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CATMA: A Guide to Web-Based Text Annotation and Analysis

CATMA: A Guide to Web-Based Text Annotation and Analysis

Introduction In Digital Humanities (DH) research, text analysis is one of the most fundamental and important methodologies. Conducting structural analysis of literary works and historical documents requires an environment where you can systematically annotate texts and analyze them quantitatively. CATMA (Computer Assisted Text Markup and Analysis) is a web-based text annotation and analysis platform developed by forTextLab at the University of Hamburg. It allows researchers to tag texts and perform analysis through an intuitive interface, without requiring any programming knowledge. ...

How to Use the Text Markup Tool "CATMA"

How to Use the Text Markup Tool "CATMA"

Overview This article introduces how to use “CATMA,” one of the text markup tools. https://catma.de/ Annotation results can be exported in TEI format, making it possible to create highly interoperable data that can be utilized in other systems. Additionally, though still experimental, a JSON API is also provided. By using this, one could annotate with CATMA and then use the results in other systems via the API. The above includes some untested content and somewhat advanced approaches, but this article will serve as notes on the basic usage of CATMA. ...