Syriaca.org Editors David A. Michelson and Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent were recently interviewed by Ephrem A. Ishac for The Digital Orientalist. They presented an update on a working group launched in collaboration with Professors Dawn Childress (University of California) to develop digital tools and create a common Linked Open Data for the study of Middle Eastern manuscripts.
Part 1 of the interview is available here: https://digitalorientalist.com/2022/02/22/new-working-group-for-linked-manuscript-descriptions-part-1/