Practical Scripting 2014

Taking Control: Practical Scripting for Digital Humanities Projects

Organiser: Sebastian Rahtz (IT Services, University of Oxford)

Morning Location: Wolfson College, Seminar Room 1

Afternoon Location: IT Services, Windrush Room

Workshop Speakers: Alexander Dutton (IT Services, University of Oxford), Janet McKnight (IT Services, University of Oxford), Sebastian Rahtz (IT Services, University of Oxford) and Scott Wilson (IT Services, University of Oxford)

Workshop Abstract

There are many occasions during the life of humanities project when one needs to transform some data, generate an alternative output, or programme a visualization on a web page. This course will provide attendees with an understanding of scripting in general, and XSLT and Javascript in particular. We will learn about data formats like XML, CSV and JSON, and see how to manipulate them to provide input to statistical programs, data for visualizations, and output formats for publication. This is an intermediate-level workshop: some experience in some of the technologies mentioned would be beneficial and there are numerous practical exercises.

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