p. 2) #ffd400

    • “This infrastructure will enable the integration and management of heterogeneous data for Digital Editions in the Digital Humanities.” (Enns, 2024, p. 2) #ffd400 It's not clear what's the contribution of this work with respect to existing techniques to manage hybrid polystores. What are the specificities of the considered application domain that make existing solutions unsuitable for it?

    • “Enhancing the interoperability of various elements within Digital Editions by providing a common meta-model that can be adapted to different projects” (Enns, 2024, p. 2) #ffd400 What are the technical challenges that you foresee?

    • “Allow domain experts to tailor the domain-specific layer and tools to fit the specific needs of their projects, ensuring that unique aspects of their data are adequately addressed.” (Enns, 2024, p. 2) #ffd400 There are low-code tools that permit to create custom data management systems. What are the novelties that you see from this aspect?

    • “While the specific attributes and models are tailored to the needs of the CensusIRL project, they are based on generic principles of data modeling and process definition that could be reused in other similar projects” (Enns, 2024, p. 2) #ffd400 What are the limitations of such tools that justify and require the development of another approach?

    • “However, the current lack of a cohesive framework to manage heterogeneous data models hinders the efficiency and applicability of technologies” (Enns, 2024, p. 2) #ffd400 A motivating example is required here otherwise it is not clear what are the peculiar requirements of the quested approach. Without such discussions, it seems that the author is talking about typical data-intensive applications, which can be engineered with several existing tools.

    • “6 Current status The recent research focused on identifying the topic and the necessary preliminary work. This includes an initial literature review in the field of platform-independent modeling and the examination of existing Digital Editions in the Digital Humanities.” (Enns, 2024, p. 4) #ffd400 The paper is missing a clear description of the peculiarities of the considered application domain. Moreover, it is not clear if the perspective work mainly consists of applying existing technologies, without envisioning novelties, further than the implementation of a framework managing Digital Editions.