This project will develop a range of tools that allow for dynamic comparison, generation of lexica, identification if topics and extraction quotations over 10,00 Greek and Roman text, that helping continue develop a fundamental resource for classical studies.

Towards dynamic variorum editions

The aim of this project is to create a kind of electronic reference database to the written evidence-base for Classical Antiquity. It aims to identify and correlate “features” (eg a word, a place name, an event) in ancient Roman and Greek texts so that they can be found and linked in meaningful ways across texts and collections. This opens up exciting new possibilities not only for research in the field of Classical Antiquity, but also for cross-fertilization between research fields as well as between research and other forms of cultural activity.

Project Staff

Project management

Partners

    • Bruce Robertson, Mount Allison University brobertson@mta.ca
    • David A. Smith, University of Massachusetts dasmith@cs.umass.edu
    • Gregory R. Crane, Tufts University gregory.crane@tufts.edu

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Summary
Start date
1 January 2010
End date
30 June 2011
Funding programme
Digitisation and Content
Strand
Digging into data challenge
Lead institutions

Imperial College, London

Partner institutions
Tufts University
University of Massachusetts
Mount Allison University
Committees
  • JISC Infrastructure and Resources Committee
Topic