Versioning Machine

Synopsis
From http://www.v-machine.org/ ...

"The Versioning Machine is a framework and an interface for displaying multiple versions of text encoded according to the Text Encoding Initiative (TEI) Guidelines. While it provides for features typically found in critical editions, such as annotation and introductory material, it also takes advantage of the opportunities afforded by electronic publication to allow for the comparison diplomatic versions of witnesses, and the ability to easily compare an image of the manuscript with a diplomatic version.

"The Versioning Machine is also a tool for textual editors, providing an environment that allows editors to immediately see the consequences of their editorial decisions. The Versioning Machine can be used locally on a Mac or a PC, or it can be mounted on the WWW for public access. The documentation provided with the software not only provides information about the use of the software, but builds upon the Critical Apparatus chapter of the TEI Guidelines to give further guidance to those who wish to use this method of encoding."

Features

 * first feature
 * second feature
 * third feature

User commentary
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System requirements
http://www.v-machine.org/documentation.php#installation

Source code and licensing
Licensed under GNU GPL.

Support for TEI
Uses TEI-conformant texts as input.

Language(s)
Code written in ____. Documentation and user support in English.

Documentation
http://www.v-machine.org/documentation.php

Tech support
Report a bug at http://www.v-machine.org/bug.php.

User community
User mailing list: ver-mach-users@dev.umd.edu

Sample implementations

 * http://www.v-machine.org/samples.php
 * http://mudrac.ffzg.hr/~njovanov/vm/samples/0504selimb.xml (a Latin poem by a XVI. c. Croatian author, Simon Selimbric, from Split)
 * http://mudrac.ffzg.hr/~njovanov/vm/samples/institut.xml (an edition of the Institutio bene beateque vivendi by Croatian author Marko Marulic, from Split; five witnesses.)
 * http://mudrac.ffzg.hr/~njovanov/vm/samples/0607reg-recanati.xml (an edition of the Regum Dalmatiae atque Croatiae gesta, Marulic's translation of a Croatian chronicle; 11 witnesses so far.)
 * http://mudrac.ffzg.hr/~njovanov/vm/samples/diocl-praef.xml (a parallel edition of Diocletian's Preamble to the Edict on Maximum Prices, Latin and Croatian)

Current version number and date of release
3.1 (2007-03)

History of versions

 * 2.0 (2003-12)
 * 1.0 (2003-05)

How to download or buy
http://www.v-machine.org/download.php (registration required)