Development of tools for digitizing manuscripts: data entry, critical edition of texts, and web publishing

1 Research Collaborator position
(Deadline December 4th, 2018 12:00 )
Fields

Web applications, web services, software development, software design, digital humanities.

Activity

Job tasks include analysis, design and development of:
- modules for a web-based editor for creating critical digital editions
- web services aimed at exporting data on the web and in formats suitable for printing
- web services for processing images
- features for data entry systems based on native relational and XML data bases
- front end applications for dynamic management of archived content.
Furthermore, the evolutionary maintenance of the systems developed during the assignment is required.

Profile

The candidate must have long-standing experience and demonstrate advanced competences in the development of web applications and digital humanities: modeling and implementation of systems for text acquisition and encoding; processing and storage of resources linked to the texts; advanced text search based on XML.
In particular, it is required excellent knowledge of:
- XML standards (DTDs, XML Schemas, XSLT) and in particular the TEI specifications
- IIIF standard for the exchange of images
- Native relational and XML databases
- Full-text XML search engines
- CMS (Content Management System)
- Javascript frameworks (AngularJS, Angular2 +) and PHP (Slim)
- Javascript, Typescript, PHP, HTML5, CSS, XQuery languages
- Windows and Linux environments.

Formal requirements
  • Long-standing experience and demonstrate advanced competences in computer science and software development;
  • High School diploma
Specific requirements
  • Senior developer of web applications for digital humanities
Gross amount

24717€

Duration

11 months

Job Research Area: 
CH
Job Research Unit: 
LYNX
Job Contract Type: 
Contratto di lavoro autonomo

Application

Apply ONLINE only.
Before starting prepare the application attachments and information as listed below.

Info

  • Personal info and contact info (compulsory)
  • Number of your Identity Document (Passport or Identity Card) (compulsory)
  • University degree and ongoing PhD (compulsory)

Attachments

  • Your CV in English (compulsory)