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toolsoftextualannotation
of an object being analyzed;
- extremely important
tools of referencing
an object to be analyzed using
thesauruses, terminologies or standards;
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tools of geographical and chronological referencing
of a knowledge object
thematized in an audiovisual text.
These tools are brought together in the form of a
library of schemas of
indexation*
which we shall present in greater detail in Chapter 14.
5) The conceptual terms defining, on the one hand, the object of analysis and, on
the other, the procedures of analysis, form a
configuration
, i.e. an internal structure
of
reciprocal positioning
and
hierarchical integration
into a “whole” which is the
modelofdescription*
.
6) Finally, a model of description is equipped with a set of instructions which
form its rhetorical level and which aid and guide the analyst in his task of analysis of
the content of an audiovisual text.
4.3.Thecanonicsyntagmaticorderofaformofdescription
A form of description of an audiovisual text (or a specific part thereof) always
begins with the sequence (or sometimes, sequences) of description reserved for the
referential description*
of the knowledge object thematized in the audiovisual text
(see Figure 4.2). In our example developed in Chapter 3, the analyst is first invited
to describe the civilization spoken about in the audiovisual text being analyzed, and
then to specify what type of cultural formation is in question. As Figure 3.2
(Chapter 3) shows, in our particular case, it is a question of the
Chavín
civilization
(a Native South American civilization which reached its peak around the last few
centuries B.C.) and its highly remarkable material culture. Here, we are using a
relatively simple model of description, but one which demonstrates the huge
advantage of using an explicit metalanguage (a descriptive ontology) which
facilitates all sorts of practical applications, discussed in [STO 11a; STO 11b]. Later
on, we shall see that this basic referential model of description can give way, if
necessary or desired, to far more complex models of description but which also
require very specialized analytical skills and more time to carry out the analysis.
The referential sequence of description is always followed by the sequence(s)
reserved for the description of the space-time context of the domain of knowledge
being dealt with in an audiovisual text (see Figure 4.2). As a general rule, the
sequence(s) of spatial localization (geographic, geopolitical, etc.) come before the
sequence(s) of temporal localization (historic, etc.).
