OpenITI MAKHZAN

OpenITI Makhzan, ver. 2025.1.1 —Release Notes— The current publication is the first release of OCR/HTR output of selected print and manuscript pages by the Open Islamicate Texts Initiative (OpenITI) using eScriptorium. The release includes: ● data: main data folder (OpenITI-Makhzan_Data_2025-1-1.zip) containing zip files for each document (i.e., book or manuscript). ○ Each ZIP file is named after the document id assigned by eScriptorium, and is preserved in the “Doc ID” column in the metadata file. ○ Each ZIP file contains image and XML files of the document’s pages, whose filenames include an eScriptorium-assigned unique number preserved in the “Doc Part ID” column in the metadata file (i.e., file names follow “Doc ID_Doc Part ID” pattern). ○ Each ZIP file (document folder) also includes a mets.xml file that holds the information of the files of the current document. ○ ZIP files can be directly imported into eScriptorium as documents.1 ● metadata: metadata file (OpenITI-Makhzan_Metadata_2025-1-1.tsv) ○ Each row in the metadata file corresponds to a single page (document part) in the associated ZIP file of the document. You can find the column descriptions for the metadata file, detailed in this document. ○ All pages belonging to the same document share the same document id (“Doc ID”). ○ Each page has its own unique “Doc Part ID,” contained in the file name of that page’s image/XML pair; ● release_notes: OpenITI-Makhzan_ReleaseNotes_2025-1-1.pdf. 1 In case the import fails, try to unzip and re-zip the file and then re-import the new zip file. Metadata Column Descriptions ● Doc ID: Primary key of the eScriptorium document from which the page or document part has been harvested. ● Doc Part ID: Primary key of the individual page or part within the corresponding document. ● Link to Doc Part: Direct link to the document part/page in eScriptorium. ● Transcription Layer Name: Name of the transcription layer within the document part. ● Language: Language of the text on the page. ● Lines: Number of text lines on the page. ● Script: Script style of the text (e.g., naskh, nastaliq). ● URI: OpenITI URI of the text (given if the text is part of the OpenITI corpus). ● Title of Volume: Title of the volume (manuscript or print) containing the text; one volume may contain multiple texts. ● Title of Text: Title of the individual text. ● Place of Origin: Place of origin or production of the volume (manuscript or print). ● Call No: Shelf mark or call number of the manuscript. ● Repository: Holding institution of the manuscript. ● Place of Repository: Geographic location of the holding institution. ● Public Link: Static URL to the source manuscript (if available online). ● Author/Compiler of Volume: Name of the author, editor, or compiler of the volume. ● Author/Compiler Dates: Birth and death dates of the author/compiler of the volume. ● Author of Text: Name of the author of the text. ● Author Date: Birth and death dates of the text’s author. ● Volume Date: Date of the volume’s compilation or production. ● Type: Page type (e.g., publication [kitābat], manuscript). ● Form: Literary or visual form of the text (e.g., prose, poetry, title page). ● Genre: Literary or intellectual genre of the text (e.g., history, biography, philosophy). ● Category: Vetting status of the transcription. ● Segmentation Complete: TRUE/FALSE indicating whether all lines on the page have been segmented. ● Transcription Complete: TRUE/FALSE indicating whether the transcription of the page is complete. ● Transcription: Name of the person who performed the transcription. ● Vetting: Name of the person who vetted the transcription. ● Notes: Miscellaneous notes (e.g., tight page spacing, columnar layout, marginalia).