Tracking the dissemination of a specific work
In medieval studies, the dissemination of a work can give important information on life and movements of the author; plus, it can influence local history and everyday activities: i.e. some medical practices were performed just in places where the work carrying information about them was spread. Moreover, it can be useful also to understand if the work was disseminated alone or together with other works, and why: for instance, in medieval universities the essential works for the study of a discipline were often gathered in the same manuscript. Therefore, scholars may have interest in the itinerary made by a given work, and may want to track it.
Workflow steps(13)
2 Define the geographic and the chronological boundaries
3 Select data which are to be retained for curation
4 Choosing a sustainable archive, repository, data centre or custodian for data storage
5 Adhere to guidance, policies and legal requirements
6 Collect all existent editions of the selected work
7 Assess the use of the editions in the selected period.
8 Understand the popularity and circulation of this work
9 Ensure inclusiveness of data
10 Bundle collected data
11 Interpret data and offer explanations on statistical information
12 Sharing data through articles and publications
13 Ensuring that the required legal permissions are available
The SSH Open Marketplace is maintained and will be further developed by three European Research Infrastructures - DARIAH, CLARIN and CESSDA - and their national partners. It was developed as part of the "Social Sciences and Humanities Open Cloud" SSHOC project, European Union's Horizon 2020 project call H2020-INFRAEOSC-04-2018, grant agreement #823782.
