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What is the Catalogue of Digital Editions?

This wiki showcases the research data collection work I did as part of my PhD studies at the UCL Centre for Digital Humanities under the supervision of Prof. Melissa Terras and Simon Mahony. This research seeks to examine best practice in the field of digital editions by collating relevant evidence in a detailed catalogue of extant electronic text projects. The editions included in the Catalogue come from numerous sources and their selection follows basic criteria: the electronic texts can be ongoing or complete projects, born-digital editions or electronic reproductions of print volumes.

Lists of digital editions already exist and have been around for many years:

• Associazione per l'Informatica Umanistica e la Cultura Digitale Wiki
• Digital Classicist
• Dr. Aurélien Berra
• Dr. Paolo Monella (section 2.2)
• Dr. Cinzia Pusceddu
• Dr. Patrick Sahle's Catalog of Digital Scholarly Editions
• Hunter College
• Monastic Manuscript Project
• Projects using the TEI
• UCLA’s Catalogue of Digitized Medieval Manuscripts

None, however, record project features, nor do they provide an easy means of browsing, viewing and downloading the data. This Catalogue was set-up to fill this gap: not only does it break projects down into their constituent parts for a detailed understanding of their creation but its simple structure (.csv file) can be downloaded and converted to other formats for reuse. The Creative Commons License attached to this data allows you to reuse the Catalogue in your work as long as you credit the source and share your research in the same fashion. I'll maintain the Catalogue for as long as my means will allow and regardless of any derivative work or project.

If you would like to suggest an edition for inclusion, please visit the Contribute page in this wiki to learn how to do so!