Abstract
Stemmatology is the discipline that attempts to reconstruct the
transmission of a text on the basis of relations between the various
surviving manuscripts or (early) print copies. Various methods and
technologies have been developed over time to support stemmatological
analysis, of which cladistic analysis is the most computational/quantitative
approach.
StemmaWeb is a web enabled suites of tools to support stemmatological
analysis of variant texts. Version 1.0 has been online since 2012 and has been found
useful by many textual scholars needing to do variant analysis and
stemmatological computation for historic text traditions.
Like many software applications in the humanities the development and
maintenance of StemmaWeb has to come by on a shoestring. Since its
inception, maintainers have struggled to keep up with functional demand
and the minimally required maintenance regarding platform upgrades,
security requirements, and bug fixes. Over ten years old, StemmaWeb was
in dire need of both backend and frontend upgrades.
The redevelopment of StemmaWeb towards the new StemmaWeb 2.0 has
been ongoing since 2022. On the occasion of its official launch during the
Digital Humanities Conference 2025 we hope to present our poster
detailing the functional and technical highlights of StemmaWeb 2.0.
transmission of a text on the basis of relations between the various
surviving manuscripts or (early) print copies. Various methods and
technologies have been developed over time to support stemmatological
analysis, of which cladistic analysis is the most computational/quantitative
approach.
StemmaWeb is a web enabled suites of tools to support stemmatological
analysis of variant texts. Version 1.0 has been online since 2012 and has been found
useful by many textual scholars needing to do variant analysis and
stemmatological computation for historic text traditions.
Like many software applications in the humanities the development and
maintenance of StemmaWeb has to come by on a shoestring. Since its
inception, maintainers have struggled to keep up with functional demand
and the minimally required maintenance regarding platform upgrades,
security requirements, and bug fixes. Over ten years old, StemmaWeb was
in dire need of both backend and frontend upgrades.
The redevelopment of StemmaWeb towards the new StemmaWeb 2.0 has
been ongoing since 2022. On the occasion of its official launch during the
Digital Humanities Conference 2025 we hope to present our poster
detailing the functional and technical highlights of StemmaWeb 2.0.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Publication status | Published - 2025 |
| Event | Digital Humanities Conference 2025: Accessibility & Citizenship - NOVA University of Lisbon, School of Social Sciences and Humanities, Lisbon, Portugal Duration: 14 Jul 2025 → 18 Jul 2025 https://dh2025.adho.org/ |
Conference
| Conference | Digital Humanities Conference 2025 |
|---|---|
| Abbreviated title | DH2025 |
| Country/Territory | Portugal |
| City | Lisbon |
| Period | 14/07/2025 → 18/07/2025 |
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Keywords
- stemmatology
- tools
- StemmaWeb
- historical texts
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