Christian Sieber (State Archives of Zurich, CH): Transcription – Swiss Made. The projects of the State Archives of Zurich
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Convention Handwritten Text Recognition
19 21 January 2016 Hessian State Archives Marburg Marburg
T i ti S i d
19–21 January 2016, Hessian State Archives Marburg, Marburg
Transcription – Swiss made
The projects of the State Archives
of Zurichof Zurich
Christian Sieber M.A., State Archives of Zurich, Switzerland
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2. Kanton Zürich
Direktion der Justiz und des Innern
Staatsarchiv
1. Starting Point
• Project Transcription and Digitisation of the protocols of
the Parliament (Kantonsrat) and of the resolutions of the
Government (Regierungsrat) of the Canton of Zurich in the
19th century
• Project Recognition and Enrichment of Archival• Project Recognition and Enrichment of Archival
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• State Archives of Zurich: Large Scale Demonstrator
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4. Kanton Zürich
Direktion der Justiz und des Innern
Staatsarchiv
1. Starting Point
• Project Transcription and Digitisation of the protocols of
the Parliament (Kantonsrat) and of the resolutions of the
Government (Regierungsrat) of the Canton of Zurich in the
19th century
• Acronym: TKR• Acronym: TKR
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2. Key Data TKR
• Duration: 2009–2017
• Project Grants: € 3´800´000• Project Grants: € 3 800 000
• Text Volume and Form:
Parliament Period Pages Protocols CharactersParliament Period Pages Protocols Characters
Handwriting 1803–1898 17´862 15´000 20´500´000
Print 1898–1995 132´623 30´939 265´000´000
Government Period Pages Resolutions Characters
H d iti 1803 1887 198´707 170´000 249´500´000Handwriting 1803–1887 198 707 170 000 249 500 000
Print 1887–1995 167´050 408´518 1´150´000´000
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8. Marburg Articles, October 3, 1529, Marburg
Johannes Oecolampadius
Huldrych Zwingli
Martin Bucer
Caspar Hedio
Martin LutherMartin Luther
Justus Jonas
Philipp Melanchthon
Andreas Osiander
Stephanus Agricola
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Johannes Brenz
(State Archives of Zurich, E I 3.1, Nr. 54)
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3. Division for Editing Projects
• Tradition («Urkundenbuch der Stadt und Landschaft
Zürich», 1888–1957; «Urkundenregsten des Staatsarchivs
Zürich», 1987–2007)
• Est. 2009
• Financing: Public Lottery Fund ot the Canton of Zurich
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4. Projects
• Transcription and Digitisation of the protocols of the
Parliament and of the resolutions of the Government of the
Canton of Zurich 1803–1995
• Electronic Publication of the (printed) Zurich Collection of
Laws 1803–1998Laws 1803–1998
• Voting Results of the Canton of Zurich since 1831 (in
collaboration with the Statistical Office)
• Electronic Publication of Law Sources of the Canton of
Zurich before 1798 (www.rechtsquellen-online.zh.ch)
• Electronic Publication of the Zurich school survey
1771/1772
• The Beder family chronicle 1620–1772
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The Beder family chronicle 1620 1772
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5. Access
• Online Catalogue: http://suche.staatsarchiv.djiktzh.ch
• Meta Search Engine: http://www archivesonline org• Meta Search Engine: http://www.archivesonline.org
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6. TKR
• Transcription and Digitisation of the protocols of the
Parliament and of the resolutions of the Government of the
Canton of Zurich 1803–1995
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