In late January 2026, approximately 50 researchers, developers, and representatives of memory institutions from Switzerland, Germany, Austria, and the United Kingdom gathered at the University of Zurich for a two-day event to discuss specific use cases for APIs in digital editions and to develop ideas for future API specifications. The event was organized in collaboration between the Università della Svizzera italiana, the University of Bern and the University of Zurich within the context of the swissuniversities-funded project ReSED API.
Little Data Reuse in Digital Editions
Digital editions data is extensive, varied, and high quality. Despite this it rarely gets re-used beyond the original project context. Richly encoded TEI editions with carefully structured metadata and detailed annotations often remain locked within individual project websites, making it difficult to compare texts across corpora or integrate annotations and materials in new research or teaching contexts. We see this as a great missed opportunity.
This concern motivated us to run the workshop “Re-use of Editions and Text Collections: the Role of APIs” (Zurich, 29-30 January 2026), aided by the Open Research Data funding line of swissuniversities.
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Quelle: https://dhd-blog.org/?p=23721
