@article {robinson_current_2005,
	title = {Current issues in making digital editions of medieval texts{\textendash}or, do electronic scholarly editions have a future?},
	journal = {Digital Medievalist},
	volume = {1},
	number = {1},
	year = {2005},
	note = {00000},
	abstract = {This article takes a look back at the last ten years of digital edition building and evaluates the future possibilities of this scholarly endeavour. Generally, major print editions have been skeptical about shifting to the digital. Oftentimes "token electronic editions" are published in conjunction with print materials but they really only function as supplementary and mostly consist of flat, plain-text files. This indeed falls short of the original buzz and hope for electronic editions that burgeoned in the later 1990s. Robinson questions how digital editions have been successful and also how they have yet to achieve their potential. Overall, Robinson asserts that digital editions have been less successful than originally anticipated given two major problems: the lack of easy-to-use tools and the lack of support from major publishing houses. As a way forward, Robinson confirms that the potential originally seen in digital editions remains valid. In the future, scholars should be trained in both print and digital editing practices in order to select the appropriate medium for their edition - hopefully as tools develop and opportunities grow, the obvious choice will be the digital.},
	url = {http://www.digitalmedievalist.org/journal/1.1/robinson/},
	author = {Robinson, Peter}
}