• A Catalogue of Digital Editions

    Author(s):
    Greta Franzini (see profile) , Simon Mahony, Melissa Terras (see profile)
    Date:
    2016
    Group(s):
    Digital Books, Digital Humanists, Digital Humanities
    Subject(s):
    Comparative literature, Digital humanities, Digital media, Learning and scholarship--Data processing, English literature
    Item Type:
    Book chapter
    Tag(s):
    digital editions, digital humanities, digital literary studies, online editions, Digital scholarship/history
    Permanent URL:
    http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/M6RR3P
    Abstract:
    Since the earliest days of hypertext, textual scholars have produced, discussed and theorised upon critical digital editions of manuscripts, in order to investigate how digital technologies can provide another means to present and enable the interpretative study of text. This work has generally been done by looking at particular case studies or examples of critical digital editions, and, as a result, there is no overarching understanding of how digital technologies have been employed across the full range of textual interpretations. This chapter will describe the creation of a catalogue of digital editions that could collect information about extant digital editions and, in so doing, contribute to research in related disciplines. The resulting catalogue will provide a means of answering, in the form of a quantitative survey, the following research questions: What makes a good digital edition? What features do digital editions share? What is the state of the art in the field of digital editions? Why are there so few electronic editions of ancient texts, and so many of texts from other periods? By collecting data regarding existing digital editions, and corresponding directly with the projects in question, we provide a unique record of extant digital critical editions of text across a range of subject areas, and show how this collaboratively edited catalogue can benefit the Digital Humanities community.
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    Publisher:
    Open Books Publishers
    Pub. Date:
    2016
    Book Title:
    Digital Scholarly Editing: Theories and Practices
    Author/Editor:
    Matthew James Driscoll and Elena Pierazzo
    Chapter:
    9
    Page Range:
    161 - 182
    ISBN:
    978-1-78374-239-4
    Status:
    Published
    Last Updated:
    6 years ago
    License:
    Attribution
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