Solution Architecture Short - warwickfoster/qurantools GitHub Wiki
Overview
The Quran Tools project is an ambitious endeavor born out of both scholarly curiosity and a passion for engaging with the Qur'an in ways that illuminate its profound complexity. Inspired by the groundbreaking methodologies explored in An Oral-Formulaic Study of the Qur'an, this tool seeks to marry the best of academic rigor with cutting-edge technological solutions to create a platform that brings clarity, insight, and accessibility to the Qur'anic text.
At its core, Quran Tools is driven by the recognition that the Qur'an, as a text deeply rooted in an oral culture, demands innovative approaches to understanding its structure, composition, and message. Just as the book systematically applied oral-formulaic theory to the Qur'an to uncover patterns of formulaic diction and the dynamics of oral performance, this tool aims to do the same—but on a scale and level of accessibility unimaginable to previous generations.
USer Stories
Here’s the User Stories Table in the requested format:
| User Story ID | User Story |
|---|---|
| US005 | I want to search for specific narrative patterns in the Qur'an so that I can analyze their frequency and variation. |
| US010 | I want to visualize formulaic patterns across chapters of the Qur'an to better understand oral tradition structures. |
| US015 | I want to compare multiple retellings of a story side-by-side to identify common themes and motifs. |
| US020 | I want to customize filters to narrow down specific thematic elements in the Qur'an for targeted research. |
| US025 | I want to export comparative insights and visualization results for my classroom presentations. |
| US030 | I want to link insights with external linguistic tools for broader text analysis projects. |
| US035 | I want the system to allow easy integration of new datasets to expand research capabilities over time. |
| US040 | I want to track changes in narratives over time to understand how oral traditions shaped textual evolution. |
| US045 | I want to switch between languages in the interface to perform text analysis in my native language. |
| US050 | I want to trace cross-references between Qur'anic narratives and Biblical traditions to explore intertextuality. |
| US055 | I want dynamic dashboards for visualizing insights from text and metadata for decision-making. |
| US060 | I want to annotate and share insights with colleagues to promote collaborative research. |
| US065 | I want offline access to specific saved queries and results so I can continue research without an internet connection. |
| US070 | I want to ensure compliance with GDPR and other standards for user data collection and storage. |
| US075 | I want to deploy the system on both cloud and on-premise infrastructures based on organizational policies. |
| US080 | I want to create custom lists of Qur'anic verses with annotations for teaching purposes. |
| US085 | I want a user-friendly interface to perform searches and analyses without requiring technical expertise. |
| US090 | I want to implement version control and lineage tracking for narrative variations so that changes in narratives can be monitored and restored. |
| US095 | I want the system to perform automated backups regularly to ensure data recovery in case of system failure. |
| US100 | I want to ensure the platform is scalable to handle growing corpora of texts, translations, and oral materials, so that it remains performant. |