Subject analysis/mapping

Once scanning and mark-up is complete, the Digital Library of Georgia will ingest item-level DC records for each file-unit (i.e., <c0x level="file"> with a <daogrp>). These DC records will include subject analysis. To assign headings to each of these DC files, I'll use the <unittitle> of the file unit and inherited data. The file units being scanned come from the Superior Court record group's series 5, Court Sessions. This series is arranged by court session. Generally speaking, the mark-up falls into the following hierarchy.

<c03>year
<c04>session (e.g, March 1830)
<c05>type of court (either civil, criminal, or court business)
<c06>file unit

My first task is to split the mark-up of series 5 into <c05>s so I can filter the records into categories. Using scripts I'd written to split apart records harvested from OAI servers, I split the mark-up for series 5. Next, I wrote a script to separate each of these files into the folder that reflected the type of court. When creating the DC records, each file unit will receive headings that reflect which type of court the record is from. For example, civil court records will all receive

Georgia. Superior Court (Troup County)
Courts--Georgia--Troup County
Judgments--Georgia--Troup County
Justice, Administration of--Georgia--Troup County

and all criminal ones

Georgia. Superior Court (Troup County)
Criminal courts--Georgia--Troup County
Judgments, Criminal
Criminal law--Cases
Criminal justice, Administration of--Georgia--Troup County

To add the finer grained subject analysis, I depend on the title. So, I again split the records. This time into the file units and rename them based on the first daoloc in the record. (Rename script is also one I regularly use when harvesting OAI records.) Next, I used a script that lists out the unittitles of the file units. For the civil court cases, I got the following "basic" unittitles. Some of the title words are unique, and yet others are used for over 100 records.

1. Adoption
2. Affidavit or Affidavits
3. Alias Declaration
4. Alias Execution
5. Alimony
6. Appeal or Appeals
7. Arbitration
8. Assault
9. Assault & Battery
10. Assumpsit
11. Attachment
12. Bill - SupplementalL
13. Bill for Account
14. Bill for Administration
15. Bill for Construction
16. Bill for Direction or Bill for Directions
17. Bill for Injunction
18. Bill for Lien & Payment
19. Bill for Ne Exeat
20. Bill for Performance
21. Bill for Receiver
22. Bill for Relief
23. Bill for Specific Performance
24. Bill in Equity
25. Bill of Exceptions
26. Bill of Sale
27. Bill to Cancel Deed
28. Bill to Construct Will
29. Bill to Marshall Assets
30. Bill to Reform Deed
31. CaSa
32. Caveat
33. Certiorari
34. Civil
35. Claim
36. Complaint
37. Complaint for Land
38. Complaint on Bond, G
39. Contempt
40. Contract
41. Covenant
42. Cross Bill
43. Damages
44. Debt
45. Debt on Bond
46. Debtor's Relief
47. Deceit
48. Deed
49. Deeds
50. Distress Warrant
51. Distribution
52. Divorce
53. Dower
54. Ejectment
55. Eviction
56. Fifa or Fifas
57. Garnishment
58. Guardianship
59. Habeas Corpus
60. Homestead
61. Illegality
62. Interrogatories or Interrogatory
63. Laborer's Lien
64. Lease
65. Legitimation
66. Levy
67. Libel
68. Lien or Liens
69. Lost Bond
70. Lost Deed
71. Lost Note or Lost Notes
72. Lost Will
73. Malicious Prosecution
74. Mandamus
75. Mechanic's Fifa
76. Mortgage or Mortgages
    
77. Mortgage Cancellation
78. Motion or Motions
79. Name Change
80. New Trial
81. Partition
82. Petition
83. Petition to Sell
84. Plat
85. Plea
86. Possessory Warrant
87. Power of Attorney
88. Proceedings Against Tenant
89. Receivership
90. Reform Deed
91. Rent Note
92. Rules & Orders
93. Scifa
94. Slander
95. Subpoena
96. Suit on Endorsement
97. Summons
98. Support & Maintenance
99. Tax Receipt
100. Tenant Holding Over
101. Testimony
102. Title Bond
103. Trespass
104. Trover
105. Trusteeship
106. Waste
107. Will
108. Words
109. Writ of Error

Each will have specific subjects mapped. For example, file units with scifa or scifas as part of the title will have the following additional headings:

Writs--Georgia--Troup County
Scire facias