EDAG April 2025

Monday April 14 - 16:00 BST = 17:00 CEST = 11:00 EDT = 18:00 EEST

Present: Federico Aurora (FA), Gabriel Bodard (GB), Elina Boeva (EB), Chiara Cenati (CC), Scott DiGiulio (SD), Martina Filosa (MF), Emmanuelle Morlock (EMo), Elli Mylonas (EMy), Nora White (NW), Polina Yordanova (PY)

Apologies: Hugh Cayless, Nicolas Souchon, Alice Bencivenni

Chairs: CC, FA

Post-meeting minute cleanup and email to markup list: EMy

Agenda items:

• Review and approve March minutes. 

• [GB] Examples of use of language codes in EpiDoc

• Laurent Romary is drafting a new proposal for Language Usage in TEI, and has requested some EpiDoc examples of complex combinations of language, script, etc. in inscriptions. Send example (description, language codes and citation) offlist to gabriel.bodard@sas.ac.uk who will collate and pass on.

• [GB] Wikidata feedback post [draft]

• Although there were no improvements to the draft document by the deadline (today), there is still interest in crafting a response.   

• GB, CC, EMy, SD will asynchronously improve, then meet for sprint in May or ff.

• Standing items:

• New activity on Markup list, EpiDoc FRs, Bugs, Pull Requests, or EFES issues

• Request to join the EFES google group by one or two persons

• Acknowledge response to EpiDoc assessment request last month (MF)

• No new FRs, Bugs, Pull Requests or EFES issues

• EFES standing agenda item

• [GB]  Inquiry about Köln EFES developments/plans?

• Pilot to test if they can replicate EFES functionality (workflow and publication) in non-Cocoon environment (at Köln CCeH, by October 2025)

• Focus is on sustainability and use of standard, existing tools

• Pilot intended to be a basis for testing and further development.

• More information will be provided in the next few months as work progresses

• Training

• [GB/NW] Dublin May 26–28, 2025 (https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/epidoc-and-digital-epigraphy-workshop-tickets-1295614220009)

• [MF/AB] Intensive ENCODE: Digital Competences in Ancient Writing Cultures, April 7–May 5, 2025. Considering writing a report after the series is complete.

• [GB] Online EpiDoc training 2025/26 (heads up, planning phase. Volunteer co-tutors welcome.)

• [GB] London/UK EpiDoc training 2025/26 (heads up, planning phase. Hosts and co-tutors)

• Current epigraphy - reminder to send any news (e.g. the below categories) to  Scott DiGiulio to post as EpiDoc contributions to the CurE blog.

• Events, New Publications

• SigiDoc Portal: https://sigidoc.cceh.uni-koeln.de/en/

• DH/epigraphic conferences that EDAG might contribute to:

• TEI 2025. Krakow 16-20 September, 2025) deadline April 21.