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Document markup - Why? How?
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Abstract "In this paper the author argues that markup and writing belong to related systems for storing information and/ or speech and that there is no clear border between the two. In addition he argues that marking up text done as more or less separate from ordinary writing has been used in Western scholar... view more
"In this paper the author argues that markup and writing belong to related systems for storing information and/ or speech and that there is no clear border between the two. In addition he argues that marking up text done as more or less separate from ordinary writing has been used in Western scholarly work at least since the times of the library in the Museum in Alexandria and up until today. Markup means that some part of a document is identified and some statement is made about the linguistic and/ or textual status and interpretative frame of that part or it is extracted for some scholarly purpose. The ways and means by which this is done may vary. It will depend both on the aim: why exactly do we wish to identify this part of the text? And on the technology available: papyrus scrolls and reed pens make for different markup than what is done with computer stored texts. In this paper selected uses for digital text and markup are discussed with examples mainly taken from the electronic edition of Henrik Ibsen's Writings." (author's abstract)... view less
Keywords
digitalization; humanities; historical analysis; text analysis; library; antiquity; technology; computer; novel; Norway; comparative research; drama; methodology
Classification
Interactive, electronic Media
Social History, Historical Social Research
Science of Literature, Linguistics
Research Design
Methods and Techniques of Data Collection and Data Analysis, Statistical Methods, Computer Methods
Document language
English
Publication Year
2012
Page/Pages
p. 106-124
Journal
Historical Social Research, 37 (2012) 3
Issue topic
Kontroversen um die Digitalen Geisteswissenschaften / Controversies around the Digital Humanities
DOI
https://doi.org/10.12759/hsr.37.2012.3.106-124
ISSN
0172-6404
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed