start data proofing

Posted by on 19 Jan 2009 in Activity Log

Set Marri up with Oxygen on Mac. Gave her the most recent data file (it lacks judge names).

Based on her first couple of hours, I edited the schema file to allow multiple (rather than one) outcomes and made a couple of other minor modifications.

Once the data set is cleaned up, I'll need to revisit whether the db engine should be relational or xml based.

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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.