Issue 16: Scholarly Editions (FAIR criteria)
Editors: Tessa Gengnagel, Frederike Neuber, Daniela Schulz
Managing Editors: Ulrike Henny-Krahmer, Frederike Neuber, Martina Scholger
Published: March 2023
The work on this issue was performed by members of the task area ‘editions’ in the consortium Text+ of the National Research Data Infrastructure funded by the German Research Foundation (project number 460033370). For more information see the editorial of the issue and a poster on the collaboration of Text+ and RIDE presented at the Text+ plenary meeting 2022.
EDITORIAL: FAIR Enough? Evaluating Digital Scholarly Editions and the Application of the FAIR Data Principles
By Tessa Gengnagel (University of Cologne), tessa.gengnagel@uni-koeln.de, Frederike Neuber (Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities), frederike.neuber@bbaw.de and Daniela Schulz (Herzog August Bibliothek Wolfenbüttel), schulz@hab.de. ||
1 Digital scholarly editions have revolutionized the global accessibility of scholarly editions – but what are the standards that they adhere to (or should adhere to) in order to meet basic requirements of long-term availability? How are digital editions currently available, what parts of them are available for what purpose? And are they merely accessible or are they discoverable as well? These are some of the questions that th...
Walter Benjamin Digital
Walter Benjamin Digital , Nadine Werner, Burkhardt Lindner (ed.), 2019. https://www.walter-benjamin.online/ (Last Accessed: 15.07.2022). Reviewed by Laura Untner (Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften), laura.untner@oeaw.ac.at. ||
Abstract:
Walter Benjamin Digital is a digital partial edition of the eleventh volume of the Critical Complete Edition of Walter Benjamin’s works, published by Suhrkamp since 2008. It contains handwritten texts from the field of work of Berliner Kindheit um neunzehnhundert and its predecessor Berliner Chronik in the form of facsimilated manuscripts and superimposed diplomatic transcriptions. Walter Benjamin Digital is not geared toward exhausting th...
Digitale Edition und Kommentierung der Tagebücher des Fürsten Christian II. von Anhalt-Bernburg (1599–1656)
Digitale Edition und Kommentierung der Tagebücher des Fürsten Christian II. von Anhalt-Bernburg (1599-1656) , Ronald G. Asch und Peter Burschel (ed.), 2013-. http://diglib.hab.de/edoc/ed000228/start.htm (Last Accessed: 10.08.2022). Reviewed by Selina Galka (Zentrum für Informationsmodellierung, Karl-Franzens-Universität
Graz), selina.galka@uni-graz.at. ||
Abstract:
This review examines the Digital Edition of the Diaries of Prince Christian II. von Anhalt-Bernburg, implemented by the University of Freiburg and the Herzog August Bibliothek. The research project, which has been running since 2013 and has not yet been completed, aims to present the entire diary (diplomatic transcription and...
Briefportal Leibniz
Briefportal Leibniz. Ausgewählte Briefe in HTML , Niedersächsische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen in Kooperation mit der SUB Göttingen (ed.), 2016-2019. https://leibniz-briefportal.adw-goe.de/ (Last Accessed: 29.08.2022). Reviewed by Maximilian Görmar (Herzog August Bibliothek Wolfenbüttel), goermar@hab.de. ||
Abstract:
The Briefportal Leibniz is a digital collection of selected letters from series III (Mathematischer, naturwissenschaftlicher und technischer Briefwechsel) of the ongoing critical print edition of Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz’ works and letters, edited by the Academies of Sciences in Berlin and Göttingen. The main corpus of the selection, 157 letters, consists...
Theodor Fontane’s Notebooks: A ‘Digital Genetic-Critical and Commented Edition’
Theodor Fontane: Notizbücher: Digitale genetisch-kritische und kommentierte Edition , Gabriele Radecke (ed.), 2015-2019. https://fontane-nb.dariah.eu (Last Accessed: 05.09.2022). Reviewed by Timo Frühwirth (Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften), Timo.Fruehwirth@oeaw.ac.at, Sandra Mayer (Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften), Sandra.Mayer@oeaw.ac.at and Daniel Stoxreiter (Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften), Daniel.Stoxreiter@oeaw.ac.at. ||
Abstract:
The scholarly digital edition of the Theodor Fontane: Notizbücher provides open access, for the first time, to the full scope of the 19th-century German writer’s notebooks. The project has a strong focus o...
A Review of the Königsfelden Online Edition
Königsfelden Online. Die Urkunden und Akten des Klosters und des Oberamts Königsfelden , Department of History of the University of Zurich (ed.), 2021. https://www.koenigsfelden.uzh.ch (Last Accessed: 07.08.2022). Reviewed by Christopher Pollin (Zentrum für Informationsmodellierung (ZIM-ACDH), Austrian Centre for Digital Humanities, Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz), christopher.pollin@uni-graz.at. ||
Abstract:
This review deals with the digital edition “Die Urkunden und Akten des Klosters und des Oberamts Königsfelden 1308–1662“ (Charters and Records of Königsfelden (1308–1662)), which was carried out by the Department of History of the University of Zurich between 2017 and 2020...
