Published July 12, 2019 | Version v1
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Ground truth for Neue Zürcher Zeitung black letter period

Creators

  • 1. University of Zurich
  • 2. National University of Engineering

Description

The Neue Zürcher Zeitung (NZZ) has been publishing in black letter from its very first issue in 1780 until 1947. From this time period, we randomly sampled one frontpage per year, resulting in a total of 167 pages. We chose frontpages because they typically contain highly relevant material and because we want to make sure not to sample pages containing exclusively advertisements or stock information. During certain periods, the NZZ was published several times a day, and there were supplements, too. Due to incomplete metadata, the sampling included frontpages from supplements. We then manually corrected the pages, so it can be used as a ground truth to improve the OCR of black letter in historical newspapers.

⚠️ This is an automatic machine translation with an accuracy of 90-95%

Translated Description (Arabic)

كانت صحيفة نوي زورشر تسايتونغ (NZZ) تنشر برسالة سوداء من أول إصدار لها في عام 1780 حتى عام 1947. من هذه الفترة الزمنية، قمنا بأخذ عينات عشوائية من صفحة أولى واحدة في السنة، مما أدى إلى ما مجموعه 167 صفحة. اخترنا الصفحات الأولى لأنها تحتوي عادة على مواد ذات صلة عالية ولأننا نريد التأكد من عدم أخذ عينات من الصفحات التي تحتوي حصريًا على إعلانات أو معلومات عن المخزون. خلال فترات معينة، تم نشر NZZ عدة مرات في اليوم، وكانت هناك ملاحق أيضًا. بسبب البيانات الوصفية غير المكتملة، تضمن أخذ العينات الصفحات الأولى من المكملات الغذائية. ثم قمنا بتصحيح الصفحات يدويًا، حتى يمكن استخدامها كحقيقة أساسية لتحسين التعرف الضوئي على الحروف السوداء في الصحف التاريخية.

Translated Description (English)

The Neue Zürcher Zeitung (NZZ) has been publishing in black letter from its very first issue in 1780 until 1947. From this time period, we randomly sampled one front page per year, resulting in a total of 167 pages. We chose front pages because they typically contain highly relevant material and because we want to make sure not to sample pages containing exclusively advertisements or stock information. During certain periods, the NZZ was published several times a day, and there were supplements, too. Due to incomplete metadata, the sampling included front pages from supplements. We then manually corrected the pages, so it can be used as a ground truth to improve the OCR of black letter in historical newspapers.

Translated Description (French)

La Neue Zürcher Zeitung (NZZ) a été publiée dans une lettre noire de sa première édition en 1780 jusqu'en 1947. From this time period, we randomly sampled one frontpage per year, resulting in a total of 167 pages. We chose frontpages because they typically contain highly pertinent material and because we want to make sure not to sample pages containing exclusively advertisements or stock information. During certain periods, the NZZ was published several times a day, and there were supplements, too. Due to incomplete metadata, the sampling included frontpages from supplements. We then manually corrected the pages, so it can be used as a ground truth to improve the OCR of black letter in historical newspapers.

Translated Description (Spanish)

The Neue Zürcher Zeitung (NZZ) has been publishing in black letter from its very first issue in 1780 until 1947. From this time period, we randomly sampled one frontpage per year, resulting in a total of 167 pages. We chose frontpages because they typically contain highly relevant material and because we want to make sure not to sample pages containing exclusively advertisements or stock information. During certain periods, the NZZ was published several times a day, and there were supplements, too. Due to complete metadata, the sampling included frontpages from supplements. We then manually corrected the pages, so it can be used as a ground truth to improve the OCR of black letter in historical newspapers.

Additional details

Additional titles

Translated title (Arabic)
الحقيقة الأساسية لفترة الحروف السوداء لنيو زورشر تسايتونج
Translated title (English)
Ground truth for Neue Zürcher Zeitung black letter period
Translated title (French)
Ground truth for Neue Zürcher Zeitung black letter period
Translated title (Spanish)
Ground truth for Neue Zürcher Zeitung black letter period

Identifiers

Other
https://openalex.org/W4393767218
DOI
10.5281/zenodo.3333627

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Nicaragua