Aggregating data for social linking in the humanities and creative arts: The humanities networked infrastructure (HUNI)

TY - JOUR

T1 - Aggregating data for social linking in the humanities and creative arts

T2 - The humanities networked infrastructure (HUNI)

AU - Burrows, Toby

AU - Verhoeven, Deb

PY - 2016

Y1 - 2016

N2 - This paper reports on the development of the Humanities Networked Infrastructure (HuNI), a service which aggregates data from thirty Australian data sources and makes them available for use by researchers across the humanities and creative arts, and more widely by the general public. We discuss the methods used by HuNI to aggregate data, as well as the conceptual framework which has shaped the design of HuNI's Data Model around six core entity types. Two of the key functions available to users of HuNI - building collections and creating links - are discussed, together with their design rationale.

AB - This paper reports on the development of the Humanities Networked Infrastructure (HuNI), a service which aggregates data from thirty Australian data sources and makes them available for use by researchers across the humanities and creative arts, and more widely by the general public. We discuss the methods used by HuNI to aggregate data, as well as the conceptual framework which has shaped the design of HuNI's Data Model around six core entity types. Two of the key functions available to users of HuNI - building collections and creating links - are discussed, together with their design rationale.

KW - Creative arts

KW - Data aggregation

KW - Humanities

KW - Social linking

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85012940101&partnerID=8YFLogxK

M3 - Review article

AN - SCOPUS:85012940101

SN - 1133-3634

VL - 25

SP - 109

EP - 119

JO - Signa

JF - Signa

ER -