TextGrid is tools, infrastructure and grid. It enables Arts and Humanities researchers and projects to work together in a distributed, secure, flexible and extensible environment sharing tools, data and methods.

1.	By implementing a service-oriented, modular architecture, based on open standards, the TextGrid infrastructure allows for a maximum possible degree of interoperability.
2.	TextGrid aims to provide a platform for keeping almost everything in one (user) environment by covering complete scholarly workflows, from collecting/generating primary data to publishing, and providing open and easy access to a large, steadily increasing number of scholarly resources.
3.	Grid technology provides computing and storage resources so there is no need for buying, configuring or maintaining project-specific resources.
4.	TextGrid enables collaborative work.
5.	TextGrid provides security and reliability - in terms of a fine-grained rights management as well as in terms of the availability and fail-safe of the data stored in the grid, which is backed by the D-Grid infrastructure.
6.	TextGrid is flexible and allows you to organize your own projects, build your own workflows and tailor everything to your discipline-specific needs.
7.	TextGrid is extensible and enables you to enhance existing tools or plug in your own tools, either as (external) web services or as interactive tools, using the Eclipse Rich Client Platform.
8.	TextGrid is built on open standards (data formats, interfaces, protocols, etc.), enabling exchange and reusability of data and tools.
9.	TextGrid is an open source project. Everything is open and well-documented - join the developers' community.
10.	TextGrid allows for medium and long-term preservation (available by the end of the year 2012) of project data, conforming to the Proposals for Safeguarding Good Scientific Practice of the German Research Foundation.