Introduction

Text Encoding Initiative, metadata, relational database, linked open data, data mining, Dublin Core Schemas, GIS, XML, CSS, Javascript, back end, front end… The vocabulary characteristic of what are known as the digital humanities is not always easy to understand, or to use. Yet the field is a fashionable one, as can be seen, for instance, from the call for projects by funding agencies in the humanities and social sciences, or the creation of specialized research centres on both sides of the ..