Burkard, BenjaminVogeler, GeorgGruner, Stefan2009-05-072009-05-072008Burkard, B, Vogeler, G & Gruner, S 2008, ‘Informatics for historians : tools for medieval document XML Markup, and their impact on the History-Sciences’, Journal of Universal Computer Science, vol. 14, no. 4, pp. 193-210. [http://www.jucs.org/;internal&action=noaction&Parameter=1208164030958]0948-695Xhttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/9963This article is a revised and extended version of [VBG, 07]. We conjecture that the digitalization of historical text documents as a basis of data mining and information retrieval for the purpose of progress in the history sciences is urgently needed. We present a novel, specialist XML tool-suite supporting the working historian in the transcription of original medieval charters into a machine-readable form, and we also address some latest developments which can be found in the field since the publication of [VBG, 07].enGraz University of TechnologyHistory-InformaticsDigitalizationXML TaggingTool-SupportSemantic WebMedieval DocumentsHistory -- SourcesArchival materials -- DigitizationMiddle Ages -- SourcesComputer software -- DevelopmentArticle