Andrews, Tara L. and van Zundert, Joris J. (2018). What Are You Trying to Say? The Interface as an Integral Element of Argument. In: Digital Scholarly Editions as Interfaces, pp. 3-33. BoD. ISBN 978-3-7481-0925-9

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Abstract

Graphical interfaces to digital scholarly editions are usually regarded as disconnected from the content of the edition, enough so that an argument has developed against the use of interfaces at all. We argue in this paper that the indifference and even hostility to interfaces is caused by a widespread incomprehension of their argumentative utility. In a pair of case studies of published digital editions, we conduct a detailed examination of the argument their interface makes, and compare these interface rhetorics with the stated intentions of the editors, exposing a number of contradictions between ‘word’ and ‘deed’ in the interface designs. We end by advocating for an explicit consideration of the semiotic significance of the elements of a user interface: that editors reflect on what aspect of the argument their interface expresses, and how that is adding, or perhaps subtracting, from the points they wish to make.

Item Type: Book Section, Proceedings Item or annotation in a legal commentary
Creators:
CreatorsEmailORCIDORCID Put Code
Andrews, Tara L.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
van Zundert, Joris J.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Editors:
EditorsEmailORCIDORCID Put Code
Bleier, RomanUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Bürgermeister, MartinaUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Klug, Helmut W.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Neuber, FrederikeUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Schneider, GerlindeUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
URN: urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-91064
Title of Book: Digital Scholarly Editions as Interfaces
Series Name at the University of Cologne: Schriften des Instituts für Dokumentologie und Editorik
Volume: 12
Page Range: pp. 3-33
Date: 2018
Publisher: BoD
ISBN: 978-3-7481-0925-9
Language: English
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Humanities
Divisions: Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Zentrale Forschungseinrichtungen > Cologne Center for eHumanities (CCeH)
Subjects: Data processing Computer science
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Refereed: Yes
URI: http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/9106

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