The training layer: a meta-aggregator / Taper
Taper
peripheral comparatorField history and indexes of electronic, generative and computational literatureactive
The archive's reading. The archive reads Taper as a comparative strand of writing through the machine, the procedural column of #186: small computational pieces made with code, published in themed issues. Computational form alone does not establish composition addressed to machine reception, and the saved index page names no machine addressee and lists no pieces.
| Relation to this census | peripheral comparator |
|---|---|
| Record type | journal |
| The question it answers | comparative generative writing: which small computational pieces has a literary magazine published, by issue and theme? |
| Kind | an online literary magazine for small computational pieces |
| Operator | Bad Quarto |
| Evidence | journal |
| Unit of record | an issue (sixteen so far), each with a theme, holding small computational pieces |
| What it records | small computational literary pieces, published twice a year in themed issues from Spring 2018 to Spring 2026 |
| In the layer | not recorded |
| Under whose name | not recorded on the saved index page, which lists issues only |
| Found and read back | not recorded beyond the issue list on the index page |
| What the apparatus makes from it | not recorded |
| Method | themed issues assembled from a call for work |
| Coverage | geography: not recorded; period: Spring 2018 to Spring 2026; a call for issue #17 open |
| Count | value: 16 issues; as_of: Spring 2026 (Taper #16) |
| Holdings | Taper #1: a minimal labyrinth, Spring 2018; Taper #14: sonnets, Spring 2025; Taper #16: for good measure, Spring 2026; a call for work for issue #17 |
| Stated limits | the saved index page states none; 'small computational pieces' bounds what it publishes |
| Data access | free online |
| Licence | not stated in the saved sources |
| Lifecycle | state: active; detail: two issues a year, Spring 2018 to Spring 2026, with the call for issue #17 available |
| Version and time | first_issue: Spring 2018; latest_issue: Spring 2026; read: 2026-11-01 |
| Founded | 2018 (Taper #1, Spring 2018) |
What its record can settle
- which issues Taper has published, with their themes and seasons
- that a call for issue #17 is open
What it cannot settle
- which pieces and authors each issue holds (not on the saved page)
- the size limit or rules for a piece (the call for work is unsaved)
- whether any piece is in a training corpus or a model
Kept apart
- NOT a generator archive or code repository: a literary magazine of computational pieces
- NOT a training corpus
- NOT evidence of composition addressed to machine reception: computational form alone does not establish it
Evidence
- self_description (the resource's own statement):
an online literary magazine for small computational pieces, published by Bad Quarto
https://taper.badquar.to/ · read 2026-11-01 · http 200 · sha256 453401c16fcc23d1… - first_issue (the resource's own statement):
Taper #1 : a minimal labyrinth, Spring 2018.
https://taper.badquar.to/ · read 2026-11-01 · http 200 · sha256 453401c16fcc23d1… - sonnets (the resource's own statement):
Taper #14 : sonnets, Spring 2025.
https://taper.badquar.to/ · read 2026-11-01 · http 200 · sha256 453401c16fcc23d1… - latest_issue (the resource's own statement):
Taper #16 : for good measure, Spring 2026.
https://taper.badquar.to/ · read 2026-11-01 · http 200 · sha256 453401c16fcc23d1… - call (the resource's own statement):
The call for work for issue #17 is also available!
https://taper.badquar.to/ · read 2026-11-01 · http 200 · sha256 453401c16fcc23d1…
Unchecked
the issues themselves, their contents and authors; the call for work for issue #17 and its rules; Bad Quarto's own pages
Cite: Lee Sharks, ed. "Taper." The training layer: a meta-aggregator, traininglayerliterature.org, compiled 2026-11-01. https://www.traininglayerliterature.org/aggregators/taper