Development and implementation of a referencing system to cite ancient sources from online text databases

• Applicant: Professorin Dr. Charlotte Schubert
• Subject Area: Ancient History
• Term: from 2016 to 2019
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 313770698

As a follow-up proposal of the text comparison tool eComparatio, we propose to coordinate CTS(Canonical Text Services) citations with the Bibliotheca Teubneriana Latina Online. This library structures its texts with traditional canonical citation, providing an easy path to CTS, which renders traditional citation machine-actionable. We will develop the existing protocol further to serve for automated and semi-automated analysis of this large online database with citations to those analyses serving future scholarship and interoperability with other full text databases for the Classics as the Perseus Digital Library, the Latin Library and Classical Latin Texts. This development will be integrated in the current programs for the development of infrastructures for the Classics in cooperation with the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek Munich and the University Library Heidelberg.

• DFG Programme: Science Communication, Research Data, eResearch (Scientific Library Services and Information Systems)