Steiner, K;
Mahony, S;
(2016)
How are digital methods changing research in the study of the classical world? An EpiDoc case study.
Panta Rei: Digital Journal of Science and Didactics of History
, 2016
pp. 125-148.
10.6018/pantarei/2016/8.
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Abstract
Classics as a discipline has always taken advantage of digital methods in research, with projects dating back to the 1970s and earlier. This article examines the integration of classics and computing, and presents a case study of EpiDoc, a markup language used in epigraphy. Positive evidence can be found for EpiDoc’s influence on collaboration, with several current collaborative projects, and the nature of the technology encouraging open, reusable scholarship. The Inscriptions of Aphrodisias project illustrates much of the potential of electronic publishing. EpiDoc’s effect on research questions themselves remains inconclusive, although definite possibilities for the future are apparent. Opening up these conclusions to the wider digital classics community shows a trend towards collaboration in recent publications and projects, as well as a gradual uptake of electronic publication.
| Type: | Article |
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| Title: | How are digital methods changing research in the study of the classical world? An EpiDoc case study |
| Location: | Spain |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.6018/pantarei/2016/8 |
| Publisher version: | http://www.um.es/cepoat/pantarei/en/?p=3861 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | All the contents published in this journal are subject to an Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivativeWorks 2.5 Creative Commons License. The copy, distribution and public communication of such contents is granted as long as the author of the original and the journal PANTA REI are given appropriate credit. It is expressly forbidden the commercial use of the contents and its usage in order to develop derived works. Full text of the license is available in: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/es/deed.es |
| Keywords: | Electronic Libraries, Cooperation,, Electronic Publishing, Classical Literature |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of Arts and Humanities UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Dept of Information Studies |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1524855 |
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