From Digital to Distant Diplomatics

In the long gap between the last conference (Paris 2013) and this one in 2022, the digitization of research on medieval charters, instruments, and deeds has advanced significantly, although some problems of digital diplomatics remain unsolved.One common thread in many talks of the conference was the importance of well-processed and sustainable data which gains its value from being accessible and useful to not only singular projects but also further research.The application of machine learning methods to corpora of single sheet legal documents is rather modern and results in new and exciting research questions for our discipline. They allow us to climb on the shoulders of the data giants that have emerged in the last 15 years, with new ideas and unwavering enthusiasm.

English summary: The Digital Diplomatics 2022 conference took place from the 28th to 30th of September 2023. It was the fourth instance of an international conference series (Munich 2007, Naples 2011, Paris 2013), which originally started as a workshop in Munich in 2004. In the long gap between the last conference and this one, the digitization of research on medieval charters, instruments, and deeds has advanced significantly, although some problems of digital diplomatics remain unsolved.One common thread in many talks of the conference was the importance of well-processed and sustainable data which gains its value from being accessible and useful to not only singular projects but also further research. The application of machine learning methods to corpora of single sheet legal documents is rather modern and results in new and exciting research questions for our discipline. They allow us to climb on the shoulders of the data giants that have emerged in the last 15 years, with new ideas and unwavering enthusiasm. German description: Die Konferenz Digital Diplomatics 2022 fand vom 28. bis 30. September 2023 an der Universitat Graz statt. Sie war der vierte Teil einer internationalen Konferenzreihe (Munchen 2007, Neapel 2011, Paris 2013), die ursprunglich als Workshop in Munchen im Jahr 2004 begann. In der langen Zeitspanne zwischen der letzten und dieser Konferenz hat sich die Digitalisierung der Erforschung mittelalterlicher Urkunden erheblich weiterentwickelt, auch wenn einige Probleme einer digitalen Diplomatik nach wie vor ungelost sind.Ein roter Faden in vielen Vortragen der Konferenz war die Bedeutung gut aufbereiteter und nachhaltiger Daten, die ihren Wert dadurch gewinnen, dass sie nicht nur fur einzelne Projekte, sondern auch fur die weitere Forschung zuganglich und nutzlich sind. Die Anwendung von Methoden des maschinellen Lernens auf Urkunden-Corpora ist innovativ und fuhrt zu neuen und spannenden Forschungsfragen fur die Diplomatik. Sie ermoglichen es uns, mit neuen Ideen und ungebrochenem Enthusiasmus auf die Schultern der Datengiganten zu steigen, die in den letzten 15 Jahren entstanden sind.

• Contributions by Serena Ammirati
• Contributions by Krisztina Arany
• Contributions by Mark Bell
• Contributions by Nicole Bergk-Pinto
• Contributions by Stefan Bröhl
• Contributions by Jan Burgers
• Contributions by Miguel Calleja-Puerta
• Contributions by Balazs Csiba
• Contributions by Marguerite Dallas
• Contributions by Christian Domenig
• Contributions by Marlene Ernst
• Contributions by Michael Gervers
• Contributions by Antonella Ghignoli
• Contributions by Martin Glessgen
• Contributions by Eirini Goudarouli
• Contributions by Tobias Hodel
• Contributions by Rik Hoekstra
• Contributions by Timo Korkiakangas
• Contributions by György Laczlavik
• Contributions by Lorenzo Lastilla
• Contributions by Eveline Leclercq
• Contributions by Francesco Leotta
• Contributions by Daniel Luger
• Contributions by Marco Maiorino
• Contributions by John A. McEwan
• Contributions by Massimo Mecella
• Contributions by Paolo Merialdo
• Contributions by Adam Novak
• Contributions by Sandor Onadi
• Contributions by Alina Ostrowski
• Contributions by Malte Rehbein
• Contributions by Jacqueline Schindler
• Contributions by John Stell
• Contributions by Gelila Tilahun
• Contributions by Niklas Tscherne
• Contributions by Georg Vogeler
• Contributions by Žarko Vujošević
• Contributions by Jonas Widmer
• Contributions by Jane Winters
• Contributions by Adam Zapala
• Contributions by Zahra Ziran
• Edited by Daniel Luger
• Edited by Georg Vogeler
• Series edited by Irmgard Fees
• Series edited by Andrea Stieldorf