Horace
Collection
Cautionaries are simply edits to the original content for the purposes of improving the usability and clarity of the informatic design. Edits should focus on identifying the framework of the original content in its entirety, including redundant messages of cultural or legal significance. The following edits were made to the content to improve the framework:- Words were stemmed.
- Stop Words were used.
- The Stop Word List
- The Reasoning Behind the Selection - These words are of high frequency, non-unique generality. They are simply removed to clarify the content, of a more unique terminology, during the analytic stage of modeling. There are other words that could be included or excluded, as the method of removal isn’t intended to be exact. However, the terms should be non-unique, of high frequency, and fully disclosed to users of the informatic model. That is, these terms after the analytic stage are returned to the informatic model in developing the networks, layering, directionality, and detailing of the model.
Specific Cautionaries
The following cautionaries are more specific to the Horace - Collection:
- There were a large variety of numbers and number-letter combinations that marked news sections. All numbers, letter-number combinations not constituting words or abbreviations were removed after the analytic modeling stage. Some low-frequency of numbers meshing with words were removed as well. All combinations were removed to improve the usability and clarity of the content being modeled informatically.
- No words were removed, other than what is listed on the Stop Word list. These words were removed only for the framing and analytic stages. Words are returned during the network, layering, and detailing stages of modeling.
- Errors involving the content, such as conversion errors of words are not edited and will remain transparent to viewers of the model. The focus is on developing trust through process and procedure, not through avenues easily manipulated, such as finely-threaded performances of perfection and cosmetic appeal. Exceptions will be listed in the "specific edits" section.
- Split words that are merged back together, if any, will be listed in specific edits.
*Note as well for these edits, I'm easing up on the userability standard, so if I see terms like "ebook," that aren't a part of the direct narrative but still reflective of the actual work being modeled, I am leaving a higher threshold for allowing such terms in, as there is an opportunity cost to my time, and these terms don't actually disrupt the actual design of the work itself, including the identification of major and intermediate nodes. However, if the work has a large amount of confusing foreign terms or symbols to the point of being a distraction, I will remove such terms. Thus, if one sees terms such as "ebook" or proper nouns of publishers, understand those terms are reflective of the overall publication, and will be accounted for alongside the design of the actual work, with the ideas of the given author intact, as one can see while viewing the model. My methodology is designed to manage the unstructured informational environment, which differs greatly from the structured informational environment.
