Genetic Editions

At the Members Meeting in London in November, a panel focussing on the problem of genetic editions is planned.


 * 1) Introduction
 * 2) Textual alterations
 * 3) Time
 * 4) Grouping changes
 * 5) A coordinate system for relation of different witnesses
 * 6) Justification and discussion of editorial decisions
 * 7) Uncertainty
 * 8) Examples

Documents

 * Draft 1: 11-05-2009
 * Comments

Meetings
Workshop "Genetic Editions in a Digital Framework", Paris, 14/15 May 2009 -> Programme

Workshop during the TEI-meeting 2008 in London -> minutes London 2008

Task Force meeting at Kings College London on 12./13. March 2009 -> minutes London 03-2009

Useful Resources

 * HyperNietsche
 * HyperNietzsche Markup Language HNML, in English, and in German
 * Article on HNML
 * Matteo D’Alfonso, Harald Saller: Kodierung und Darstellung von Schreibschichten in der elektronischen Edition des Druckmanuskripts zu Der Wanderer und sein Schatten. In: Literatur und Literaturwissenschaften auf dem Weg zu den digitalen Medien - Eine Standortbestimmung, hg. v. Michael Stolz. Online veröffentlicht bei Gisi + Loop.
 * Genetic Markup Language (In French) download it from here
 * Multi-Version Document Format. Schmidt, D. and Colomb, R, 2009. A data structure for representing multi-version texts online, International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, 67.6, 497-514. See the related blog and the post What's a Multi-Version Document?.
 * Wiki of the Stendhal Manuscript Edition with each own schema for describing the layout and a bit of genetic processes.

Literature on genetic editions

 * Gabler, Hans Walter
 * "Das wissenschaftliche Edieren als Funktion der Dokumente." Published at: http://computerphilologie.tu-darmstadt.de/jg06/gabler.html; and in: Jahrbuch für Computerphilologie 8 (2007), 55-62.
 * "The Primacy of the Document in Editing." Ecdotica 4 (2007), 197-207. download it from here
 * "La prééminence du document dans l’édition." In: Françoise Leriche et Cécile Maynard (eds.), De l'hypertexte au manuscrit. L'apport et les limites du numérique pour l'édition et la valorisation de manuscrits littéraires modernes. (Recherches & Travaux, no. 72.) Grenoble: ELLUG, 2008, pp. 39-51.download it from here