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Thus, all told, a model of description is nothing more or less than the
explicitized, formalized (in the broader sense of the word) part of a theory or vision
which guides the task of analyzing a textual corpus (in our case, audiovisual).
The gap of “satisfaction” which may exist between the model and the theory or
vision underlying the work of analysis can be explained either as a more or less
significant implicit factor which guides the analyst in his work and which the model
is not capable of taking into consideration, or by imperative simplifications which
must be carried out in relation to a theoretical referential to develop an explicit and
functional approach to the analysis of textual, or audiovisual, corpora.
The work of definition, development, validation and tracking of models of
description of textual and, particularly, audiovisual corpora, still represents an entire
occupation
, i.e. a set of specialist skills and knowhow calling on a varied body of
culture and knowledge which cover not only the practical and technological domains
such as information and knowledge technology, applied sciences of documentation,
archiving, library sciences or the management of cultural heritage
lato sensu
, but
also - and, in our opinion, crucially - a set of disciplines in human sciences such as
text sciences (and particularly
semiotics*
), linguistic sciences or even that
heterogeneous emerging set of approaches and problems classified under the general
umbrella label of “cultural sciences” (
Kulturwissenschaften
, in German).
The occupation in question is that of the
concept designer*
, sometimes also
called
concept-designer*
, or
information technician
or
engineer
; indeed, the
terminology is still very fuzzy and unstable. However, it is a
central role
of the
workflow*
[STO 11e] defining the constitution, analysis and publication/diffusion of
bodies of knowledge heritage which are channeled by audiovisual corpora. The
modelizer prepares, develops and manages all the metalinguistic resources necessary
for the other actors involved to carry out their work.
1.2.Functionallydifferentcorpora
As part of the process of digitizing knowledge heritage, we can distinguish a
series of categories of models (i.e. metalinguistic resources) needed to accomplish
the various activities making up that process.
As set out in [STO 11e], the process of constituting a body of knowledge
heritage in the form, e.g. of a digital archive, takes place in various canonic stages -
notably:
1) the stage of
preparation of a field for collection of data
documenting a body
of cultural heritage;
