TextGrid is a research group with the goal of supporting access to and the exchange of information in the humanities and social sciences with the help of modern information technology (the grid). The project is funded by the

Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Germany) The Federal Ministry of Education and Research (german: link=no, Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung, ), abbreviated BMBF, is a cabinet-level ministry of Germany. It is headquartered in Bonn, with an office in Berlin. The Ministry provi ...

. TextGrid is one project within the D-Grid initiative and part of WissGrid.

Project phases

The TextGrid project started in February 2006. During the first phase of the project the development of the software begun. In consequence an infrastructure for the virtual research environment was built. During the second project phase (June 2009 to May 2012) a productive version of the software was created and the user base was broadened. Meanwhile, the project reached its third funding phase (June 2012 to May 2015) entitled "TextGrid - Virtual Research Environment for the Humanities". The objective within this phase is the transformation of the project for the continuous operation in financial, legal and technical terms. The following partner institutions are participating during the third funding phase of TextGrid: *

Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities The Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities (german: Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften), abbreviated BBAW, is the official academic society for the natural sciences and humanities for the German states of Berlin a ...

, Berlin * DAASI International GmbH, Tübingen *

University of Applied Sciences Worms Worms University of Applied Sciences (German: ''Hochschule Worms'') is a business and technology-oriented university of applied sciences in Worms, Germany. Around 3700 students are taught in 38 degree programmes by 74 professors and around 100 ...

, Faculty of Computer Sciences *

University of Göttingen The University of Göttingen, officially the Georg August University of Göttingen, (german: Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, known informally as Georgia Augusta) is a public research university in the city of Göttingen, Germany. Founded ...

Göttingen State and University Library The Göttingen State and University Library (german: Niedersächsische Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Göttingen or SUB Göttingen) is the library for Göttingen University as well as for the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and is the state li ...

(project management) * Gesellschaft für wissenschaftliche Datenverarbeitung mbH Göttingen * Institut für Deutsche Sprache, Mannheim *

University of Würzburg The Julius Maximilian University of Würzburg (also referred to as the University of Würzburg, in German ''Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg'') is a public research university in Würzburg, Germany. The University of Würzburg is one of ...

Max Planck Institute for the History of Science The Max Planck Institute for the History of Science (German: Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte) is a scientific research institute founded in March 1994. It is dedicated to addressing fundamental questions of the history of knowledg ...

, Berlin *

Berlin Institute of Technology The Technical University of Berlin (official name both in English and german: link=no, Technische Universität Berlin, also known as TU Berlin and Berlin Institute of Technology) is a public research university located in Berlin, Germany. It was ...

Technische Universität Darmstadt The Technische Universität Darmstadt (official English name Technical University of Darmstadt, sometimes also referred to as Darmstadt University of Technology), commonly known as TU Darmstadt, is a research university in the city of Darmstadt ...

, Department for Literary Studies

Software

Scholars from humanities and cultural studies can do their research on textbased data jointly or alone by using the TextGrid software. This environment consists of two main components: * The ''TextGrid Repository'' is long-term storage of subject specific contents where digital research data can be stored. This is to guarantee the long-term availability and access to data and also to provide cooperation for the scholars. * The ''TextGrid Laboratory'' is the client software of the virtual research environment and combines diverse services and tools within the interface that can be used intuitively. The TextGridLab can be extended and therefore be used by scholars from diverse fields of research and interest. The software is available for all prevalent operation systems.

Further services

User of TextGrid are able to contact the developers of the software and further involved persons. For this purpose there are different open mailing-lists available. Furthermore, user meetings are arranged on a regular basis and training courses and workshops are offered.

User projects

Meanwhile, a number of user cases and edition projects which are working with TextGrid are established. More information on these projects and their experiences with TextGrid can be found on the TextGrid Homepage.''Community''

Literature

* ''TextGrid.'' In: Heike Neuroth, Martina Kerzel, Wolfgang Gentzsch (Hrsg.): ''Die D-Grid Initiative''. Universitätsverlag Göttingen, Göttingen 2007, , S. 64–66

. * Heike Neuroth, Felix Lohmeier, Kathleen Marie Smith: ''TextGrid. Virtual Research Environment for the Humanities.'' In: ''The International Journal of Digital Curation.'' 6, Nr. 2, 2011, , S. 222–231

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External links

Official Website of the TextGrid project

TextGrid user manual

TextGrid documentation for developers

Itemization

{{authority control Research institutes in Germany