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The editorial crossing · six stages
Show where the bridge begins.
A source-led edition should let a reader distinguish what survives, what has been inferred and what an editor has done to help the material cross into a modern form.
Scope of this method
A working discipline, not a credential.
This page describes the intended BidBont workflow for projects in preparation. It does not claim external accreditation, scholarly peer review or completion of every stage for every catalogue record.
- 01
Define the record
State the project scope, catalogue status and claims the available material can support.
- 02
Register the witnesses
Identify source objects, provenance and exact locators. Keep an unresolved source unresolved.
- 03
Transcribe
Keep original-language text distinct from supplied, reconstructed or normalised text.
- 04
Translate and annotate
Present translation and commentary as editorial work, never as the witness itself.
- 05
Verify and disclose
Check claims, structure, locators, files and accessibility. Name what was checked without implying independent peer review.
- 06
Authorise release
Only an authorised owner decision may change an in-preparation record into a released edition or sale offer.
Release record
Five fields must stop being blank.
These fields are deliberately absent from an in-preparation record when the owner has not approved the underlying facts.
- Identity
- Final title, credited contributors and their approved form of attribution.
- Edition
- Version, format, publication date and identifiers, if and when assigned.
- Authority
- Rights and permissions position supplied or approved by the responsible owner.
- Availability
- Approved channel, territory, price and retailer record, if the edition is offered.
- Accountability
- Responsible operator identity, correspondence route and correction process.
Release rule
Prepared. Verified. Approved. Each word names a different state.Read the publishing policies