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Oracle Bone Inscriptions Multi-modal Dataset (OBIMD)

Dataset Overview

The Oracle Bone Inscriptions Multi-modal Dataset (OBIMD) is the first large-scale corpus providing pixel-aligned rubbings and facsimiles, character-level annotations, and sentence-level transcriptions and reading sequences for oracle bone inscription (OBI) research. This dataset enables multi-modal learning across visual, structural, and linguistic dimensions, laying the foundation for end-to-end OBI recognition and interpretation.

Dataset Statistics

Total OBI images: 10,077 across five Shang Dynasty phases
Annotated characters: 93,652
Missing character positions: 21,667 (due to fragmentation)
Sentences: 21,941 syntactically validated
Non-sentential elements: 4,192

Data Structure

The dataset follows a three-level hierarchy:

Image-level: Contains rubbing and facsimile pairs
Sentence-level: Groups characters into meaningful units
Character-level: Detailed annotations for each character

Data Fields

Field Name	Description	Example
Facsimile	Path to facsimile image	facsimile/h00002.jpg
Rubbing	Path to rubbing image	rubbing/h00002.jpg
RubbingName	Short identifier	H2
GroupCategory	Sentence type	InscriptionSentence1
Position	Bounding box (x,y,w,h)	558,581,80,218
OrderNumber	Character order in sentence	5
Label	Main character label	xkubtjk815
SubLabel	Secondary label	xkubtjk815
SeatFont	Placeholder indicator	0
Mark	Special marker	-1

Data Modalities

Rubbing images: Original scanned images of oracle bones
Facsimile images: Expert reconstructions aligned with rubbings
Character annotations: Bounding boxes and classifications
Sentence groupings: Semantic organization of characters
Reading sequences: Order of characters within sentences

Hierarchical Character Metadata Supplement

This folder contains supporting materials for the character hierarchy used in OBIMD. It includes:

Sub-character Images: Images of sub-character variants, stored in a two-level folder structure. The top-level directory is named by the main character UID, and each subfolder is named by the corresponding sub-character UID.
Sub-character to Transcription Mapping: Maps each sub-character UID to its modern Chinese transcription.
Sub-character to Main-character Mapping: Maps each sub-character UID to its parent main character UID in the Oracular Digital Platform.

Usage Notes

The dataset is designed to support various research tasks:

Character detection and recognition
Sentence-level character clustering
Character reordering within sentences
Multi-modal analysis (rubbing vs. facsimile)

Citation

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