Overview

The pages here give more help and information about the DigiPal project. Further documentation on the DigiPal Framework (now called Archetype) is available at https://github.com/kcl-ddh/digipal/wiki

The material is divided into three sections.

For all users of DigiPal:

• Glossary: A brief glossary of some key terms on this website.
• The Digital Lightbox: How the Lightbox works, and how to use it effectively.

For people who want to use the DigiPal framework for their own content:

[This information is largely obsolete. It is kept here for archival purposes, but see now the Archetype framework at https://github.com/kcl-ddh/digipal/wiki]

• The DigiPal Data Model: A more detailed description of how the data is organised 'behind the scenes'.
• The Annotation Process: Instructions of how to go about annotating images yourself.
• The 'Administrators' Interface: An overview of the interface 'behind the scenes' where you can add and edit the records about manuscripts, scribal hands, and so on.
• The 'Virtual Machine': Instructions to download and run a standalone installation of the DigiPal framework on your own computer (without publishing it widely on the internet).

For people with programming skills who want to do more advanced work:

[This information is largely obsolete. It is kept here for archival purposes, but see now the Archetype framework at https://github.com/kcl-ddh/digipal/wiki]

• Installing DigiPal: Instructions for installing the framework on a web server for wider publication on the internet.
• Configuring DigiPal: How to change details of the configuration for your particular needs.
• Upgrading DigiPal: How to upgrade the framework to incorporate new changes in the software.
• Web API Syntax: How to use the HTTP API to query DigiPal directly.
• JavaScript API Library: How to use the Javascript API for your own queries and interaction with the data.