Presenting a digital edition: a programming classicist’s problems

Stefan Hagel

While never having edited a text myself, I have been in constant exchange with editors in numerous fields, related to the development and use of the Classical Text Editor. Although this word-processing application has been supporting XML output using a subset of the TEI standard for almost a quarter of a century, most users are still focusing on print versions, probably highlighting traditional career demands in the humanities no less than their proponents’ suspicion towards electronic means. I will consider challenges concerning a meaningful digital presentation as well as pathways towards solutions, and share experiences from a recent unconventional project, the online edition of ancient musical documents.