Abstract
The TextGrid research group, a consortium of 10 research institutions in Germany, is developing a virtual research environment for researchers in the arts and humanities that provides services and tools for the analysis of text data and supports the curation of research data by means of grid technology. The TextGrid virtual research environment consists of two main components: the TextGrid Laboratory (TextGridLab), which serves as the entry point to the virtual research environment, and the TextGrid Repository (TextGridRep), which is a long-term humanities data archive ensuring sustainability, interoperability and long-term access to research data. To support all stages of the research lifecycle, preserve and maintain research data, and ensure its long-term usefulness, existing research practices must be supported. Therefore the TextGridLab provides common functionalities in a sustainable environment to intensify re-use of data, tools, and services, and the TextGridRep enables researchers to publish and share their data in a way that supports long-term availability and re-usability.
Highlights
Consisting of two academic communities − textual philology and linguistics −in 2006, the TextGrid project was joined by art history, classical philology, and musicology in 2009
These research communities were interested in making use of the capabilities offered by a virtual research environment in order to support their research processes
The TextGrid virtual research environment consists of two main components: the TextGrid Laboratory (TextGridLab), which serves as the entry point to the virtual research environment, and the TextGrid Repository (TextGridRep), which is a longterm humanities data archive ensuring sustainability, interoperability, and long-term access to research data
Summary
The TextGrid research group, a consortium of 10 research institutions in Germany, is developing a virtual research environment for researchers in the arts and humanities that provides services and tools for the analysis of text data, and supports the curation of research data by means of grid technology.. As part of the German Grid Initiative (D-Grid), TextGrid maintains a common Grid Resource Centre in Göttingen together with grid projects in physics, medicine, astronomy and climate research.. Consisting of two academic communities − textual philology and linguistics −in 2006, the TextGrid project was joined by art history, classical philology, and musicology in 2009. The TextGrid infrastructure was designed and developed so that new communities can be integrated and take part in the development process (TextGrid, 2008)
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