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Observation

Observe digital resources and create reproducible filesystem snapshots.

scan_storage()
Observe a filesystem and construct a reproducible snapshot
snapshot_storage()
Create and persist an observational snapshot of a filesystem
save_scan()
Persist an observational snapshot to disk
read_snapshot()
Read and combine observational filesystem snapshots
subset_snapshot()
Subset observational filesystem Instantiations
observe_universe()
Construct a longitudinal observational universe
observe_wacz()
Observe a WACZ web archive
quick_signature()
Compute a fast operational signature for a file
quick_signature_text()
Compute a fast operational signature for text

Contextualisation

Construct contextual groupings and enrich observations with structural context.

context_roots()
Extract normalized contextual roots
coverage_roots()
Evaluate contextual root coverage
derive_record_set()
Derive contextual Record Set membership
invert_contextual_grouping()
Invert contextual grouping mappings
add_snapshot_context()
Add contextual identifiers to snapshot observations
add_structural_groups()
Attach structural grouping heuristics to snapshot observations
construct_structural_paths()
Construct recursive contextual structural paths

Analysis

Analyse observations before semantic interpretation.

summarise_duplicates() summarize_duplicates()
Summarise repeated and divergent filesystem observations
summarise_observed_activity() summarize_observed_activity()
Summarise observed activity from filesystem observations
detect_generated_artifacts()
Detect operationally generated or low-priority artifacts
exclude_operational_noise()
Exclude operational noise from analytical workflows
classify_operational_file_type()
Classify operational file types
derive_structural_groups()
Derive structural aggregation metadata from relative paths

Record Sets

Create contextual Record Sets and semantically enriched recordset_df objects.

snapshot_to_reconstruction_context()
Reconstruct a contextual observational Record Set from filesystem snapshots
snapshot_to_recordset_df()
Create a contextual Record Set dataset
wacz_to_recordset_df()
Create a Record Set dataset from a WACZ observation
recordset_df()
Create a semantically annotated Record Set

Semantic Stabilisation

Prepare observations for human review and semantic enrichment.

prelabel()
Create a prelabelled vector
is.prelabelled()
Test if a vector is prelabelled
as_character()
Semantic character coercion
as_value_key()
Standardize contextual semantic mappings
invert_value_key()
Invert contextual semantic mappings
refine()
Refine semantic assertions through contextual matching
refine_by_rulebook()
Iteratively refine semantic assertions using a rulebook
compile_rulebook()
Compile a semantic refinement rulebook
coverage_rules_path()
Evaluate contextual rule coverage for structural paths

Example Data

Reproducible snapshots used throughout the documentation.

fscontextdemo_snapshot_01
Example filesystem snapshot 01
fscontextdemo_snapshot_02
Second example filesystem snapshot