Why? Since 2012 the Catalogue of Digital Editions has been gathering digital editions and texts in an attempt to survey and identify best practice in the field of digital scholarly editing. Analogous initiatives exist but don't provide the granular analysis of features necessary to better understand the rationale and methodology behind the creation of a digital edition. This Catalogue provides an accessible record of standards and building technologies used, and thus an insight into past and present projects.
How? Development on this web application began in 2016 and aims at delivering the Catalogue data in an interactive and user-friendly manner, allowing users to browse, search, filter and order projects around their research interests.
What? The Catalogue continuously adds digital editions and always seeks external contributions. For instructions on how to submit a digital edition to the Catalogue, please visit the Documentation page of this site.
Projects added will be exposed to over 300 German libraries thanks to the Catalogue's integration into the German Library Network (DBIS).
News items
The number of German libraries subscribing to the DBIS service, which syndicates the Catalogue, is now 361.
gfranzini | May 2023 21 | May 2023 21
The number of German libraries subscribing to the DBIS service, which syndicates the Catalogue, is now 358.
gfranzini | Jul 2022 11 | Jul 2022 11
The number of German libraries subscribing to the DBIS service, which syndicates the Catalogue, is now 355.
gfranzini | Mar 2022 20 | Mar 2022 20
The number of German libraries subscribing to the DBIS service, which syndicates the Catalogue, is now 351.
gfranzini | Jun 2021 11 | Jun 2021 11
Two new user-added digital editions (n. 312, 313).
The number of German libraries subscribing to the DBIS service, which syndicates the Catalogue, is now 343.
gfranzini | Dec 2020 30 | Dec 2020 30
One new user-added digital edition (n. 311).
The number of German libraries subscribing to the DBIS service, which syndicates the Catalogue, is now 341.
Patrick Sahle's Catalog of Digital Scholarly Editions now provides direct links to our Catalogue for shared entries!
gfranzini | Oct 2020 02 | Oct 2020 02
The number of German libraries subscribing to the DBIS service, which syndicates the Catalogue, is now 340.
Generic XML renderer of the JSON data (see https://dig-ed-cat.acdh.oeaw.ac.at/api/editions/?format=xml for the complete entry list.).
Links to Catalogue URLs and to Handle PIDs added to the JSON data (https://dig-ed-cat.acdh.oeaw.ac.at/api/editions/) .
gfranzini | Aug 2020 20 | Aug 2020 20
The number of German libraries subscribing to the DBIS service, which syndicates the Catalogue, is now 336.
gfranzini | Mar 2020 01 | Mar 2020 01
gfranzini | Jan 2020 23 | Jan 2020 06
New refback (Topics in DH).
The number of German libraries subscribing to the DBIS service, which syndicates the Catalogue, is now 334.
gfranzini | Oct 2019 02 | Oct 2019 02
gfranzini | Jul 2019 22 | Jul 2019 22
the number of German libraries subscribing to the DBIS service, which syndicates the Catalogue, is now 333.
Bug fixes and removal of the Google+ sharing option due to Google's discontinuation of the service.
gfranzini | Apr 2019 20 | Apr 2019 20
gfranzini | Mar 2019 11 | Mar 2019 11
the number of German libraries subscribing to the DBIS service, which syndicates the Catalogue, is now 332.
gfranzini | Feb 2019 02 | Feb 2019 02
gfranzini | Dec 2018 18 | Dec 2018 18
gfranzini | Oct 2018 29 | Oct 2018 29
we took a break!
gfranzini | Sep 2018 07 | Sep 2018 07
User and collaborator Szilvia Maróthy created and maintains a Zotero group to collect digital editions in the Catalogue that are marked as scholarly (see also the Zotero icon in the footer of this website);
we updated our documentation.
gfranzini | Jul 2018 30 | Jul 2018 30
gfranzini | Jul 2018 02 | Jul 2018 02
we presented the Catalogue at the MWW/DARIAH-DE expert workshop entitled "Suchtechnologien";
the number of German libraries subscribing to the DBIS service, which syndicates the Catalogue, is now 328.
