Can the text collection be identified in terms similar to traditional bibliographic descriptions (title, responsible editors, institution, date(s) of publication, identifier/address)?

(cf. Catalogue 1.1)

Are the contributors (editors, institutions, associates) of the project documented?

(cf. Catalogue 1.3)

Is contact information given?

(cf. Catalogue 1.4)

Is there a description of the aims and contents of the text collection?

(cf. Catalogue 2.1)

What is the purpose of the text collection?

(cf. Catalogue 2.2)

What kind of research does the collection allow to conduct primarily?

(cf. Catalogue 3.1.8)

How does the text collection classify itself (e.g. in its title or documentation)?

(cf. Catalogue 2.3)

To which field(s) of research does the text collection contribute?

(cf. Catalogue 2.2)

What era(s) do the texts belong to?

(cf. Catalogue 2.5)

What languages are the texts in?

(cf. Catalogue 2.5)

What kind of texts are in the collection?

(cf. Catalogue 2.5)

What kind of information is published in addition to the texts?

(cf. Catalogue 2.5)

Are the principles and decisions regarding the design of the text collection, its composition and the selection of texts documented?

(cf. Catalogue 3.1.1-3.1.3)

What selection criteria have been chosen for the text collection?

(cf. Catalogue 3.1)

Does the text collection have identifiable sub-collections or components?

(cf. Catalogue 3.1.5)

Has the quality of the data (transcriptions, metadata, annotations, etc.) been checked?

(cf. Catalogue 3.1.7)

Considering aims and methods of the text collection, how would you classify it further? For definitions please consider the help-texts.

(cf. Catalogue 3.1.8)

How are the textual sources represented in the digital collection?

(cf. Catalogue 3.2.1)

In which basic format are the texts encoded?

(cf. Catalogue 3.2.4)

Is the textual data accessible in a source format (e.g. XML, TXT)?

(cf. Catalogue 4.1)

Can the entire raw data of the project be downloaded (as a whole)?

(cf. Catalogue 4.2)

Are there technical interfaces which allow the reuse of the data of the text collection in other contexts?

(cf. Catalogue 4.2)

Besides the textual data, does the project provide analytical data (e.g. statistics) to download or harvest?

(cf. Catalogue 4.3)

Can you use the data with other tools useful for this kind of content?

(cf. Catalogue 4.4)

Does the text collection have a dedicated user interface designed for the collection at hand in which the texts of the collection are represented and/or in which the data is analyzable?

(cf. Catalogue 5.1)

Does the text collection provide sufficient documentation about the project in general as well as about the aims, contents and methods of the text collection?

(cf. Catalogue 6.1)

Is the text collection Open Access?

(cf. Catalogue 6.2)

Are there persistent identifiers and an addressing system for the text collection and/or parts/objects of it and which mechanism is used to that end?

(cf. Catalogue 6.3)

Does the text collection supply citation guidelines?

(cf. Catalogue 6.3)

Does the documentation include information about the long term sustainability of the basic data (archiving of the data)?

(cf. Catalogue 6.4)

Does the project provide information about institutional support for the curation and sustainability of the project?

(cf. Catalogue 6.4)

Is the text collection completed?

(cf. Catalogue 6.4)