Institut für Dokumentologie und Editorik
Encyclopedia
The Institut für Dokumentologie und Editorik (IDE - Institute for Documentology and Scholarly Editing) is a Think Tank
of German researchers working on the application of digital methods on historical documents. Fields of interest include image digitization, Transcription
, text encoding, Textual Criticism
, critical scholarly editing, Digital Palaeography
and Digital Codicology
.
The IDE was established in 2006 and has contributed in several ways to the field of Digital Humanities. Most notably, the IDE publishes the series "Schriften des Instituts für Dokumentologie und Editorik" distributed in print and freely online. The series is discussed and reviewed in German and international journals. So far, the two volumes on Palaeography and Codicology seem to have attracted the most interest by educational institutions, as evidenced by the distribution of these volumes.
The IDE and its members take an active part in ongoing discussions (such as the Text Encoding Initiative
), contribute reviews and research articles, organise international conferences, workshops and summer schools, counsel, facilitate and carry out Digital Humanities projects and teach academic junior scientists.
In 2008 the IDE has been awarded the J.M.M. Hermans Grant for the initiative Codicology and Palaeography in the Digital Age.
Think tank
A think tank is an organization that conducts research and engages in advocacy in areas such as social policy, political strategy, economics, military, and technology issues. Most think tanks are non-profit organizations, which some countries such as the United States and Canada provide with tax...
of German researchers working on the application of digital methods on historical documents. Fields of interest include image digitization, Transcription
Transcription (linguistics)
Transcription in the linguistic sense is the systematic representation of language in written form. The source can either be utterances or preexisting text in another writing system, although some linguists only consider the former as transcription.Transcription should not be confused with...
, text encoding, Textual Criticism
Textual criticism
Textual criticism is a branch of literary criticism that is concerned with the identification and removal of transcription errors in the texts of manuscripts...
, critical scholarly editing, Digital Palaeography
Palaeography
Palaeography, also spelt paleography is the study of ancient writing. Included in the discipline is the practice of deciphering, reading, and dating historical manuscripts, and the cultural context of writing, including the methods with which writing and books were produced, and the history of...
and Digital Codicology
Codicology
Codicology is the study of books as physical objects, especially manuscripts written on parchment in codex form...
.
The IDE was established in 2006 and has contributed in several ways to the field of Digital Humanities. Most notably, the IDE publishes the series "Schriften des Instituts für Dokumentologie und Editorik" distributed in print and freely online. The series is discussed and reviewed in German and international journals. So far, the two volumes on Palaeography and Codicology seem to have attracted the most interest by educational institutions, as evidenced by the distribution of these volumes.
The IDE and its members take an active part in ongoing discussions (such as the Text Encoding Initiative
Text Encoding Initiative
The Text Encoding Initiative is a text-centric community of practice in the academic field of digital humanities. The community runs a mailing list, meetings and conference series, and maintains a technical standard, a wiki and a toolset....
), contribute reviews and research articles, organise international conferences, workshops and summer schools, counsel, facilitate and carry out Digital Humanities projects and teach academic junior scientists.
In 2008 the IDE has been awarded the J.M.M. Hermans Grant for the initiative Codicology and Palaeography in the Digital Age.