The digital edition of the Statuta comunis Vicentie of 1264.

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Title:	The digital edition of the Statuta comunis Vicentie of 1264.
Authors:	Siciliano, Luigi¹ luigi.siciliano@gmail.com, Salardi, Viviana²
Source:	Literary & Linguistic Computing. Sep2009, Vol. 24 Issue 3, p329-338. 10p.
Subjects:	Text Encoding Initiative (Document type definition), Internet domain names, Metadata, Document type definitions
Geographic Terms:	Venice (Italy), Italy
Abstract:	This article investigates the issues to be faced while producing a digital edition of a representative medieval text: Statuta Comunis Vicentie (1264). Statuta comunis are collections of civic rules very common in Northern Italy since the twelfth century. We are dealing specifically with the ones of Vicenza, a town near Venice. Statuta were usually organized in a single or multiple codices, including the collection of the civic rules, matched and allotted in big chapters (libri) according to the subject. Another fundamental characteristic is the constant review of the original text in different periods, generally due to changes in the government or in the organization of the city. Therefore, the most relevant matters to deal with are: first, description of metadata; second, structural analysis of the text; third, the markup of the additions and amendments; and fourth; identification of specific semantic values, in particular personal names, organizational names and names of places. This article outlines the reasons for choosing XML/TEI for the project, how to address the four matters listed above and how the chosen standard can be customized to treat the peculiar aspects of this text according to the traditional editing practice. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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Abstract:	This article investigates the issues to be faced while producing a digital edition of a representative medieval text: Statuta Comunis Vicentie (1264). Statuta comunis are collections of civic rules very common in Northern Italy since the twelfth century. We are dealing specifically with the ones of Vicenza, a town near Venice. Statuta were usually organized in a single or multiple codices, including the collection of the civic rules, matched and allotted in big chapters (libri) according to the subject. Another fundamental characteristic is the constant review of the original text in different periods, generally due to changes in the government or in the organization of the city. Therefore, the most relevant matters to deal with are: first, description of metadata; second, structural analysis of the text; third, the markup of the additions and amendments; and fourth; identification of specific semantic values, in particular personal names, organizational names and names of places. This article outlines the reasons for choosing XML/TEI for the project, how to address the four matters listed above and how the chosen standard can be customized to treat the peculiar aspects of this text according to the traditional editing practice. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
ISSN:	02681145
DOI:	10.1093/llc/fqp021