TEI Publisher[1] provides a flexible and sustainable toolbox which enables scholars to publish their material without forcing a one-size-fits-all framework. It lays out a smooth and fast entry path for editors with little technical experience while remaining endlessly flexible and extensible for advanced users.

With the newest version, based on Jinks application manager,[2] the key TEI Publisher idea of assembling an edition from modular "lego" blocks is taken to the next level. The core of TEI Publisher itself is now decomposed into a set of small, modular profiles, which can be combined and configured to assemble concrete applications. Each profile provides end-to-end implementation for a particular aspect of a digital edition, e.g. support for a certain input format, integration of facsimile images, display of timelines or maps.

TEI Publisher now comes with a central application manager, Jinks, which manages all profiles and all the applications generated from it. Thus, the creation of an application is no longer a one-time generative step, but it can be approached iteratively: new features may be added or removed, and the configuration for the existing ones can be modified. The same user interface which first allowed us to select, pre-configure and generate our application, can be used to reconfigure and regenerate it at any later point.

As new profiles are added to the public library—or new versions are released—this application manager is able to update profiles and custom applications under its control. Updates can largely be carried out automatically with the number of necessary manual interventions reduced to a minimum and most updates can be applied with a single click. Long-term maintenance of our editions is thus guaranteed and easily achieved.

[1] https://teipublisher.com
[2] https://github.com/eeditiones/jinks/tree/main