An open, persistent, machine-readable registry for canonical text references — Bekker lines, Stephanus pages, CTS URNs, and the other identifiers humanists already use to cite a passage.
Site: https://textrefs.org · Built with Astro + Starlight.
- an open, persistent, machine-readable registry of canonical text references;
- a set of open standards, JSON-LD shapes, and reference implementations;
- a curated source of mappings between canonical references and external identifiers (CTS URNs, Wikidata IDs, DOIs, ARKs, Perseus URLs, etc.).
- a full-text database or a critical edition;
- a publisher or commercial SaaS;
- a substitute for Perseus, Loeb, TLG, PHI, DTS, CTS, or any library catalogue.
- Site: https://textrefs.org
- Get started: https://textrefs.org/get-started/
- Standard: https://textrefs.org/standard/
- API: https://textrefs.org/api/
- Association (mission, statutes, governance): https://textrefs.org/association/
- POSI self-assessment: https://textrefs.org/association/posi/
- Zenodo community (archived dumps & DOIs): https://zenodo.org/communities/textrefs/
textrefs.org— Astro/Starlight site, standard text, JSON-LD shapes, API scaffolds.registry— hand-authored YAML source for the registry data (CC0)..github— org profile and default community health files.
Pre-1.0, bootstrap-funded. TextRefs is being set up as a Zürich-based non-profit association (Verein in formation), seeking tax-exempt status. Per ADR-0001, the standard is published first; the registry/resolver engine is intentionally deferred and will be rebuilt against the fixed standard.
Content of this repository is licensed under CC BY 4.0.