The genetic dossier in the web of data: from documentary collections to a scholarly archive

Abstract

While archivists and genetic scholars differ considerably in their methodological frameworks, the digital turn in archival preservation and scholarly editing provides an opportunity to narrow the gap. This article examines how Semantic Web technologies can bridge differing approaches to documentary collections of contemporary authors, while also outlining two current challenges to this pursuit: some limitations of LOD in representing genetic dossiers in informative ways and a series of legal issues that prevent digital scholarly archives of genetic orientation from realising their full potential in the Web of Data.