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2) A topical configuration is made up of
conceptual terms*
(either generic or -
partially - instantiated) which are positioned in relation to one another in accordance
with specific relations (such as taxonomic specialization, an object of analysis
belonging to an object forming a whole, characterization of an analytical object by a
property or quality, temporal or spatial location, etc.). In visual terms, a topical
configuration is presented as a network or graph whose nodes represent the
conceptualterms*
and whose endings represent the (orientated) relations.
3) The topical configuration forms a
sequence of description*
composed of at
least two
schemas of definition*
- a schema defining the
object of analysis*
and a
schema defining the
procedure of analysis*
. However, a topical configuration may
also be composed of a
selection
of schemas of analytical objects. A very common
example is as follows. A topical configuration first identifies the referential
knowledge object (e.g. selecting and arranging the two conceptual terms
[Civilization] and [Culture] to form a schema such as [Cultural construct of a
Civilization]). It then pinpoints that schema spatially and temporally (e.g. selecting
the conceptual terms [Geographical region] and [Era] to form a second schema of
analytical objects which is commensurate with the first, creating a more complex -
and less general - conceptual schema. This complex schema serves the analyst for
describing the
subjects*
relating to the cultural constructs of a civilization in a
particular era and a specific geographical region.
4) Topical configurations form the principal input of the first functional type of
sequences of analysis*
in a
model of description*
, i.e. sequences which are
reserved for describing the
subjects*
thematized in an
audiovisual text*
or in one
of the parts which interest the analyst.
Corpus(audiovisual)
1) A set of visual, sound, filmic etc. texts of any type/genre, size, editorial
readiness… which has a particular function according to the phase of the
working
process*
(of audiovisual production-publishing) in which it is developed and used.
2) In the context of the ASW-HSS project, we distinguish between the field
corpus*, the processing corpus* and the processed corpus*, the analysis corpus* and
the analyzed corpus*, the publication corpus* and the published corpus*.
3) The procedures to be followed when compiling an audiovisual corpus should
be as explicit as possible and defined in the form of guides making up the technical
documentation accompanying the
working process*
(of audiovisual production-
publishing). Indeed, depending on its place and its function in the working process
of audiovisual production-publishing, an audiovisual corpus must fulfill a series of
expectations and needs and may therefore be appraised in relation to criteria such as
empirical scope, internal consistency/weighting, epistemic quality, etc.
