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In previous studies on user behavior with Digital Scholarly Editions (DSE), we found that annotating the text is a key technique for working with the text. In this follow-up study, we invited volunteers to perform open research tasks on a DSE by Lope de Vega, providing the annotation tool hypothes.is to support their tasks. What we found is that none of the participants used the tool extensively, yet, it was clear that annotation of text was a major part of their workflow. During a focus discussion after the experiment, the participants gave examples of how they would compensate for a lack of appropriate tools, often at the cost of considerable extra work and overhead. More research is needed to discover why the users were not accepting the tools provided. So, we propose a human-centered structured longitudinal approach to design an annotation tool that would actually be usable.
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Caria, F., Mathiak, B. (2020). Annotation in Digital Humanities. In: Kremers, H. (eds) Digital Cultural Heritage. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-15200-0_3
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