Exploring Data Provenance in Handwritten Text Recognition Infrastructure: Sharing and Reusing Ground Truth Data, Referencing Models, and Acknowledging Contributions. Starting the Conversation on How We Could Get It Done
Journal of Data Mining & Digital Humanities, vol. Historical Documents and...
Abstract
This paper discusses best practices for sharing and reusing Ground Truth in Handwritten Text Recognition infrastructures, as well as ways to reference and acknowledge contributions to the creation and enrichment of data within these systems. We discuss how one can place Ground Truth data in a repository and, subsequently, inform others through HTR-United. Furthermore, we want to suggest appropriate citation methods for ATR data, models, and contributions made by volunteers. Moreover, when using digitised sources (digital facsimiles), it becomes increasingly important to distinguish between the physical object and the digital collection. These topics all relate to the proper acknowledgement of labour put into digitising, transcribing, and sharing Ground Truth HTR data. This also points to broader issues surrounding the use of machine learning in archival and library contexts, and how the community should begin to acknowledge and record both contributions and data provenance.
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University of Bern · Huygens Institute for History and Culture of the Netherlands · Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
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Huygens Institute for History and Culture of the Netherlands
University of Bern
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
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University of Bern
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Tilburg University
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Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
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Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
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Université de Montréal
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NIOD Institute for War, Holocaust and Genocide Studies
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NIOD Institute for War, Holocaust and Genocide Studies
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VUC Aarhus
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READ-COOP SCE, Austria
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American Historical Association
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American Historical Association
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University of Edinburgh
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Amsterdam city Archives
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NIOD Institute for War, Holocaust and Genocide Studies
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NIOD Institute for War, Holocaust, and Genocide Studies, the Netherlands
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University of Freiburg, Germany
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Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences · Huygens Institute for History and Culture of the Netherlands
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KNAW Huygens Institute for the History and Culture of the Netherlands, the Netherlands
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Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences · Huygens Institute for History and Culture of the Netherlands
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KNAW Huygens Institute for the History and Culture of the Netherlands, the Netherlands
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Instituut voor de Nederlandse Taal
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Instituut voor de Nederlandse Taal, the Netherlands
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Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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Bibliotheca Hertziana – Max Planck Institute for Art History
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Bibliotheca Hertziana/Max Planck Institute for Art History, Italy
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Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences · Huygens Institute for History and Culture of the Netherlands
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KNAW Huygens Institute for the History and Culture of the Netherlands, the Netherlands
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Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
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National Library of Scotland · University of Edinburgh
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National Library of Scotland, United Kingdom
University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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The National Archives of Norway
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National Archives of Norway, Norway
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Vrije Universiteit Brussel · State Archives of Belgium
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State Archives Brussels, Belgium
Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
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University of Exeter · Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
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University of Exeter, United Kingdom
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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Universität Innsbruck · Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Tirol
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State Library of Tyrol, Austria
University of Innsbruck, Austria
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Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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CCS Content Conversion Specialists GmbH, Germany
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University of Basel, Switzerland
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University Library of Tübingen, Germany
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Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences · Huygens Institute for History and Culture of the Netherlands
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KNAW Huygens Institute for the History and Culture of the Netherlands, the Netherlands
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Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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NIOD Institute for War, Holocaust and Genocide Studies
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NIOD Institute for War, Holocaust, and Genocide Studies, the Netherlands
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Nationaal Archief of the Netherlands
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National Archives of the Netherlands, the Netherlands
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Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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Danish National Archives, Denmark
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Rahvusarhiiv Estonia, Estonia
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Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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NIOD Institute for War, Holocaust and Genocide Studies
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NIOD Institute for War, Holocaust, and Genocide Studies, the Netherlands
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Amsterdam City Archives, the Netherlands
National Library of Scotland, United Kingdom
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Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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Research Centre for Hanse and Baltic History (FGHO), Lubeck, Germany
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Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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Contributions have also been made by students from the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, who participated
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Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
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Friedrich Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany
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independent citizen scientist, the Netherlands
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University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom
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Instituut voor de Nederlandse Taal
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Instituut voor de Nederlandse Taal, the Netherlands
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Contributions have also been made by students from the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, who participated
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Contributions have also been made by students from the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, who participated
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Contributions have also been made by students from the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, who participated
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Contributions have also been made by students from the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, who participated
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Utrechts Archief, the Netherlands
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READ-COOP SCE, Austria
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NYU Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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Contributions have also been made by students from the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, who participated
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