中国历史纪年数字化初论

A study on the digitalization of historical chronology in China

时间或纪年是历史资料的核心属性,对史实认知至关重要。然而,信息技术对时间元素的强势组织能力,却因时间数据标准的局限乏力于历史时期数据的处理。中国的历史纪年与西方迥异且情况复杂多变,更加剧了与通行时间数据标准融通的难度。于是,把中国历史纪年转为公元年数成为人们将其数字化的折衷处理方法,但信息失真度大、排序成本高、兼容及可移植性差等问题制约了产品的应用效果和发展潜力。以儒略日作为贯通中国历史纪年的基础数据形式,可以克服以上弊病,使信息技术有效服务历史认知,相关标准亟待制定。

Time or historical chronology is the core of historical information and it＇ s very important for the historical truth recognition. While information technology has a strong organizational ability on time, it hard for it to handle with the historical information due to the limitation of time data standard. The Chinese chronology is different from the west and complex in itself which intense the difficulty of connecting it with the universal time standard. Therefore ,the Chinese chronology is changed according to the Christian era. Thus, information distortion ,high cost for ranking and weak compatibility and portability appear which restricts the application effects and developing potential. However, using the Julian date as the basic time standard, the problems above can be avoided and this can serve our historical recognition efficiently. Related standards are needed to be set.