Database Systems for Humanities-Scripture Retrieval and Genealogical Visualization-

Abstract

寺院に所蔵されている様々な文書や典籍(聖教)において，その奥書には書写・伝授などの由来が 記録されており，聖教の形成や当時の人間関係，およびその教学的な環境を知る手掛かりとなる．こ のような人文研究を支援するため，全文検索エンジンHyper Estraierを用いた聖教検索システムと， 既発表の僧侶人間関係検索システムの発展版として，複数の師匠に対応した系図表示システムを 構築した．両システムの連携についても述べる．The documents and scriptures in the possession of temples are a key to making clear the transcription of the writings, the human relationships and the religious circumstances behind them, by means of the colophons that state the background of themselves. We have been developing the applications for supporting the activities of humane studies. In this paper, we introduce a scripture retrieval system powered by the full-text search engine Hyper Estraier, and an improved version of genealogical visualization system which allows any priest to have more than one master in a genealogical table. In addition the prospect of the cooperation between these two applications is discussed.