May 8th
The Implications of Editorial Theory in Textual Encoding for Scholarly Purposes
Manuscripts, whether they are authorial or scribal, often show signs of having been corrected. Occasionally, those corrections are the only evidence of documents that have been lost. For scholars interested in textual transmission, the representation of variant states of text is of vital importance. This talk is aimed at scholars interested in textual encoding working with original document materials (authorial or non-authorial) and describes the theoretical framework based on a distinction between the text of the document and the variant states of the text. We will also explore the development of the literal element (lit), used within the apparatus (app) element, while also taking into account the multiple variant texts that are often contained within single documents.
May 15th
The Past and Future of Digital Editions
This talk focuses on the development of digital editions since the 1990s to the present day. Dr. Bordalejo will demonstrate what has changed in the way digital editions are produced and presented. With examples from the Canterbury Tales, the Commedia and The Origin of Species (as well as other projects), she will show the changes in tools, as well as in presentation. This talk will also consider the possibilities for future development in digital editin.
May 22nd
Textual Communities Demonstration
Textual Communities is an online integrated site for the creation of transcriptions and collation and the production of digital editions. The Textual Communities framework offers users who wish to produce TEI compliant transcriptions a relatively simple tool to use for the creation of digital editions. This session will introduce Textual Communities and discuss its use and potential.