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Dear colleagues,
we are very happy to announce the first joint publication of RIDE (Review Journal for Digital Editions) and the NFDI consortium Text+ (https://www.text-plus.org/). The NFDI is the German National Research Data Infrastructure (https://www.nfdi.de/) intiative which was launched in 2020 and is working to shape the future of research data management in Germany across all disciplines through dedicated consortia. Since 2021, the NFDI Text+ consortium is dedicated to the domain of text- and language-based data, particularly collections, lexical resources, and scholarly editions.
In volume 16 (https://ride.i-d-e.de/issues/issue-16/) of RIDE, five editions were reviewed with a specific focus on the FAIR Data Principles (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable). What does FAIRness mean in the context of digital scholarly editions? Can the FAIR principles be applied to digital edition projects at all? How do we measure their FAIRness? This volume aims to foster a conversation about these questions.
While the majority of the editions under review may not be editions of medieval materials (although the Königsfelden edition is), we believe that the topic may still be of interest to the editorial community at large.
The following contributions are included in volume 16:
* Gengnagel, Tessa; Neuber, Frederike; Schulz, Daniela. „EDITORIAL: FAIR Enough? Evaluating Digital Scholarly Editions and the Application of the FAIR Data Principles." RIDE 16 (2023). doi: https://doi.org/10.18716/ride.a.16.0. * Untner, Laura. „Review of ‚Walter Benjamin Digital'." RIDE 16 (2023). doi: https://doi.org/10.18716/ride. a.16.1. * Galka, Selina. „Review of ‚Digitale Edition und Kommentierung der Tagebücher des Fürsten Christian II. von Anhalt-Bernburg (1599-1656)'." RIDE 16 (2023). doi: https://doi.org/10.18716/ride.a.16.2. * Görmar, Maximilian. „Review of ‚Briefportal Leibniz'." RIDE 16 (2023). doi: https://doi.org/10.18716/ride.a.16.3. * Frühwirt, Timo; Meyer, Sandra; Stoxreiter, Daniel. „Review of ‚Theodor Fontane's Notebooks: A 'Digital Genetic-Critical and Commented Edition''." RIDE 16 (2023). doi: https://doi.org/10.18716/ride.a.16.4. * Pollin, Christopher. „A Review of the Königsfelden Online Edition." RIDE 16 (2023). doi: https://doi.org/10.18716/ride.a.16.5.
A second joint volume, again with a focus on the FAIR principles, is already under way and can be expected to be published later this spring in a "rolling release". Suggestions for reviews or interest in becoming a reviewer can still be expressed to the editors via ride-textplus[at]i-d-e.de (see also the Call for Reviews: https://ride.i-d-e.de/reviewers/call-for-reviews/ride-textplus-en/).
Enjoy the (FAIR) RIDE!
On behalf of the editorial team, Tessa Gengnagel, Frederike Neuber and Daniela Schulz
-- Tessa Gengnagel Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin | Research Associate Universität zu Köln | University of Cologne
Cologne Center for eHumanities Universitätsstraße 22 50923 Köln Tel.: +49 (0)221/470-4056 E-Mail: tessa.gengnagel@uni-koeln.de