Digital Publishing With EpiDoc: epigraphy, papyrology, interoperability

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Title: Digital Publishing With EpiDoc: epigraphy, papyrology, interoperability

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Digital Publishing With EpiDocepigraphy,
papyrology, interoperability

Tom Elliott
tom.elliott_at_nyu.edu

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Overview

EpiDoc
Method, History, Disciplines and Projects
Digital Publishing
Next Steps for EpiDoc

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EpiDoc Method

Open
Standards-compliant
Collaborative
Comprehensive
Semantics, not appearance

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EpiDoc Method Standards

eXtensible Markup Language (XML)
Text Encoding Initiative (TEI)http//www.tei-c.or
g
Leiden Conventionshttp//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L
eiden_Conventions
EAGLE Electronic Archive of Greek and Latin
Epigraphy(Rome, Heidelberg, Bari, etc.)

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eXtensible Markup Language

a general-purpose specification for creating
custom markup languages. It is classified as an
extensible language because it allows its users
to define their own elements. Its primary purpose
is to facilitate the sharing of structured data
across different information systems,
particularly via the Internet,2 and it is used
both to encode documents and to serialize data.
XML is recommended by the World Wide Web
Consortium (W3C). It is a fee-free open standard.
The recommendation specifies both the lexical
grammar and the requirements for parsing.--
XML in Wikipedia The Free Encyclopedia,
lthttp//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XMLgt, 20 June 2008.

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Text Encoding Initiative (TEI) Guidelines

define and document a markup language for
representing the structural, renditional, and
conceptual features of texts. They focus on the
encoding of documents in the humanities and
social sciences, and in particular on the
representation of primary source materials for
research and analysis. These guidelines are
expressed as a modular, extensible XML schema,
accompanied by detailed documentation, and are
published under an open-source license.--
TEI Guidelines in TEI Text Encoding
Initiative, lthttp//www.tei-c.org/Guidelines/index
.xmlgt, 20 June 2008.

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The Leiden Conventions

an established set of rules, symbols, and
brackets used to indicate the condition of an
epigraphic or papyrological text in a modern
edition. The earliest form of the Conventions
were agreed at a meeting of classical scholars at
the University of Leiden in 1931, and published
in an article shortly thereafter.-- Leiden
Conventions in Wikipedia The Free Encyclopedia,
lthttp//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leiden_Conventionsgt,
20 June 2008.

Nero ClaudiusCaesar
Aug(ustus)GermanicusAesculapio iu-gera
quinquedata a divo Aug(usto)confirmataa divo
Claudiorestituit ---c(oloniae) I(uliae)
n(obili) Cnoso perP(ublium) Licinium
Secu-ndum proc(uratorem)-- EDH HD032952
AE 1901.240 (Restoration of land to a Cretan
sanctuary of Aesculapius, 54-68 CE)

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Electronic Archive of Greek and Latin Epigraphy
(EAGLE)

A confederation of web-facing databases operating
under the auspices of the Association
Internationale d' Épigraphie Grecque et Latine
Components
Epigraphic Database Roma (EDR) Classical Rome
and Italiahttp//www.edr-edr.it/
Epigraphische Datenbank Heidelberg (EDH) Roman
Provinceshttp//www.uni-heidelberg.de/institute/s
onst/adw/edh/index.html.en
Epigraphic Database Bari (EDB) Christian
Inscriptions of Rome (3rd - 8th
centuries)http//www.edb.uniba.it/
etc.

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EAGLE Conformance

Above and beyond full conformance with EpiDoc
specifications for basic text transcription,
EAGLE-conformant EpiDoc publications also must
embody specific structures, components and
metadata elements necessary to facilitate
consistent, automatic incorporation of their
content into the appropriate subsystem of the
federated epigraphic database system sponsored by
the International Association of Greek and Latin
Epigraphy.

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EpiDoc Method

Open
Standards-compliant
Collaborative
Comprehensive
Semantics, not appearance

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EpiDoc History

http//epidoc.sourceforge.net/about

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EpiDoc Disciplines and Projects

http//epidoc.sourceforge.net/projects.shtml
Epigraphy
Papyrology
Numismatics
Paleography
Byzantine Seals

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Overview

EpiDoc
Method, History, Disciplines and Projects
Digital Publishing
Next Steps for EpiDoc

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Publishing Dissemination

Formats and Modes
Books and other dead tree formats
Well-established modes of dissemination, both
formal and informal
Established modes of collecting and preservation
Digital incunabula (facsimiles of print)
E.g., PDF, plain HTML web pages, MSWord files
Established modes of formal dissemination
Evolving modes of informal dissemination
Challenges to collecting and preservation

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Publishing Dissemination

Formats and Modes (continued)
First-generation born-digital works
Those with a central manifestation or unified
control over venue
E.g., Datasets, Wikipedia
Evolving modes of dissemination
Challenges to collecting and preservation
Second-generation born-digital works
Content and manifestation depends on aspects of
the web and data and services that are not
under unified control
E.g., mashups
Extemporaneous, ephemeral

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Digital Publication Method