Abstract

This article explores ways in which digital scholarly editions can reach new audiences by taking advantage of the computer-readability of their digital content. Based on the development work on the edition Briefe und Texte aus dem intellektuellen Berlin 1800–1830, we present different Open Access-based options that allow for interlinking datasets and facilitate the development of digital editions that go beyond what print editions can achieve on paper.

Highlights

  • D of manuscripts oftentimes present themselves in the form of a scan of the manuscript on one side of the monitor and a transcription on the other side.1 By presenting this view of the text, the edition caters to a specific way of reading

  • Digital editions are compelled to establish the chronology of textual genesis, while a print facsimile edition is not necessarily bound to produce this kind of analysis

  • The following section will deploy a series of additional arguments for this approach to a understanding of the “use” of a digital scholarly edition

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A short tour through the digital edition Briefe und

While it still provides a reliable textual basis like the diplomatic transcription does, this version aims to present an easy-to-read view of the transcription that offers a quick point of reference This is especially helpful when the document in question contains a lot of deletions and additions. The text is supplied with annotations, so as to address different editorial formats: on the one hand, these annotations reflect on the subtleties of the manuscript and the text; on the other, it offers details concerning the document’s wider (and especially historical) context All six of these HTML views (and their downloadable PDF equivalents) are generated from the same TEI-XML file. Additional information on various entities (persons, groups, places, and publications) are brought together in one TEI file per entity type, and connected to the text files via project-specific identification numbers These TEI files are the basis for the metadata view, the listing of entities, and the indexation of entries. Is it even possible to develop an edition that would be as usable by a knowledgeable scholar as it would be by a computer?

Editing for man or for machine?
Accessing the edition from outside the edition
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