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<div class="elementToProof"><span style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span class="x_elementToProof"><span class="x_ContentPasted0 x_ContentPasted1 x_elementToProof ContentPasted0" style="color:black;background-color:white">Following
on from the presentation I gave at the Hague earlier this year, here is a call for expressions of interest in participating in some workshops around text interoperability.</span></span></span></div>
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<div class="elementToProof"><span style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span class="x_elementToProof"><span class="x_ContentPasted0 x_ContentPasted1 x_elementToProof ContentPasted0" style="color:black;background-color:white">Digital
texts are all around us - as objects of study in scholarly work, to the news, social media and other texts we interact with everyday online. But how long will these digital texts last? The problem with digital texts is that they come in a variety of formats
that are hard to reuse. Reusing and sustaining digital texts requires format and infrastructure updates beyond the skill and funding limits that most researchers can access. The Unlocking Digital Texts project aims to scope and define an Interoperable Text
Format (ITF) as a means for accessing and delivering text that is stored in a variety of extant formats. Importantly, we are aiming for something that is both human- and computer-readable. If we are successful, this work will allow users to easily create,
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https://digitalscholarship.web.ox.ac.uk/article/unlocking-digital-texts</a>. More specific details on our approach and goals can be found in a position paper here
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Digital texts are all around us - as objects of study in scholarly work, to the news, social media and other texts we interact with everyday online. But how long will these digital texts last? The problem with digital texts is that they come in a variety of
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</span><span class="x_ContentPasted0 ContentPasted0" style="color:black;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;background-color:white">We will be holding some workshops in the new year to explore the areas outlined in the position paper
and would like to reach out to the wider community for people interested in participating. Workshops will begin with presentations on the current activities/interests of participants and then progress to a design/discussion session.</span></div>
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