Digital editing workshop Thursday 18 November 2010, Institute of Historical Research, University of London

The workshop, organised with funding from the Arts and Humanities Research Council as part of the Early English Laws project, will discuss the digital editing of a range of texts, from the early middle ages to the 19th century. It will examine some of the approaches and tools that are available to editors of digital texts and the possibilities for collaborative editing online. It will suggest practical solutions to some of the challenges faced by editors in the digital age, and explore how 'editions' might evolve in the age of crowd-sourcing and deep linking of data.

1.00 Lunch

2.00 Panel session Eleonora Litta Modignani and Paul Spence (Centre for Computing in the Humanities, King’s College London) Digital editing of the Early English Laws

Stuart Dunn (Centre for e-Research, King’s College London) Connecting Historical Authorities with Links, Contexts and Entities (CHALICE)

Bruce Tate (British History Online, Institute of Historical Research) ReScript – a platform for the collaborative online editing of historical texts

3.30 Tea and coffee

3.50 Discussion

4.30 Close

If you would like to attend the workshop, email Jenny Benham (Jenny.Benham@sas.ac.uk). Places are limited, so you are advised to book early.

Kind regards,

Dr Jenny Benham

Project Officer, Early English Laws http://www.earlyenglishlaws.ac.uk/

Institute of Historical Research

University of London

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