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MIRL Lacuna
a catalogue of an absent archive
Material / Image Research Lab
University of California, Santa Barbara
Fol. I
Register
Fol. II
Entry
Fol. III
Timeline
Fol. IV
Statistics
Fol. V
Atlas
Fol. VI
Index
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Save project (.json)
your full working file; restricted evidence stays in it
Open project (.json)
Keep the file on disk
save continuously to a .json you choose, alongside the browser autosave
Lock this register
a passphrase encrypts the file at rest; exports stay plain
Sources and narrators
the people the register rests on; aliases publish, identities never do
Import entries (.csv)
an old inventory becomes draft entries, held back until published
Merge a project (.json)
a colleague's register, reconciled entry by entry
Check evidence files
verify files against their recorded sha-256 fingerprints
New register
start empty
Open the sample register
a fictional studio archive, for trying things
Export ▾
Finding aid (.html)
one self-contained page: register, notices, atlas
Print as a memorial book
a cover leaf, one notice per page, the register and index as appendices
Notice for circulation (print)
the open entry as a one-page appeal: last seen, whom to tell
Register as spreadsheet (.csv)
Public data (.json)
Places as GeoJSON (.geojson)
publishable located places, for QGIS or a web map
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