BASE DE DADES ICONOGRAFIA DE LA PINTURA MURAL ROM

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BASE DE DADESICONOGRAFIA DE LA PINTURA MURAL
ROMÀNICA.

• ARS PICTA

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

• Creation of a database of the Catalan Romanesque
  Wall Painting
• Technical issues
• The state of the art

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Creation of a Database

• Our first intention was to create a database of
  the Catalan Romanesque Wall Painting devoted only
  to iconographic issues.
• Recently, the Ars Picta group decided that a
  better alternative would be to create a database
  which includes and documents all aspects of the
  wall paintings under study.
• It has also been decided to create an Internet
  application.

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Technical issues

• We are developing a web site using ASP.NET 2.0
  technology.
• The front-end of the database is integrated in
  this website, allowing universal access to some
  areas of the web.
• The back-end of the database uses SQL Server 2005
  Express. The SQL engine supports 1 CPU, 1 GB RAM,
  and a 4 GB database size.

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The State of the Art

• A temporary link to the database is
• www.begonyacayuela.org
• The following slides show the structure of the
  beta version of the site
• Website description
• Entering new data
• Viewing the data

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Website description

• The structure of the web pages
• A header with the name of the group, the links to
  the main web pages, a site map and the status of
  the authenticated visitor (login/logout). This
  header is the same in all the pages.
• A left area
• A main area

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Entering new data The restricted area

• Because of the different locations of the Ars
  Picta members, the best interface to enter data
  is through an Internet application.
• A login form is provided for user authentication.

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Entering new data The restricted area

• The authorised user can access other pages that
  are invisible to website visitors.

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Entering new data

• This is the starting point to introduce new data,
  or to modify or delete the stored data.
• In the left side area, a form is made available
  to enter some basic information.
• The main browsable area includes the buttons to
  edit and delete data.

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Entering new data

• Moreover, from the main area the user can access
  the pages to enter more information and photos of
  the wall painting.

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Entering new data

• In the current version, two additional forms have
  been implemented
• In the first one, it is possible to enter the
  different parts of a monument (if necessary).
• The other form was designed to upload the
  photographs.

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Viewing the data The document centre

• This unrestricted page is the basic interface
  between the visitor and the database.
• There are two main areas
• A search area The visitor can perform searches
  based on structured or freetext queries.
• A browse/results area.

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Viewing the data The document centre

• The browse/results area shows the name of the
  monument with a link to the available
  photographs.
• A collapsable treeview gives access to the
  different sections of information about the
  monument.

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Viewing the data The document centre

• The section named Topography is the one that is
  currently available.
• The paintings of Santa Maria de Taüll have been
  chosen as an example.

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Viewing the data The document centre

• Thumbnail images of the diagrams (yellow).
• The chosen diagram is presented in a clickable
  area. Each number or letter represents an
  iconographic unit (red).
• The selected iconographic unit is presented in
  the image area (green).