TY - CHAP
T1 - Document Image Analysis for World War II Personal Records
AU - Antonacopoulos, A.
AU - Karatzas, D.
PY - 2004
Y1 - 2004
N2 - Complete collections of invaluable documents of unique historical and political significance are decaying and at the same time they are virtually inaccessible, necessitating the invention of robust and efficient methods for their conversion into a searchable electronic form. This paper presents the issues encountered and problems addressed in the MEMORIAL project, whose goal is the establishment of a digital document workbench enabling the creation of distributed virtual archives based on documents existing in libraries, archives, museums, memorials, and public record offices. Successful approaches are described in the context of the chosen data class: a variety of typewritten documents containing personal information relating to the presence of individuals in World War II Nazi concentration camps.
AB - Complete collections of invaluable documents of unique historical and political significance are decaying and at the same time they are virtually inaccessible, necessitating the invention of robust and efficient methods for their conversion into a searchable electronic form. This paper presents the issues encountered and problems addressed in the MEMORIAL project, whose goal is the establishment of a digital document workbench enabling the creation of distributed virtual archives based on documents existing in libraries, archives, museums, memorials, and public record offices. Successful approaches are described in the context of the chosen data class: a variety of typewritten documents containing personal information relating to the presence of individuals in World War II Nazi concentration camps.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=1942420225&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/DIAL.2004.1263263
DO - 10.1109/DIAL.2004.1263263
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:1942420225
SN - 076952088X
SN - 9780769520889
T3 - Proceedings - First International Workshop on Document Image Analysis for Libraries - DIAL 2004
SP - 336
EP - 341
BT - Proceedings First International Workshop on Document Image Analysis for Libraries - DIAL 2004
ER -