Changes to the Old Bailey Proceedings Online in April 2012 (Version 7.0)

For changes implemented in previous updates, consult the What's New Archive.

API

This update provides access to, and documentation for, the Old Bailey API. Developed by the Data Mining with Criminal Intent project, the Old Bailey API allows you to exploit the 127 million words of text in the Proceedings in new ways. You can build more complex queries than is possible using the search tools on this website, and you can export the results of your query for analysis by other tools such as Zotero and Voyant Tools.

To access the demonstrator, go to: Old Bailey API Demonstrator

For instructions on how to use it, go to: Using the Old Bailey API Demonstrator

Further information for developers is available at: Documentation for Developers

In addition, we provide access to a new statistics facility, also developed by the Datamining with Criminal Intent project, that allows more complex graphing and visualisation of trial data and text:

Citation Guidance and Credits

In order to give credit to the full team that produced the Old Bailey Online, our Citation Guide now includes a recommended form for citing the whole project. In addition, the list of project staff and their responsibilities has been revised.

Corrections

As with every update, we have taken the opportunity to correct a number of minor errors, including tagging errors and broken links. We are grateful to our registered users for reporting many of these errors.