Quark

Overview

Our goal of our project was to associate each author involved to the different Quark Magazine Issues they had written and other works each author did that was mentioned inside of Quark.

Our Repository

Click on this link to visit our GitHub Repository

Schema

For this project, we had to write up two separate schemas. This was due to the complexity of the two types of XML markup we had wrote. We markedup the "Contributor Lists" and the "Speculative Fiction" chapters in each issue. This allowed us to use XSLT to pull specific information from both types of markup files.

 start = xml
                        
                        xml = element xml {header, listPerson}
                        
                        header = element header {title, editor*, issue}
                        editor = element editor {text}
                        issue = element issue {xsd:integer}
                        
                        listPerson = element listPerson {person+}
                        person = element person {persName, birth*, death*, desc*, note*, toc}
                        
                        toc = element toc {entry+}
                        
                        entry = element entry {title, pages}
                        
                        pages = element pages {text}
                        
                        persName=element persName {text}
                        
                        birth=element birth {when, where*}
                        death=element death {when, where*}
                        
                        when=attribute when {"unfindable"|xsd:date|xsd:gYear}
                        where=attribute where {text}
                        
                        desc=element desc {mixed{title*}}
                        
                        note=element note {source, mixed{(title | place)*}}
                        
                        place= element place {text}
                        title = element title {text}
                        
                        source=attribute source {"quark" | "projectTeam"}

start=xml
                            xml=element xml {header, title, (epigraph | p | pb | signature)+ }
                            
                            header = element header {issue, date}
                            
                            issue = element issue {text}
                            
                            date = element date {when, text}
                            
                            when = attribute when {xsd:date | xsd:gYearMonth| xsd:gYear}
                            
                            epigraph = element epigraph {p+, cit}
                            
                            cit = element cit {mixed{persName, title}}
                            
                            signature = element signature {text}
                            
                            title=element title {type?, text}
                            
                            type=attribute type {"essay" | "summary" | "bold" | text}
                            
                            p=element p {mixed{ (num | persName| title|groupName | pb | \list | altFont)*}}
                            
                            num = element num {xsd:float}
                            
                            altFont = element altFont {type, mixed{ (persName| title|groupName | pb | \list | altFont)*}}
                            
                            \list=element list {Lo+}
                            
                            Lo = element Lo {text}
                            
                            pb = element pb {n, empty}
                            
                            n = attribute n {xsd:integer}
                            
                            groupName = element groupName {text}
                            
                            persName = element persName {text}

XML

Below are some links to our markup documents located in our GitHub repo.

XSLT

With our XSLT we wanted to pull contributors names, places, and the issues of "Quark" each author contributed to. With that information we built a table that represented each individual author and information pertaining to them like their birth and death dates, as well as a short bio, and other works they have written that was mention in the issues of "Quark."

XSLT was also used to pull locations from our markup documents and mark them on an interactive map using JavaScript. This was with the help of Dr. Beshero-Bondar, our Digital Humanities teacher.

Map

Here is link to a map. This map contains important locations that relate to the contributors of the Quark issues. This shows us what parts of the world these contributors, and their works, came from. The size of the dots on the map represents the amount of times the location was mentioned in the markup documents.

One particular city that is notable is Milford, Pennsylvania. Many contributors' work came from here.