Dynamic Comparative Table: Overview

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The Dynamic Comparative Table (DCT) is an interactive and customizable table with columns representings lists of SSGs based on three possible sources (source-lists):

1. Manuscripts: a list of the SSGs that the sermon manifestations in the MS are linked to (NB: 'manuscript' as 'manuscript identifier' (i.e. the combination of codicological units); the selection of individual codicological units should be an option in the future, but does not have priority presently) (phase 1)
2. Historical Collection: a list of SSGs in a historical collection (phase 2)
3. SSGs: a user-defined list of SSGs, based on an existing Personal Dataset or selected directly from the SSG listview through the basket system (phase 2)

The function of the DCT is to compare these source-lists and find overlap between them in a visual way.

For the first version of the DCT, only manuscript source-lists have to be taken into account.

DCT tool page

The DCT tool page is hosted in the "My Passim" Personal Research Environment (PRE); this is where the research sets a user creates to use for DCTs are collected.

• DCT tool page: basic: #387 done (23/aug)
• View and edit research sets: #388 done (23/aug)
• Launching the DCT: #389
• Multiple named DCTs: #390

Research Sets

A research set is a user-curated collection of source-lists, that is accessible on the DCT tool page.

• Internal model of a research set: #410
• Adding source-lists to a research set: #391 (phase 1 of 2 done), #392
• Deleting source-lists from a research set: #393, #394
• Access (EK added): #442

DCT design

The DCT is a customizable table.

• Layout: #399
• Cell colouring: #400 (phase 1 of 3 done EK)
• Hidden rows: #398
• View: show only matches: #401
• Additional item information: #402
• Navigation: #403
• Access (EK added): #442

Pivot Manuscript

The Pivot Manuscript is the source-list that has been chosen (either automatically or manually) to function as the basis for the comparison. This can be any type of source-list, notwithstanding the name.

• The PM determines the order of the SSG matches in the DCT
• Automatic selection of the Pivot Manuscript: #396
• Manual selection of the Pivot Manuscript: #397

Launching the DCT

The DCT can be launched in three ways:

1. Directly from a listview: #404 (phase 1 of 2 done)
2. From the DCT tool page in the PRE #389
3. By selecting (a combination of) source-lists saved in the PRE: #405

Other

• Download options: #406 (phase 1 of 2 done)
• Creating groups: #407 (this is phase 2 only)

[shariboodts]

Comments from Iris:

Clean-up DCT terminology. Most of the pages with changes in terminology I proposed (DCT pages that we don’t know the exact function of) are not visible for users (Ger checked that). I propose we just leave the first two links as-is, for now, and only change the third page.

example: https://passim.rich.ru.nl/dct/details/82/ On the DCT details page, please rename:

• "DCT definition details" to "DCT metadata"
• "Dynamic Comparison Table Tool" to "Dynamic Comparison Table"
• "<< Tool" to "<< Research set"
• "Author" to "Author/Attrib. author"
• "Source..." to "Add..." > niet zichtbaar voor users

example: https://passim.rich.ru.nl/rset/details/42/ On the ResearchSet details page, rename:

• "ResearchSet details" to "Research set metadata"
• "Type of this setlist" to "List type"
• "DCT definitions" to "DCT history" > niet zichtbaar voor users

example: https://passim.rich.ru.nl/dct/list On the Dct Definitions page, rename:

• "Dct Definitions" to "DCT listview"
• "Setdef" @what to do with this page? What does it even mean? - I have no idea what this is or does either > zichtbaar voor users

Questions:

What is the exact difference between a Personal dataset and a Research set? I think the Personal dataset is not ordered, and the Research set is fixed in a specific order. A research set is needed to launch a DCT. Please confirm ;) What is a "Setdef"? Why should we want to add one? Should we eliminate that option? See https://passim.rich.ru.nl/dct/list What are DCT Definitions? It seems as if the DCT versions listed under this heading are also 'setdefs'. I would think that they are specific saved versions of a DCT that is based on the same research set - is that correct? Can we call them ‘saved versions of DCT’ ?