Buddhist Studies in the Digital Age

數位化時代的佛學研究

維習安(Christian Wittern)

《中華佛學學報》 13期(下) (2000/05) Pp. 321-351

https://doi.org/10.6986/CHBJ.200005.0321

摘要

本論文擬以非學術團體的個人學者立場，評估佛學研究領域在資料數位化和網際網路溝通的時代現況。本文將著重於通訊溝通、電子資料和研究方法三方面討論之。傳統的透過學術雜誌論文等正式溝通模式或非正式模式，皆與近代以電腦和網絡傳達媒介方式不同。另外，進行目前的電子資料審查和評估時，應特別注意各種佛教傳統藏經大量的資料庫。於此，最重要的問題是資料庫的可靠性和是否適合研究用途。無論是正在發展中的人文科資訊領域或佛學資訊，各種資料的標記（markup）為製作電子資料中一個不可否認的條件，所以學者最好具備接觸此新的基礎方法。

關鍵字

學術溝通模式 ； 電子資料 ； 佛學資訊 ； 標記

並列摘要

The present paper attempts an evaluation of the situation of Buddhist studies in the age of digital resources and networked communication from the perspective of an individual scholar, as opposed to viewing this situation from the perspective of learned societies or institutions. Attention is drawn to three different aspects: communication, electronic resources, and methods. Traditional modes both of informal communication and formal communication through scholarly journal articles are contrasted with the new means to communicate using modern computer networks. Electronic resources presently available are screened and evaluated, with the focus being placed on canonical collections in different Buddhist languages. The main questions asked are reliability and fitness for scholarly research. As evolving new methodology in Humanities Computing in general, but also in Buddhist studies, markup is considered as a conditio sine qua non in the creation of electronic resources and scholars are urged to get familiar with the basic methods involved.

並列關鍵字

Modes of Scholarly Communication ； Electronic Resources ； Buddhist Information Science ； Markup

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