This package provides an evaluation framework, training and test data for semi-automatic recognition of sections of historical diplomatic manuscripts. The data collection consists of 57 Latin charters issued by the Royal Chancellery of 7 different types. Documents were created in the era of John the Blind, King of Bohemia (1310–1346) and Count of Luxembourg. Manuscripts were digitized, transcribed, and typical sections of medieval charters ('corroboratio', 'datatio', 'dispositio', 'inscriptio', 'intitulatio', 'narratio', and 'publicatio') were manually tagged. Manuscripts also contain additional metadata, such as manually marked named entities and short Czech abstracts.
Recognition models are first trained using manually marked sections in training documents and the trained model can then be used for recognition of the sections in the test data. The parsing script supports methods based on Cosine Distance, TF-IDF weighting and adapted Viterbi algorithm.
Segment from Český zvukový týdeník Aktualita (Czech Aktualita Sound Newsreel) issue no. 17A, B from 1944 was shot during a meeting of the leaders of the Board of Trustees for the Education of Youth with State Minister Karel Hermann Frank, which was held in the Great Hall of Czernin Palace on 17 April and attended by Minister of Education and People´s Enlightenment and Chairman of the Board Emanuel Moravec and General Secretary of the Board František Teuner. State Minister Frank addressed the participants and presented František Teuner with a sword of honour. The official event concluded with the participant paying homage to Adolf Hitler. The leaders of the Board of Trustees marched through the streets of Prague.
Segment from Český zvukový týdeník Aktualita (Czech Aktualita Sound Newsreel) issue no. 52B from 1943 was shot during a meeting of the Board of Trustees for the Education of Youth, which was held in Lucerna Palace in Prague on 15 December 1943. The event was organised as part of the struggle against bolshevism. The event was attended by Prime Minister of the Protectorate Government Jaroslav Krejčí, Minister of Education and People´s Enlightenment and Chairman of the Board Emanuel Moravec, Minister of Finance Josef Kalfus and other guests, who watched the proceedings from the boxes overlooking the packed Great Hall. Journalist Karel Werner and General Secretary of the Board František Teuner addressed speeches to the audience. The ceremony was concluded with an oath "to the Führer and to the Fatherland".
Segment from Český zvukový týdeník Aktualita (Czech Aktualita Sound Newsreel) issue no. 51A, B from 1944 was shot during an anti-bolshevist gathering of the Board of Trustees for the Education of Youth held in the Great Hall of Lucerna Palace on 7 December. The participants included Minister of Education and People´s Enlightenment and Chairman of the Board Emanuel Moravec. Speeches were given by General Secretary of the Board František Teuner and Eriks Rullis, the leader of Latvian Youth. The gathering was concluded with an oath "to the Führer and to the Fatherland".
Segment from Český zvukový týdeník Aktualita (Czech Aktualita Sound Newsreel) issue no. 21A, B from 1944 captures a solemn ceremony organised by the Board of Trustees for the Education of Youth to mark the 60th anniversary of Bedřich Smetana´s death, which took place at the composer´s grave on 11 May. The fanfare from the opera Dalibor was followed by a speech by General Secretary of the Board František Teuner, who also laid a wreath on Smetana´s grave. The choir of Prague teachers under the baton of Metod Doležal sang the chorus called "Dowry". The ceremony was concluded with the Nazi salute.
Segment from Československý zvukový týdeník Aktualita (Czechoslovak Aktualita Sound Newsreel) 1942, issue no. 12, captures the Memorial Day of Heroes events held as part of the celebration of the 3rd anniversary of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia at the German Opera in Prague on 15 March 1942. The gathering was to commemorate the alleged affiliation of the Czech Crown lands to the German Empire. In his speech, Acting Reich Protector Reinhard Heydrich highlights the political significance of 15 March (silent). The event is attended by Reich Secretary Karl Hermann Frank, Reich Commissioner for the Sudetenland Konrad Henlein, Reich Gauleiter Hugo Jury, and the chief of the Wehrmacht troops in Prague, General Rudolf Toussaint.
Abbot of the Strahov Monastery Metod Zavoral in his study in a segment from Československý filmový týdeník (Czechoslovak Film Weekly Newsreel) 1932, issue no. 36.