5.0465 Qs: Plagiarism; Corpi; Microcard; Tromso; Cites (7/171)

Elaine Brennan & Allen Renear (EDITORS@BROWNVM.BITNET)
Thu, 21 Nov 1991 17:51:42 EST

Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 5, No. 0465. Thursday, 21 Nov 1991.


(1) Date: 20 November 91, 18:58:20 EST (45 lines)
From: CSHUNTER@vm.uoguelph.ca
Subject: file comparison query

(2) Date: Wed, 20 Nov 91 09:48:08 MST (12 lines)
From: Skip Knox <DUSKNOX@IDBSU>
Subject: Information about Ethnograph

(3) Date: Thu, 21 Nov 91 08:51:57 EST (8 lines)
From: John Unsworth <JMUEG@NCSUVM>
Subject: Is Tremso on the net?

(4) Date: Thu, 21 Nov 91 10:16:02 CST (32 lines)
From: (Gerhard Obenaus) <gobenaus@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
Subject: Forwarded message...

(5) Date: Thu, 21 Nov 91 12:36 CST (19 lines)
From: Suzanne Noffke <NOFFKE@WISCMACC>
Subject: Citation sources: Caterina da Siena

(6) Date: Thu, 21 Nov 91 15:11:31 EST (23 lines)
From: Charles Elliott <CEE@CORNELLA>
Subject: Brown Corpus

(7) Date: Thu, 21 Nov 91 15:16:30 MST (32 lines)
From: Peter Lafford <IDPAL@ASUACAD>
Subject: Microcard

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Date: 20 November 91, 18:58:20 EST
From: CSHUNTER@vm.uoguelph.ca
Subject: file comparison query

A colleage of mine in Consumer Studies has a problem that I
thought someone out there in HUMANIST country might be able to
solve. My guess is that there's a collating package available
somewhere that could answer the needs expressed in the note
below:

With 600 plus students taking 26 202 (Information
Management) each year, and with a case report required in
the course, I face a difficulty with plagarism
identification.

We require the case reports to be submitted on hard copy
and on disk. There are three case studies based on three
data bases. We change some of the data and the details of
the assignment problems each semester, which helps us
identify reports which are copies of reports submitted in
prior semesters. We use file names, dates, and bytes to
try to identify cases of plagarims with the 250 to 350
reports submitted each semester but clearly its easy for
students to alter report files a little which changes
their bytes, dates and time records.

Does anyone know of DOS software which would allow
comparison of pairs of files for DEGREE of SIMILARITY.
Clearly this would be rather unique software, because
many algorithms could be developed to compare text files.
Suitable to our needs would be something which would
compare two files for similarity for phrases (not
sentences its too easy to alter a word here or there in a
sentence) with similar content.

If we had a file comparison system for which could handle
pairs of files at a time, we could then write a batch
system which would automate the comparison of all
possible pairs of files for 200 or so all located in the
same directory.

In any event, if anyone knows of file comparison
software, please let me hear about it??

Please address replies via e-mail to pliefeld@cosy.uoguelph.ca
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Date: Wed, 20 Nov 91 09:48:08 MST
From: Skip Knox <DUSKNOX@IDBSU>
Subject: Information about Ethnograph

A colleague of saw a program called Ethnograph that lets a person keep
and order anthropological field notes. Does anyone have the name and
address or phone number of the company that makes this product? Anyone
actually using it?

Ellis 'Skip' Knox
Historian, Data Center Associate
Boise State University dusknox@idbsu.idbsu.edu
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Date: Thu, 21 Nov 91 08:51:57 EST
From: John Unsworth <JMUEG@NCSUVM>
Subject: Is Tremso on the net?

Can anyone tell me whether Norway's University of Tremso is on the
internet? It doesn't appear to be on Bitnet. Thanks--

John Unsworth
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Date: Thu, 21 Nov 91 10:16:02 CST
From: (Gerhard Obenaus) <gobenaus@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
Subject: Forwarded message...

