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dc.identifier	ECF_article_8769
dc.title	The Visual [Re]Presentation of Textual Data in Traditional and Digital Critical Editions
dc.contributor.author	Huskey Samuel
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Venice University Press, Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari
dc.type	Research Article
dc.language.iso	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://edizionicafoscari.unive.it/en/edizioni4/riviste/magazen/2022/1/the-visual-representation-of-textual-data-in-tradi/
dc.description.abstract	The prospect of breaking free from the confines of the printed page drives much of the interest in digital critical editions; yet the format of traditional editions in print remains an effective and efficient information visualization. This paper will argue that using the data from a digital edition to [re]present the traditional format of a printed edition can illuminate the strengths and weaknesses of both platforms. In addition to making the data available in a familiar format for offline reading, a print visualization is also a useful test of the digital edition’s data model. It can also promote a shift toward thinking about textual data and its visualization (in print or on a screen) as separate concerns.
dc.relation.ispartof	magazén
dc.relation.ispartof	Vol. 3 \| Issue 1 \| June 2022
dc.issued	2022-06-30
dc.dateAccepted	2022-05-04
dc.dateSubmitted	2022-01-31
dc.identifier.issn
dc.identifier.eissn	2724-3923
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.identifier.doi	10.30687/mag/2724-3923/2022/05/005
dc.peer-review	yes
dc.subject	Data visualization
dc.subject	Digital critical editions
dc.subject	Latin
dc.subject	Print
dc.subject	Textual criticism

Research Article
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The Visual [Re]Presentation of Textual Data in Traditional and Digital Critical Editions

Samuel Huskey University of Oklahoma, USA

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abstract

The prospect of breaking free from the confines of the printed page drives much of the interest in digital critical editions; yet the format of traditional editions in print remains an effective and efficient information visualization. This paper will argue that using the data from a digital edition to [re]present the traditional format of a printed edition can illuminate the strengths and weaknesses of both platforms. In addition to making the data available in a familiar format for offline reading, a print visualization is also a useful test of the digital edition’s data model. It can also promote a shift toward thinking about textual data and its visualization (in print or on a screen) as separate concerns.

Subtags: Textual data Publication Analysis Visualisation Communication Documents Technology

Published

June 30, 2022

Accepted

May 4, 2022

Submitted

Jan. 31, 2022

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Keywords: Print • Digital critical editions • Textual criticism • Data visualization • Latin

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