Slides from presentation of Open Scriptures at BibleTech:2009. View talk at: http://www.vimeo.com/3935864

1. Open Scriptures
Picking Up the Mantle of the
Re:Greek – Open Source Initiative

2. Open Scriptures
An open Web repository for integrated
scriptural data and a platform for building
applications of scripture.

3. Information Explosion

4. Information Explosion
http://www.adl.nii.ac.jp/jp/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/information_explosion.png

5. Scriptural Data Types

6. Scriptural Data Types
• Manuscripts

7. Scriptural Data Types
• Manuscripts
• Translations

8. Scriptural Data Types
• Manuscripts
• Translations
• Versification Systems

9. Scriptural Data Types
• Manuscripts
• Translations
• Versification Systems
• Morphosyntactic Parsings

10. Scriptural Data Types
• Manuscripts
• Translations
• Versification Systems
• Morphosyntactic Parsings
• User Tags, Annotations,
Cross References

11. Linked Data

12. Linked Data Principles

13. Linked Data Principles
• Use URIs as names for things.

14. Linked Data Principles
• Use URIs as names for things.
• Use HTTP URIs so that people can look up
those names.

15. Linked Data Principles
• Use URIs as names for things.
• Use HTTP URIs so that people can look up
those names.
• When someone looks up a URI, provide useful
information.

16. Linked Data Principles
• Use URIs as names for things.
• Use HTTP URIs so that people can look up
those names.
• When someone looks up a URI, provide useful
information.
• Include links to other URIs so that they can
discover more things.
— Tim Berners-Lee, “Linked Data” <http://www.w3.org/DesignIssues/LinkedData.html>

17. Linked Data

18. Linked Data
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Linking-Open-Data-class-diagram_2008-10-05.png

19. What to link?

20. “The really important thing
about data is the more things
you have to connect together,
the more powerful it is.”
—Tim Berners-Lee’s TED Talk

21. So link everything!

22. Semantic Linking
Granularly interlinking the semantic
units between texts

23. Manuscripts Translations
NIV
DSS
LXX
Old Testament KJV NET
(Tanakh)
TM
WLC
ESV
NIV
TR WH
New Testament Vul KJV NET
UBS Byz
ESV

24. Complete Graph?
UBS WLC
TR
LXX
WH
KJV KJV NIV NIV
DSS Vul
NET NET
TM
Byz
ESV ESV

25. Complete Graph? Ouch!
UBS WLC
TR
LXX
WH
KJV KJV NIV NIV
DSS Vul
NET NET
TM
Byz
ESV ESV

26. Graph with intersection nodes
WLC DSS TR WH Byz UBS
TM
Unified
Unified
Manuscript
Manuscript
LXX
Vul
ESV ESV NET NET NIV NIV KJV KJV

27. Partially interconnected trees
Unified Unified
Manuscript Manuscript
LXX
TM
DSS WLC TR Byz UBS
WH
ESV KJV NIV NET NET NIV KJV Vul
ESV

28. Partially interconnected trees
Unified Unified
Manuscript Manuscript
LXX
TM
DSS WLC TR Byz UBS
WH
ESV KJV NIV NET NET NIV KJV Vul
ESV

29. Unified Manuscript
Merging Manuscripts Together to Create an
Intersection Point between Texts

30. Manuscript Unification
MS1 MS2
A1 b2
b1 C2
C1 e2
É1 d2
f1 f2

31. Manuscript Unification
MS1 UMS MS2
A1 b2
b1 C2
C1 e2
É1 d2
f1 f2

32. Manuscript Unification
1. Normalize
MS1 UMS MS2
A1 a b2
b1 b C2
C1 c e2
É1 e d2
f1 f f2

33. Manuscript Unification
1. Normalize
MS1 UMS MS2
2. Insert
A1 a b2
b1 b C2
C1 c e2
É1 e d2
f1 f f2

34. Manuscript Unification
1. Normalize
MS1 UMS MS2
2. Insert
A1 a b2
b1 b C2
C1 c e2
É1 e d2
f1 f f2

35. Manuscript Unification
1. Normalize
MS1 UMS MS2
2. Insert
3. Save links
A1 a b2
b1 b C2
C1 c e2
É1 e d2
f1 f f2

36. Manuscript Unification
1. Normalize
MS1 UMS MS2
2. Insert
3. Save links
A1 a b2
b1 b C2
C1 c e2
É1 e d2
f1 f f2

37. Manuscript Unification
1. Normalize 1. Normalize
MS1 UMS MS2
2. Insert
3. Save links
A1 a b b2
b1 b c C2
C1 c e e2
É1 e d d2
f1 f f f2

38. Manuscript Unification
1. Normalize 1. Normalize
MS1 UMS MS2
2. Merge
2. Insert
3. Save links
A1 a b2
b1 C2
b
C1 c e2
É1 e d2
f1 f2
d
f

39. Manuscript Unification
1. Normalize 1. Normalize
MS1 UMS MS2
2. Merge
2. Insert
3. Save links
A1 a b2
b1 b C2
C1 c e2
É1 e d2
f1 d f2
f

40. Manuscript Unification
1. Normalize 1. Normalize
MS1 UMS MS2
2. Merge
2. Insert
3. Save links 3. Save links
A1 a b2
b1 b C2
C1 c e2
É1 e d2
f1 d f2
f

41. Example Application
Manuscript Comparator

42. Example Application
Manuscript Comparator

43. Example Application
Manuscript Comparator
• Comma Johanneum (1 John 5)
• Pericope Adulterae (John 7:53-8:11)
• Ending of Mark’s Gospel (Mark 16)

44. Initial Entity-Relationship Model
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45. Working Database Schema

46. Potential Applications

47. Potential Applications
• Translation Comparator

48. Potential Applications
• Translation Comparator
• Comprehensive Concordance

49. Potential Applications
• Translation Comparator
• Comprehensive Concordance
• Translation-Independent Cross References

50. Potential Applications
• Translation Comparator
• Comprehensive Concordance
• Translation-Independent Cross References
• Interlinear/Bilingual Editions

51. Potential Applications
• Translation Comparator
• Comprehensive Concordance
• Translation-Independent Cross References
• Interlinear/Bilingual Editions
• Just scratching the surface...

52. Semantic Linking
Linking Translations to
Unified Manuscript

53. Semantic Linking
Example
I like to study the Bible with you.
Me gusta estudiar la biblia contigo.

54. Semantic Linking
Example
with you.
I like to study the Bible
Me gusta estudiar la biblia contigo.

55. Semantic Linking
Example
with you.
I like to study the Bible
Me gusta estudiar la biblia contigo.
Interlinking the equivalent semantic
units between texts

56. Semantic Linking

57. Semantic Linking
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58. Semantic Linking
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59. Copyright

60. Open Scriptures Platform

61. Open Scriptures Platform
Content
Owners
Developers End-Users

62. Open Scriptures Platform
Content
Owners
End-Users
Developers

63. Open Scriptures Platform
Content
Owners
End-Users
Developers

64. openscriptures.org