I'm posting this message for someone on Linguistl who is looking for info
on the Brown Corpus. Please reply to me directly or to Mark Sanderson
in Glasgow.

Thanks

Gerhard



>Date: Sun, 17 Nov 1991 22:00:41 +0000
>From: Mark Sanderson
>Subject: Brown and LOB
>
>I was reading about a version of the Brown corpus where all the words had
>been grammatically tagged, also a corpus built at Lancaster University
>called LOB that had been similarly tagged.
>
>Are these corpuses generally available, if so where, if not does anyone
>have an address of the custodians of these corpuses that I could contact.

Gerhard Obenaus
Department of Germanic Languages & Literatures
University of Illinois
707 S. Mathews e-mail: g-obenaus@uiuc.edu
Urbana, IL 61801 phone: (217)333-1288

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Date: Thu, 21 Nov 91 12:36 CST
From: Suzanne Noffke <NOFFKE@WISCMACC>
Subject: Citation sources: Caterina da Siena

I am working on the _Epistolario_ of Caterina da Siena (translating it), and
have collected a few expressions for which I suspect there are more
antecedents (i.e., prior to about 1370) than I have found so far. I'd
appreciate any leads anyone may be able to give me.

1) ``Open your soul's eyes and see how great is the fire of his charity, that
he has put up with you and hasn't COMMANDED THE EARTH TO OPEN AND SWALLOW YOU,
OR THE WILD BEASTS TO DEVOUR YOU.... Ah, let our hearts burst; LET THE EARTH
SPLIT OPEN; LET THE ROCKS ROLL DOWN UPON US AND THE WOLVES DEVOUR US!'' (Cf.
Nm. 16, 28-30; Lk. 23, 30; Hos. 10, 8.) DOES ANYONE KNOW OF ANY NON-BIBLICAL
USES OF THIS?

2) Any uses of the contrast (or complementarity) of _corpo mistico della
chiesa_ and _corpo universale della religione cristiana_. IN FACT, ANY USES
OF EITHER OF THOSE EXPRESSIONS SEPARATELY.
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Date: Thu, 21 Nov 91 15:11:31 EST
From: Charles Elliott <CEE@CORNELLA>
Subject: Brown Corpus

I subscribed to HUMANIST briefly a while back and found it a lively and
illuminating experience. I do not need to subscribe now, but I do need
to post an inquiry for a client in our Modern Languages Dept. As follows:

"Can someone direct me to a source where I can download a work of Nelson
Francis called the Brown University Corpus. It is apparently 5-600 passages
of about 2k words in length. If you have knowledge of other corpora of normal
American English which can be obtained easily, I would appreciate knowing
of that as well. Please respond direct to me: Charles Elliott --
CEE@cornella

Thanks !"


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Date: Thu, 21 Nov 91 15:16:30 MST
From: Peter Lafford <IDPAL@ASUACAD>
Subject: Microcard

Dan Brink has asked me to post this to Humanist for input:

Faculty at ASU are significantly interested in the vast amount of material
stored on microcard (Readex Corp.), especially the Early American Imprints.
We have no reader/printer at ASU, however, and only two readers still work.

The solution is to convert to another medium. I am aware of a conversion
being undertaken to microfilm, but our library isn't "buying that," and
besides, electronic form would be so much better.

I have heard anecdotally that Toronto undertook a solution about 6 years
ago, but that the project stalled.

Is anyone aware of another solution in the works? Humanities Computing
at ASU will seriously consider addressing and solving the technical and
legal problems, if there is no solution already out there or being
developed.

The solution would involve providing print-on-demand of both a high-quality
hard copy and an electronic copy of items from our collection. I haven't
talked to anyone yet about copyright, etc., hoping to get input from
Humanist and others as to the state of affairs, the usefulness of the
enterprise, etc., etc.

Daniel Brink, Associate Dean for Technology Integration
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-1701
602/965-1441 fax -1093 ATDXB@ASUVM.INRE.ASU.EDU