Deploying general-purpose virtual research environments for humanities research

TY - JOUR

T1 - Deploying general-purpose virtual research environments for humanities research

AU - Blanke, T.

AU - Candela, L.

AU - Hedges, M.

AU - Priddy, M.

AU - Simeoni, F.

PY - 2010/8/28

Y1 - 2010/8/28

N2 - Several virtual research environments (VREs) have been developed to address specific tasks or application domains. Building on the experiences and use cases coming out of these projects, this paper addresses the creation of more general-purpose VREs for the humanities, which move beyond specific, focused tasks, and instead provide services and environments that support more general-purpose humanities research activities. Specifically, we are investigating use cases related to the organization and integration of the dispersed and heterogeneous information on which such research is based. These use cases are highly interactive, interpretative and researcher centric, addressing topics such as annotation environments and support for 'active-reading' processes and scholarly dialogues. We present the background to our work and the technical approach taken, and report the results obtained so far.

AB - Several virtual research environments (VREs) have been developed to address specific tasks or application domains. Building on the experiences and use cases coming out of these projects, this paper addresses the creation of more general-purpose VREs for the humanities, which move beyond specific, focused tasks, and instead provide services and environments that support more general-purpose humanities research activities. Specifically, we are investigating use cases related to the organization and integration of the dispersed and heterogeneous information on which such research is based. These use cases are highly interactive, interpretative and researcher centric, addressing topics such as annotation environments and support for 'active-reading' processes and scholarly dialogues. We present the background to our work and the technical approach taken, and report the results obtained so far.

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U2 - 10.1098/rsta.2010.0167

DO - 10.1098/rsta.2010.0167

M3 - Article

VL - 368

SP - 3813

EP - 3828

JO - PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS- ROYAL SOCIETY OF LONDON SERIES A MATHEMATICAL PHYSICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES

JF - PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS- ROYAL SOCIETY OF LONDON SERIES A MATHEMATICAL PHYSICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES

IS - 1925

ER -