buidatge

18:13 Aug 17, 2014 

I found another good option: to mine, as in several data sources were mined.

16:19 Aug 6, 2014 

Thanks, guys. In the end I'm going with compile and will mix it up with collect, etc.

14:13 Aug 6, 2014 

Yes, I know what you mean because I saw that reference, too. Although 'information extraction' appears to be an IT-related activity, the verb 'extract' can be used to refer to a great many things. For example, when a dentist extracts a tooth, they leave an empty gap in the patient's mouth! It's a shame, but IT seems to have taken over the original meaning of 'extract', like if you talk about hardware to someone, they'll probably think of computers before hammers, screws and spanners, etc.

Howver, if you don't feel happy with 'extract information', Andy and I have suggested a number of alternative terms.

13:47 Aug 6, 2014 

The problem I have with extraction is this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_extraction

Here we are talking about manually compiling the information, and it's people doing it even when they are using digital files.

10:35 Aug 5, 2014 

I think 'extraction' works quite well: The extraction of information; we have extracted, we have worked on extracting, etc.

09:17 Aug 5, 2014 

Analysis...

20:36 Aug 4, 2014 

Pore over... ?

20:19 Aug 4, 2014 

Here is a bit more context that comes after it where it is used some more: "Una altra font d’informació ha estat el buidatge dels diferents arxius i biblioteques. Hem consultat els arxius municipals de Manlleu, Roda de Ter, les Masies de Roda, Sant Hipòlit de Voltregà, les Masies de Voltregà i Torelló. I també arxius generals com són l’Arxiu Històric Comarcal d’Osona, l’Arxiu Històric de la Ciutat de Barcelona o l’Arxiu Nacional de Catalunya. La informació obtinguda ha estat escassa, però en alguns casos de gran valor documental, com ara un plànol de la primeria del segle XX amb l’enjardinament dels jardins de la colònia Ymbern (el Pelut) d’Orís. Paral·lelament, s’ha treballat en el buidatge d’hemeroteca intentant trobar, en diaris i revistes locals, notícies relacionades amb el tema dels jardins."

20:15 Aug 4, 2014 

I saw the other thread for buidatge answered as 'extraction,' but I don't think that's correct here. I think what they are describing is exhaustively consulting all sources in libraries and archives and scouring newspapers, magazines and books for any information they can find on these gardens from the industrial period. But I'm still stuck on it because I can't call up a better word for it than 'scour,' and I don't think I can get away with using that more than once, whereas they have used buidatge about 10 times.