TextGrid – Virtual Research Environment for the Humanities
eScience methods in Arts and Humanities
The joint project TextGrid aims to support access to and exchange of data in the arts and humanities by means of modern information technology (the grid). In 2006 development began on a web-based platform, one which will provide services and tools for researchers for analysis of text data in various digital archives - independently of data format, location and software.
TextGrid serves as a virtual research environment for philologists, linguists, musicologists and art historians. As a single point of entry to the virtual research environment, TextGridLab provides integrated access to specialized tools, services and content. TextGridRep is a long-term archive for research data in the humanities embedded in a grid infrastructure, which will ensure availability and access to its research data as well as interoperability. The joint research project TextGrid is part of the D-Grid initiative, and is funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) for the period starting June 1, 2009 to May 31, 2012 (reference number: 01UG0901A).
TextGrid News
New TextGridLab Beta is Ready to Download!
The TextGridLab will be continually redeveloped and regularly released with new functionalities for public testing. The new beta version from 5. February is completely Unicode-capable, the XML editor usability has been improved,...
[more] 05.02.2010
Tutorials Released
The first series of tutorials is intended to serve as an entry point for the TextGridLab. You will find basic instructions for working with the TextGridLab on the new website.
First Steps:
Download and Installation Text ...
[more] 05.02.2010
Cooperation Statement from TextGrid, Wikimedia, and Creative Commons
2,347,703,384 Characters Worth of Culturally-Valuable Texts Freely Available
TextGrid, Wikimedia, and Creative Commons Germany[1] are cooperating to make an extensive collection of texts freely available.
The research group...
[more] 21.12.2009
GridBriefing on the Topic of eHumanities Released
The GridBriefings from the European project GridTalk illustrate the potential of grid technologies by telling success stories of Europe's e-infrastructure. The new GridBriefing focuses on the topic of eHumanities and...
[more] 08.12.2009
TextGrid Acquires the Online-Library Zeno.org / Vote on Licensing Conditions
The TextGrid research group has acquired the contents of the zeno.org online full-text library for use in the TextGrid Virtual Research Environment. Zeno.org hosts the largest collection available online of German-language...
[more] 02.12.2009
