Current Use Cases

These are the way the Perseus Catalog and the Cite Collections app are being used now.

General Researchers and Scholars

• Search the catalog to find an online edition of a known author
• Search the catalog to find a online translation of a known author
• Search the catalog to see if there is a digital edition available in Perseus or OGL
• Browse the catalog to find out basic information about a classical author

Librarians and Other Potential Contributors

• Need general purpose (simpler than Github) way to be able to register in order to make contributions
• Require mechanism to be able to correct and or enhance metadata found in records (typos, new links, fixing broken links, etc.)
• Require ability to enhance authority records for classical author with more data
• Need way to easily add records for digital editions in own collections
• Need method to batch upload records for digital editions

Perseus Editors

• Lisa and other Perseus editors use http://catalog.perseus.org/cite-collections/forms to "bump" URNs for new editions.
• Use CiteCollection tables to redirect URNs for incorrect or duplication versions of texts
• Correct textgroup, author and work names that have typos or other errors
• Use to change the canonical ID for an author or associate alternate IDs for related works

Other Perseids