e-Pedalion: Τhe transformation of a Christian cultural heritage text into a textual database of Οrthodox Canon Law
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: Despite the great value of canonical texts in the life of the Eastern Orthodox Churches, there have been few memorable works of their digital processing and promotion. The first Orthodox Greek Canonical texts appeared two millennia ago, and are the sources of Canon Law. These texts as cultural heritage objects deserve more publicity, which can be supported by new technologies. Within this context, this article summarizes the logical design of a textual database called e-Pedalion. The Pedalion (or Rudder) is a recognized, official, and in-use Collection of Canons of the Orthodox Church. This is a printed book, which in the context of this project we will try to digitally transform, that is, to transfer it to an information system. The proposed database will provide a powerful digital methodological research tool to the scholars of Canon Law and further support the application of Semantic Web technologies and AI to its study.
Institution: University of Macedonia
Language: English
Subfield: Literature and Literary Theory
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
Funder: University of Macedonia
OpenAlex ID: W7219991763