gfranzini | Jun 2018 02 | Jun 2018 02
we updated existing digital editions and did some general spring cleaning;
the number of German libraries subscribing to the DBIS service, which syndicates the Catalogue, is now 327.
gfranzini | Apr 2018 28 | Apr 2018 28
Greta gave an interview about the Catalogue of Digital Editions on Italian national television (RAI Cultura) [interview is in Italian];
we updated existing digital editions;
we updated outdated screenshots in the Documentation;
we added two digital editions;
we added an RSS feed for the News section for those who wish to receive the latest updates from the project;
the number of German libraries subscribing to the DBIS service, which syndicates the Catalogue, is now 326.
gfranzini | Mar 2018 30 | Mar 2018 29
our data is now indexed in OpenAIRE;
we added more digital editions;
we added network visualisations of each project and of the entire Catalogue data-set;
we added individual web-pages for institutions (currently accessible by clicking on institution nodes in the individual network visualisations);
we updates the layout of our homepage, including the footer;
we updated existing digital editions;
we fixed a few bugs;
we added missing DNB IDs and cleaned up duplicate institutions;
we updated our Output page with more refbacks;
we updated our Documentation page;
the number of German libraries subscribing to the DBIS service, which syndicates the Catalogue, is now 325.
gfranzini | Mar 2018 20 | Feb 2018 25
we fixed a few bugs in geographical coordinates and institution URLs;
we added more digital editions;
the GitHub data repository can now be more easily cited using the following Zenodo DOI:
gfranzini | Jan 2018 27 | Jan 2018 27
Christmas break!
gfranzini | Jan 2018 01 | Jan 2018 01
gfranzini | Feb 2018 04 | Dec 2017 02
We submitted an article describing the results of our March survey 'Expectations of Digital (Textual) Editions' to a journal.
gfranzini | Oct 2017 28 | Oct 2017 12
we created a 404 error page;
we added a data-chart selector system;
we created a BibTeX download of all digital editions (see the Get the Data menu tab), which, among other things, allows users to import all digital editions into bibliographic managers such as Zotero;
we created an N3 and RDF/XML download of all digital editions (see the Get the Data menu tab) - the vocabularies used are FOAF, GeoNames, Data Catalog and Dublin Core Metadata;
we added a SPARQL interface to query the RDF data format of the Catalogue;
we added more digital editions;
we freshened-up the look of some pages;
we were invited to present the project at the German-Italian Historical Institute in Trento, Italy.
gfranzini | Sep 2017 22 | Sep 2017 01
we updated the Refbacks section with two new entries;
we took a break!
gfranzini | Sep 2017 13 | Aug 2017 14
we updated existing data;
we added the 'Repository of Source Material(s)' field to the individual project sheets;
we added an Output page to showcase our research output and visibility in one place;
we added more submissions from users;
we added a bulk-download button to the Browse Editions page.
gfranzini | Jul 2017 31 | Jul 2017 12
we added a new 'Navigating the Web Application' section to the Documentation;
we updated the location pop-ups in map view to include more information;
we updated existing data;
we updated our favicon (to view it, add this site to your browser's bookmarks bar or to your mobile device's home screen);
we added the 'Budget' field to the individual project sheets so that you can also learn more about their financial resources;
we added a 'Report' button in project sheets for you to easily communicate issues and updates;
we're in the process of analysing and writing up the results of the 'Expectations of Digital (Textual) Editions' survey, which recorded 218 complete responses!
Finally, the Digital Latin Library mentioned us in their most recent blogpost.
gfranzini | Jul 2017 16 | Jun 2017 25
We were featured in iDNES.cz, a Czech online news portal.
gfranzini | Jun 2017 25 | Jun 2017 02
gfranzini | Aug 2017 19 | Jun 2017 02
The Medialab at the University of Granada mentioned us in their blogpost Los mejores proyectos de Humanidades Digitales de 2016.
gfranzini | Jul 2017 16 | Jun 2017 02
gfranzini | Jun 2017 25 | Jun 2017 02
gfranzini | Jun 2017 25 | Jun 2017 02
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