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Senka Drobac Centre for Informatics and Computing Ruđer Bošković Institute 21/06/09 C: UserseahDesktopnew_slidesdariah_slides_template_blue. odp page 1
What DARIAH is not. . . It is not primarily a network of data archives as is CESSDA It is not primarily focused on a single discipline area as is CLARIN It is not primarily an aggregator of cultural heritage content as is EUROPEANA It is not primarily a network of research publications repositories as is DRIVER Although it will interact and collaborate with all of the above. . . 21/06/09 C: UserseahDesktopnew_slidesdariah_slides_template_blue. odp page 2
What DARIAH is. . . DARIAH = Digital Research Infrastructure for the Arts and Humanities Aims to develop and maintain an infrastructure in support of ICT-based research practices across the arts and humanities 21/06/09 C: UserseahDesktopnew_slidesdariah_slides_template_blue. odp page 3
What DARIAH is. . . Enhancing and supporting digitally enabled research across the arts and humanities Exchange knowledge, expertise, methodologies and practices across domains and disciplines Link distributed digital source materials of many kinds Explore and apply ICT-based methods and tools to enable new research questions to be asked and old questions to be posed in new ways 21/06/09 C: UserseahDesktopnew_slidesdariah_slides_template_blue. odp page 4
Scholars and research data “The coolest thing you can do with your data, will be thought of by somebody else” (Wo. CRIG) Encourage researchers to publish their data: accessibility plus re-usability of research data Across political boundaries and disciplines Register my data Support researchers in developing new/old research questions, e. g. quantitative analysis: Text mining, data visualization… Ø Research Data Infrastructure … driven by scholars! 21/06/09 C: UserseahDesktopnew_slidesdariah_slides_template_blue. odp page 5
How will we achieve this? An interoperability layer that connects resource providers, also to outside providers such is Bamboo A package of software and consultancy/training, which supports emerging DARIAH centres in establishing their own technology environment quickly Technical consultancy and tutorials that help existing humanities data archives to link their systems into the DARIAH network 21/06/09 C: UserseahDesktopnew_slidesdariah_slides_template_blue. odp page 6
Future Now preparatory phase: 2011 start of construction / operational phase New partners are just joining: Italy, Spain, Sweden Cost model / funding model / legal structure (ERIC) VCC’s: Research and education, e-Infrastructure, Content and Legal Management, Dissemination and Advocacy Further activities: Grid: SSC (Specialized Support Centre) - EGI VRE: discipline specific EU call / proposals Liasion with Europeana, Driver, APA, Bamboo, Inter. Edition. . . 21/06/09 C: UserseahDesktopnew_slidesdariah_slides_template_blue. odp page 7
Thank you! Questions? 21/06/09 C: UserseahDesktopnew_slidesdariah_slides_template_blue. odp page 8
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