Textuses
Textuses is a term used to describe the ways textual resources are used and repurposed across domains, including analysis, translation, indexing, generation, and preservation of text as data and artifact.
It is a neologism formed from "text" and "uses" and does not have a single, authoritative definition.
Typical facets include descriptive uses such as text mining and linguistic analysis; constructive uses like annotation,
Core components often cited with textuses are text corpora, annotations, metadata, licensing terms, provenance data, and
Applications span digital humanities, natural language processing, information retrieval, education, and accessibility, informing how researchers select,
Challenges include definitional ambiguity, lack of standardization, privacy considerations, copyright and licensing constraints, data quality, and
The term remains informal and context-dependent, gaining attention in discussions about data-centric text work since the
Related topics include natural language processing, corpus linguistics, digital humanities, text mining, and data governance.