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Eye-ConTact: Towards a New Design for Text-Analysis Tools
Geoffrey Rockwell
McMaster University
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http://www.humanities.mcmaster.ca/~hccrs/grockwell.htm
John Bradley
King's College London
john.bradley@kcl.ac.uk
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CHWP A.4, publ. February 1998. © Editors of CHWP 1998.
[Abstract / Résumé]
KEYWORDS
text-analysis software, TACT, visual programming
Tact in audacity consists in knowing how far we may go too far.
(Jean Cocteau )
1. Limitations of TACT
1.1 It cannot be extended.
1.2 It is difficult to record one's
work.
1.3 It is difficult to share one's
research results.
2. The Eye-ConTact design philosophy
2.1 It is a visual programming
environment.
2.2 It has a modular architecture.
2.3 Any component can be replaced.
2.4 It may be slower than simple
tools.
3. How Eye-ConTact deals with TACT's limitations
3.1 Any module can be replaced,
as can the framework.
3.2 Visual maps record and show the logic
of one's exploration.
3.3 Alternative frameworks allow
one to share results.
Conclusion
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