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Information requirements and data description in historical social research: a proposal
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Abstract Description and documentation is one of the
major prerequisites for disseminating and exchanging
machine-readable historical sources and data. This
proposal for description and documentation items is an
attempt for standardizing information requirements in
historical research; it does not give ... view more
Description and documentation is one of the
major prerequisites for disseminating and exchanging
machine-readable historical sources and data. This
proposal for description and documentation items is an
attempt for standardizing information requirements in
historical research; it does not give recommendations
for all possible description and documentation needs,
but instead attempts to set essential parameters for
describing and documenting machine-readable historical
sources and data. In the appendix to this proposal, an
example using the 1851 Census of England and Wales is
given to provide a detailed illustration of the proposal.... view less
Keywords
historical social research; Great Britain; data; documentation
Classification
Social History, Historical Social Research
Methods and Techniques of Data Collection and Data Analysis, Statistical Methods, Computer Methods
Method
development of methods; historical
Document language
English
Publication Year
1987
Page/Pages
p. 191-200
Journal
Historical Social Research, 12 (1987) 2/3
DOI
https://doi.org/10.12759/hsr.12.1987.2/3.191-200
ISSN
0172-6404
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed