Refining outcomes and outcome groups

Posted by on 04 Feb 2011 in Activity Log

In preparation for the completion of the XSLT stylesheet that will transform the XML data into a valid data set, SD has made some revisions to the list of outcomes and outcome groups. These revisions are mostly just involve refining current outcomes and making them more explicit (e.g. expanding "Executed" to "Hanged", "HangedOnSite", "Gibbeted", "Dissected", "Burned", and "Drawn").

I've got some work ahead of me to integrate the new outcomes - mostly just accounting for them when encountering irregular data in the XML - but for the most part it should be fairly straightforward. The new outcomes are in the XSLT, so now it's just a matter of adjusting the stylesheet.

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Capital Trials at the Old Bailey

Simon Devereaux has approximately 10,000 records of people convicted in potentially capital cases between 1710 and 1840 in London heard at the Old Bailey court. This project will create a web-based database which will allow interested researchers and members of the public to compose queries on that data (e.g. women charged with robbery 1710-1720). It must be able to support a range of queries and produce output allowing researchers to identify trends in judicial practice over that time.