Factsheet
Stylo, un éditeur pour les sciences humaines et sociales
Reviewed resource
People
Programmer
- Grossetie Guillaume
- Parisot Thomas
Contributor
- Fauchié Antoine
- Juchereau Arthur
- Krause Lena
- Mellet Margot
- Monjour Servanne
- Sauret Nicolas
- Vitali-Rosati Marcello
Questionnaire
General information
Software type cf. Catalogue 0.1.1
What type of software is it?
Answer Software tool
Explanation
Software type
- Software tool — A “Tool” is broadly defined as a computational application to be used for accomplishing one task or a number of related tasks in the process of digital scholarly editing.
- Virtual Reseaerch Environment (VRE) — An “environment” is defined as a platform on which various tools (independent or not) are working as an integrated whole in order to perform a series of tasks or to cover the entire workflow.
Identification of the environment cf. Catalogue 1.4
On which platform runs the tool?
Answer Another application
Explanation
Identification of the environment
- Operating system — e.g. for stand-alone applications
- Web browser — for web-based applications, web-services, and APIs
- Another application — i.e., a plugin
Purpose cf. Catalogue 1.5
For what purpose was the tool developed?
Answer developed for a specific project or materials
Methods and implementation
Programming Language cf. Catalogue 2.3
Which programming languages and technologies are used?
Answer Unknown
Output format cf. Catalogue 2.4
Which output formats are supported?
Answer .xml, .xml/tei, .pdf, .html, Other: epub
Encoding preprocessing
Is a pre-processing conversion included?
Answer No
Dependencies cf. Catalogue 3.2
Does the documentation list dependencies on other software, libraries or hardware?
Answer No
Dependencies installation
If yes, is the software handling the installation of dependencies during the general installation process (you don't have to install them manually before the installation)?
Answer No
Documentation and support
Documentation cf. Catalogue 3.4
Is documentation and/or a manual available? (tool website, wiki, blog, documentation, or tutorial)
Answer Yes
Documentation parts cf. Catalogue 3.3
Which of the following sections does the documentation contain?
Answer Step-by-step instructions, Examples, Support
Documentation language cf. Catalogue 3.3
In what languages is the documentation available?
Answer English, French
Support cf. Catalogue 3.4
Is there a method to get active support from the developer(s) or from the community?
Answer Yes
From of support cf. Catalogue 3.4
Which form of support is offered?
Answer Help desk, Other: visioconference
Issue tracker cf. Catalogue 3.4
Is it possible to post bugs or issue using issue tracker mechanisms?
Answer Yes
Usability and sustainability
Build and install cf. Catalogue 3.6
Grade how straightforward it is to build or install the tool on a supported platform:
Answer straightforward
Tests cf. Catalogue 3.7
Is there a test suite, covering the core functionality in order to check that the tool has been correctly built or installed?
Answer No
Portability and interoperability cf. Catalogue 3.8
On which platforms can the tool/software be deployed?
Answer Not applicable (if web-based for example)
Devices cf. Catalogue 3.8
On which devices can the tool/software be deployed?
Answer Not applicable (if web-based for example)
Browsers cf. Catalogue 3.8
If the tool is web-based: On which browsers can the tool/software be deployed?
Answer Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome
Plugins cf. Catalogue 3.8
If the tool is web-based: Does the tool rely on browser plugins?
Answer No
Credits cf. Catalogue 3.9
Does the software make adequate acknowledgement and credit to the project contributors?
Answer Yes
Possible contribution
If yes, can you contribute to the software development via the repository/development platform?
Answer No
Analysability, extensibility, reusability of the code
Analysability cf. Catalogue 3.10
Can the code be analyzed easily (is it structured, commented, following standards)?
Answer Yes
Extensibility cf. Catalogue 3.10
Can the code be extended easily (because there are contribution mechanisms, attribution for changes and backward compatibility)?
Answer Unknown
Reusability cf. Catalogue 3.10
Can the code be reused easily in other contexts (because there are appropriate interfaces and/or a modular architecture)?
Answer Unknown
Security and privacy cf. Catalogue 3.11
Does the software provide sufficient information about the treatment of the data entered by the users?
Answer Yes
Supportability and maintenance cf. Catalogue 3.12
Is there information available whether the tool will be supported currently and in the future?
Answer No
Citability cf. Catalogue 3.13
Does the tool supply citation guidelines (e. g. using the Citation File Format)?
Answer No
User interaction, GUI and visualization
User profile cf. Catalogue 4.1
What kind of users are expected?
Answer Humanities researcher, Digital humanist
User Interface cf. Catalogue 4.2 and 0.1.1
What kind of interface does the tool provide?
Answer Graphical User Interface (GUI)
Visualization cf. Catalogue 4.3
Does the tool provide a particular visualizations (in terms of analysis) of the input and/or the output data?
Answer No
User empowerment cf. Catalogue 4.4
Is the user allowed to customize the functioning of the tool and the output configuration?
Answer No
Accessibility cf. Catalogue 4.5
Does the tool provide particular features for improving accessibility, allowing „people with the widest range of characteristics and capabilities" to use it?
Answer No