This paper explores how modern technologies like cloud-services and mobile
devices can improve existing transcription methods. After a brief exploration of
existing projects in the field of access, organisation, transcription and analysis of
digital representations of cultural heritage, this paper introduces a new approach,
unlike XML technology, to TEI data storage and organisation
Juxta is an open-source tool for comparing and collating multiple witnesses to a single textual work. Originally designed to aid scholars and editors examine the history of a text from manuscript to print versions, Juxta offers a number of possibilities for humanities computing and textual scholarship.
The aim of the AustESE project is to develop a set of interoperable services to support the production of electronic scholarly editions by distributed collaborators in a Web 2.0 environment. This sandbox provides an environment for developing and trialling the AustESE workbench.
The European Association for Digital Humanities (EADH) will hold its inaugural annual conference, on the theme “Data in Digital Humanities” at the National University of Ireland, Galway from 7-9 December 2018.
This special issue seeks to invite scholars interested in using Wikipedia and related Linked Open Data projects as a new kind of source to study literary reception.
Die Informationstechnik eröffnet den Kulturwissenschaften neue Spielräume. Die Computer-Analyse alter Handschriften kann bislang verborgene Zusammenhänge sichtbar machen.
While the digital edition has made enormous progress since the advent of the web, there is also much that we still don't know how to achieve. I examine a number of editions and some things they have taught us. Then I discuss a few open questions regarding digital editions: how to involve volunteers in the creation and upkeep of the edition, how to lower the cost of creating editions and how to deal with threats to their longevity.