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 ===== Purpose of the Document =====
-This document constitutes the technical-functional Manual of the DaMSym application (WP4), developed within the ITSERR – Italian Research Infrastructure for Religious Studies, connected to the European RESILIENCE project.
+This document constitutes the technical-functional manual of the DaMSym application (WP4), developed within the ITSERR infrastructure – Italian Research Infrastructure for Religious Studies, connected to the European project RESILIENCE.
-The manual describes in detail the functionalities, user roles, and operational workflows of the DaMSym platform, providing a comprehensive overview of its technical functioning and application logic.
-The objective is to offer a clear, complete, and structured guide for all users and project stakeholders, both from a functional perspective (platform usage) and from a technical-procedural perspective (internal processes and roles).
+The manual provides a detailed description of the functionalities, user roles, and operational workflows of the DaMSym platform, offering a comprehensive overview of its technical functioning and application logic.
-The document also aims to promote a shared and unambiguous understanding of the system among analysts, developers, and personnel involved in validation activities, providing a common basis for possible future extensions or integrations.
+The objective is to provide a clear, complete, and structured guide for all users and project stakeholders, both from a functional perspective (platform usage) and from a technical-procedural perspective (internal processes and roles).
+The document also aims to promote a shared and unambiguous understanding of the system among analysts, developers, and personnel involved in validation activities, providing a common foundation for potential future extensions or integrations.
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 DaMSym (WP4) is one of the operational tools developed within the ITSERR platform, with the objective of providing a multilingual semantic search engine dedicated to the analysis, study, and comparison of ancient and religious texts.
-The system allows semantic searches across multiple linguistic domains (Arabic, Slavic, Greek, Latin, Sanskrit, and combined Greek + Latin), also supporting functionalities for reviewing, adding, and approving textual resources.
-DaMSym stands out for its ability to recognize conceptual relationships between terms, rather than being limited to literal word matching, thus offering a more sophisticated and scientifically oriented approach to the study of sources.
+The system enables semantic searches across multiple linguistic domains (Arabic, Church Slavonic, Greek, Latin, Sanskrit, and Latin & Greek), also supporting functionalities for reviewing, adding, and approving textual resources.
+DaMSym is distinguished by its ability to recognize conceptual relationships between terms, rather than limiting itself to literal word matching, thus offering a more sophisticated and scientifically oriented approach to the study of sources.
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-===== Document Audience =====
+===== Target Audience =====
-The manual is intended for different types of users:
+This manual is intended for different categories of users:
-  * **End users (Researcher, Reviewer, WP Lead)**: for operational use of the platform and for managing resources and evaluations;
+  * **End users (Researcher, Reviewer, WP Lead)** → for the operational use of the platform, resource management, and evaluation activities;
-  * **Functional analysts and project managers**: for verifying workflows, roles, and functional consistency with project requirements;
+  * **Functional analysts and project managers** → for verification of workflows, roles, and functional consistency with project requirements;
-  * **Developers and technical integrators**: for maintenance, improvement, and evolution of the application;
+  * **Developers and technical integrators** → for maintenance, improvement, and evolution of the application;
-  * **ITSERR and RESILIENCE personnel**: for supervision, testing, and documentation of released functionalities.
+  * **ITSERR and RESILIENCE personnel** → for supervision, testing, and documentation of released functionalities.
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-===== Document Structure =====
+===== Structure of the Document =====
-The manual is structured into six main chapters, each addressing a distinct functional area of the DaMSym platform:
+The manual is structured into five main chapters, each addressing a distinct functional area of the DaMSym platform:
 ^ Chapter ^ Content ^
-| Introduction | Purpose, context, audience, and structure of the document. |
+| **1. Introduction** | Purpose, context, target audience, and structure of the document. |
-| Roles and Authentication | Description of user profiles, access methods, and authentication flow. |
+| **2. Roles and Authentication** | Description of user profiles, access methods, and authentication workflow. |
-| Semantic Search Engine | Main functionalities of the search system and result management. |
+| **3. Semantic Search Engine** | Main functionalities of the search system and result management. |
-| Feedback and Review System | Result evaluation mechanisms and feedback management. |
+| **4. Feedback and Review System** | Result evaluation mechanisms and feedback management. |
-| Resource Management | Creation, editing, approval, and supervision of contents. |
+| **5. Resource Management** | Creation, modification, approval, and supervision of content. |
-| Future Features | Planned evolutions and future developments of the DaMSym tool. |
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 The document pursues the following objectives:
-  * to exhaustively describe system functionalities and the behavior of different user roles;
+  * to comprehensively describe system functionalities and the behavior of different user roles;
-  * to provide precise operational references for daily use of the platform;
+  * to provide precise operational references for the daily use of the platform;
   * to ensure traceability and transparency of data management processes;
-  * to align DaMSym technical documentation with the ITSERR manual standards (in line with the Ubiquity documentation model).
+  * to align the technical documentation of DaMSym with the ITSERR manual standards (in line with the Ubiquity documentation model).
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