Today, archaeologists are spending more and more time examining the past with the aid of
computers. How does this increased dependence on technology affect the theory and …

First published in 1987 and widely acclaimed, A Guide to Documentary Editing is now
available in a new and completely revised edition. Drawing on the experience of dozens of …

This paper describes preliminary sketches for a formal account of transcription as it is
performed in scholarly editing and in the creation of digital resources. After a general outline …

Imagine that the great German textual scholar Karl Lachmann were alive today. Imagine,
too, that he is (as he surely would be) an adept at com puting. Lachmann's dream would be …

This essay examines an important subset of Dickinson's writings, the fragments composed
by her in the final decade of her life and found among her papers after her death. Never …

This paper chronicles the work of the TEI textual criticism working groups through several
phases, documenting how and why the design goals were shaped by the requirements of …

La scrittura ha a che fare oltremodo con il tempo e con i ricordi. Perciò, per introdurre le non
poche pagine che seguono, potrebbe essere utile qualche riga proprio su questo tema …

Purpose–To present a concise introduction to and history of the Text Encoding Initiative
(TEI). Design/methodology/approach–Presents the TEI from a literature‐based …

This paper proposes a solution to the problem of handling scribal abbreviations in TEI‐
conformant transcriptions of medieval texts, following a conservative editorial strategy. A key …

The first comprehensive guide to explore the growing field of electronic information, The Text
in the Machine: Electronic Texts in the Humanities will help you create and use electronic …