Abstract
AbstractDigital research infrastructures can be divided into four categories: large equipment, IT infrastructure, social infrastructure, and information infrastructure. Modern research institutions often employ both IT infrastructure and information infrastructure, such as databases or large-scale research data. In addition, information infrastructure depends to some extent on IT infrastructure. In this paper, we discuss the IT, information, and legal infrastructure issues that research institutions face.
Highlights
The authors are well aware that the view and state of the art for digital research infrastructures have evolved in the last 5 years
While large technical equipment is only seldom used in digital humanities disciplines, and social infrastructure is beyond the scope of this paper, combinations of IT infrastructure and information infrastructure are quite common
Digital humanities research institutions working with huge amounts of data have special needs regarding IT infrastructure, such as a growing demand for storage space, computing capacity, and durability
Summary
This paper was originally submitted late 2014 and the final publication was delayed until 2019. The authors are well aware that the view and state of the art for digital research infrastructures have evolved in the last 5 years. A research infrastructure can be defined as a public or private institution that has been established mainly for research, teaching, and the support of young researchers. Research infrastructures can be divided into four main categories (Wissenschaftsrat 2011b, 17f.)1:. – large equipment, including research platforms such as scientific research vessels, planes, or satellites; 1Combinations of more than one category are possible as well
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