The Virtual Research Environment for the Humanities and Social Sciences - FuD

logo FUD

Project Management: Dr Thomas Burch  (Universität Trier - Trier Center for Digital Humanities (TCDH)) · Universität Trier - Trier Center for Digital Humanities (TCDH) · Dr. Marina Lemaire  (Universität Trier - Servicezentrum eSciences) · Universität Trier - Servicezentrum eSciences

Sponsors: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), Universität Trier - Servicezentrum eSciences, Forschungsinitiative des Landes Rheinland-Pfalz

Running time: since

Contact person (TCDH): Dr Thomas Burch

References:

Claudia Bamberg, Thomas Burch: Inventarisieren, Analysieren und Archivieren vernetzt. Digitalisierung und Edition größerer Briefkorpora mit der virtuellen Editionsplattform „Forschungsnetzwerk und Datenbanksystem“ (FuD). In: Fontanes Briefe ediert. Hg. v. Hanna Delf von Wolzogen und Rainer Falk. Würzburg 2014, S. 265–282.

Gisela  Minn, Thomas Burch,  Marina  Lemaire, Alexander  Patrut, Yvonne  Rommelfanger und Ansgar  Schmitz: FuD2015 – Eine virtuelle Forschungsumgebung für die Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaften auf dem Weg in den Regelbetrieb. Akteure, Arbeitsfelder, Organisations- und Finanzierungsstrukturen (Universität Trier eSciences Working Papers, Nr. 01), Trier 2016 [online].

Research Area: Software Systems and Research Infrastructure

Keywords: Digital Technologies and Tools, LaTeX

Technologies:
,

Website of the Project: Research network and database system (FuD)

FuD is a virtual research environment for research in the humanities and social sciences. The modular software maps the entire research process and supports collaborative research that is independent of time and location. Whether print or online edition, or both as a hybrid edition, whether content, discourse or network analysis, whether indexing work or management of research data - FuD offers a multitude of tools for data collection, annotation, analysis and processing up to publication and archiving. And even for highly complex data models, the user does not need to acquire any knowledge of XML!

As a research partner, we work with our scientific workflow from consulting on data management to tailor-made technical solutions. Our interdisciplinary team is a research partner for software development, data analysis, publication consulting, and visualization on research platforms, which usually enable the subsequent use of digital data. Due to the project-specific requirements, the virtual research environment is and has been continuously developed and adapted on different levels by the TCDH-internal developer team (Radoslav Petkov, Dr. Matthias Bremm, Li Sheng, Yu Gan, Frank Queens (Transcribo), Martin Sievers (LaTeX output)). FuD facilitates the exchange of data with other researchers through an elaborate rights management. FuD can be used by large research groups as well as by small research projects. The database system in client-server architecture is designed as an integrated work, publication and information platform.

Related projects: Comparo, Transcribo, Johann Caspar Lavater, Completion of the Critical Friedrich Schlegel Edition - KFSA, Arthur Schnitzler Digital, August Wilhelm Schlegel: Critical Edition of the Lectures, Digitization and Electronic Edition of Abraham Gottlob Werner's Correspondence, Digitizing and Electronic Edition of August Wilhelm Schlegel's Correspondence, Letters and Files on Church Policy by Frederick the Wise and John the Constant 1513 to 1532, Theodor-Fontane-Chronicle and -Bibliography Digital (ChroBi), Fontane Manuscripts, The Augsburg Master Builder’s Ledgers, Digitale Edition and Analysis of the Medulla Gestorum Treverensium by Johann Enen (1514), eLaterna, Kurt Schwitters' Intermedia Networks of the Avant-garde, LexArt Project „Words for Art“, Medieval Ashkenaz , Document Book Transylvania, World War II, Digital Edition of Peter Fasbender's Pilgrimage Report, Stefan Heym: “Ahasver”, Ferdinand Tönnies Letters: A Digital Edition, C. F. Meyers Correspondence. MBW Digital, The Correspondence of the Natural Philosopher Henrik Steffens (1773-1845), Paul Fleming, Digital Edition and Thematic Indexing of the Writings of Franz Liszt

Team TCDH

Dr Matthias Bremm
E-mail: bremmatuni-trier [dot] de
Phone: +49 651 201-2679

Dr Thomas Burch
E-mail: burchatuni-trier [dot] de
Phone: +49 651 201-3364

Radoslav Petkov
E-mail: petkovatuni-trier [dot] de
Phone: +49 651 201-3359

Topics

digital tool box

Developing Software Systems

The software systems we develop together with humanities and cultural scholars are ergonomic and goal-oriented solutions to support individual and dynamic research projects effectively.

Research laptop, old photos

Digital Editions

Digital editions offer a wide range of options for processing sources scientifically and making them accessible in open access.

Technological concepts

Implementing Research Projects Digitally

We model text data and multimedia objects, apply our tools and establish procedures, design websites and ensure sustainable research data management.

give a common thread

Managing Research Data

You can achieve your research goals with professional data management.

open science

Open Science

Open Access, Open Source, Open Data as well as other terms represent a research sector with transparent approaches and freely available results.

Project management

Project Management

We consider our work processes to be an interface between technical expertise, knowledge-based services and humanities research in the range of Digital Humanities.

national research data management

Research Infrastructures

As is often the case, the key to success is cooperation. Together with our partners, we participate in international, national and regional research infrastructures.