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Digital Publishing With EpiDoc: epigraphy, papyrology, interoperability

Digital Publishing With EpiDoc: epigraphy, papyrology, interoperability. Tom Elliott tom.elliott@nyu.edu. Overview. EpiDoc Method, History, Disciplines and Projects Digital Publishing Next Steps for EpiDoc. EpiDoc: Method. Open Standards-compliant Collaborative Comprehensive

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Digital Publishing With EpiDoc: epigraphy, papyrology, interoperability

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  1. Digital Publishing With EpiDoc:epigraphy, papyrology, interoperability Tom Elliott tom.elliott@nyu.edu

  2. Overview • EpiDoc • Method, History, Disciplines and Projects • Digital Publishing • Next Steps for EpiDoc

  3. EpiDoc: Method • Open • Standards-compliant • Collaborative • Comprehensive • Semantics, not appearance

  4. EpiDoc Method: Standards • eXtensible Markup Language (XML) • Text Encoding Initiative (TEI)http://www.tei-c.org • Leiden Conventions*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leiden_Conventions • EAGLE: Electronic Archive of Greek and Latin Epigraphy(Rome, Heidelberg, Bari, etc.)

  5. 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, <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XML>, 20 June 2008.

  6. 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, <http://www.tei-c.org/Guidelines/index.xml>, 20 June 2008.

  7. 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, <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leiden_Conventions>, 20 June 2008.

  8. [[[Nero]]] Cl[a]udiu[s]Caesar Aug(ustus)GermanicusAesculapio iu-gera quinquedata a divo Au[g(usto)]confirmataa divo Cl[aud]i[o]restituit [---]c(oloniae) I(uliae) n(obili) Cnos[o per]P(ublium) Licinium [Secu-]n[du]m proc(uratorem)-- EDH HD032952 = AE 1901.240 (Restoration of land to a Cretan sanctuary of Aesculapius, 54-68 CE)

  9. 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/sonst/adw/edh/index.html.en • Epigraphic Database Bari (EDB): Christian Inscriptions of Rome (3rd - 8th centuries)http://www.edb.uniba.it/ • etc.

  10. 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.”

  11. EpiDoc: Method • Open • Standards-compliant • Collaborative • Comprehensive • Semantics, not appearance

  12. EpiDoc: History • http://epidoc.sourceforge.net/#about

  13. EpiDoc: Disciplines and Projects • http://epidoc.sourceforge.net/projects.shtml • Epigraphy • Papyrology • Numismatics • Paleography • Byzantine Seals

  14. Overview • EpiDoc • Method, History, Disciplines and Projects • Digital Publishing • Next Steps for EpiDoc

  15. 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

  16. 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

  17. Digital Publication: Method • Guarded embrace • Standard formats • Actionable Citation • Links = citations • Treat web resources as publications • Bibliographic citations as (eventual) links • Software uses citations/links • Semantic web, microformats, Zotero

  18. Actionable Citation = Interoperability • Example of Pleiadeshttp://pleiades.stoa.org

  19. Actionable Citation = Interoperability • Example of Pleiadeshttp://pleiades.stoa.org • http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/638753 • http://pleiades.stoa.org/names/aphrodisias • http://pleiades.stoa.org/batlas-43-b2-roma= BAtlas 43 B2 Roma

  20. Actionable Citation = Interoperability • Using Pleiades URLs in an EpiDoc XML file • Using URLs for Pleiades and EpiDoc XML files in ORE Resource Maps • Describing aggregations of resources • Serialize in Atom XML (a webfeed format, similar to RSS)

  21. Next Steps • Upgrade to TEI P5 • Complete Guidelines • Upgrades to Common Tools • eXtensible Stylesheet Transformations (XSLTs) • Text and font converters • New Tools • Collaborative, web-based editor

  22. Digital Publishing With EpiDoc:epigraphy, papyrology, interoperability Tom Elliott tom.elliott@nyu.edu

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