International Archive for Chinas Local History.doc

International Archive for China’s Local History 中國地方史資料國際檔案庫 Goal To create: a permanent online archive of digital versions of unique historical materials collected in various localities in China by historians from various universities in China and abroad, and elsewhere that will be accessible to the online public and that will facilitate both place specific research projects and comparative research 目的 建立一個 1. 存放珍貴歷史資料數位版本的永久線上檔案庫 2. 文件收集自中國各個不同地方 3. 由中國各大學和其他地方的歷史學家所收集 4. 檔案庫將在網路上公開使用 5. 且將助於限定一地的研究計畫 6. 並助於比較性質的研究 Where The archive would be housed within the library system. It would be accessible to the online public through the library. Content would be uploaded to the archive—or to a curator--by scholars in the field. There is no projected ending date. 何處 數位檔案將儲存在圖書館系統內，透過圖書館於線上公開讓大眾使用。數位化內容將由該領域學者直接上傳到檔案庫，或交由檔案庫管理者上傳。此計畫沒有預定的截止日期。 Contents by Media type Scanned or photographed single page documents in multiple sizes (e.g. land contracts, maps) Scanned or photographed multidocuments (e.g. family genealogies, possible 1000s of pages) Photographs of objects and scenes (e.g. interior objects, monuments, landscapes) VR panoramas (currently QTime movie format) 3D images of objects (e.g. small religious statues) (currently QTime movie format) GIS data, in shapefile or other formats; GPS long/lat readings for photographs, map points, etc. Audio files (e.g. ceremonial chants or recitations) video files (e.g. rituals, ceremonies) 數位內容的媒體型態 1. 各種尺寸的單頁掃描或照相文件（如地契或地圖） 2. 多頁的掃描或照相文件 （如家譜，可達上千頁之多） 3. 物品或場景的照片（如室內擺設、古蹟、景觀） 4. 虛擬全景圖像 VR panoramas（目前採用QuickTime Movie格式） 5. 物件的三維影像（如小型神像）（目前採用QuickTime Movie格式） 6. shapefile或其他格式的地理信息系統資料；照片、地圖點等的全球定位系統經緯度判讀 7. 錄音檔案（如儀典中的經文誦讀） 8. 錄像檔案 （如儀式、典禮） The Metadata Problems We envision three major forms of searchability: Place The specific named village Aggregations of places within the contemporary administrative hierarchy (village-township-county-prefecture-province) and the administrative hierarchy of when the do