Culture Knowledge Base
The NFDI4Culture Knowledge Base contains guidelines, reports, and specifications by the task areas of the consortium covering all aspects of research data management in the domain of material and immaterial cultural heritage. Additionally, we provide you with curated link recommendations to high quality open educational resources.
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Digitizing, Inventorizing, Enriching 24 Items
27.10.2023
Ground Truth Guidelines für OCR-D (Optical Character Recognition Development)
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Language(s):
English,
German
The Ground Truth Guidelines have grown out of the DFG-funded initiative for Optical Character Recognition Development. They address the creation of ground truth, i. e. reference data for the development and evaluation of OCR systems.
21.08.2023
Guide for digital collection management at art museums (2021)
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Language(s):
German
An introduction to digitization for cultural heritage collections. It focuses on digital collection management and explains all the steps involved in the computer-assisted documentation of a collection and the subsequent networking of the data in comprehensive portals.
21.08.2023
Guide to the standardization of provenance information (2018)
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Language(s):
German
Recommendations for standardized and systematized documentation of results in provenance research, compiled by the Provenance Research Working Group and receiving a great deal of attention.
21.08.2023
Metamorfoze Preservation Imaging Guidelines (2012)
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Language(s):
English
Specifications for the digitization of two-dimensional materials such as manuscripts, books, newspapers, and magazines, but also photographs, paintings, and graphic sheets. They are technically oriented and refer exclusively to the image quality and metadata of the primary file.
21.08.2023
Newspaper Digitization Master Plan - Recommendations for the Digitization of Historical Newspapers in Germany
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Language(s):
German
The "Masterplan Zeitungsdigitalisierung" summarizes the experiences and results of the DFG project "Digitalisierung historischer Zeitungen" and includes a summary of the most important recommendations.
21.08.2023
OCR – Best-practice-guide
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Language(s):
English
The European Impact Centre of Competence in Digitisation has published this best practice guide to OCR. The guide provides an introduction to OCR and is more technical in nature, a bit older, but thorough.
Documenting 7 Items
21.08.2023
Data Curation Profile
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Language(s):
German
The publication by Jake Carlson provides instructions on how to use the so-called "toolkit" for documenting research data, as well as templates and examples compiled for free use by Purdue University in the US.
21.08.2023
Data Curation Profiles Toolkit – User Guide
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Language(s):
English
The publication by Jake Carlson provides instructions on how to use the so-called "toolkit" for documenting research data, as well as templates and examples compiled for free use by Purdue University in the US.
21.08.2023
Data Documentation
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Language(s):
German
The site provides detailed information on why, how and which research data should be documented in accordance with the FAIR criteria, with regard to formats, vocabularies, languages, protocols, repositories, persistent identifications.
21.08.2023
Metadata in Daily Research
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Language(s):
German
The site explains the benefits of documenting metadata early in the research process, provides a good overview of the steps involved, and references best practices from everyday research.
21.08.2023
Museums and 3D Printing
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Language(s):
German
This resource illustrates how 3D printing works and is used in museums through a series of practical examples. It is especially recommended because of the appendices, which complete the use cases with a valuable compilation of information about 3D printing, including a glossary,…
21.08.2023
Preparing Process Data
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Language(s):
German
The publication concisely explains the concept of process data as an important part of sustainable documentation in the humanities context and presents three schemas for process metadata.
Organizing 5 Items
21.08.2023
Tools for Data Organisation
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Language(s):
German
The overview compilation of forschungsdaten.info offers a first insight around tools for data organization of scientific data. It refers to various tools and software as well as their documentation.
21.08.2023
Research data policies for research projects: a structured guide
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Language(s):
German
A research data policy for research projects creates transparency in the handling of research data and requires planning, documentation and description. The contents of the guide will be transferred to an online generator as the project progresses.
21.08.2023
Introduction to data formats
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Language(s):
German
This resource provides an introduction such as an overview of long-term and sustainable data formats and covers file formats, conversion, compatibility, long-term stability, metadata, and machine readability.
21.08.2023
Data Organisation
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Language(s):
German
The topic of data organization is addressed here in an overview and some measures for good data organization are presented, as well as references to other, related topics.
21.08.2023
Data Life Cycle
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Language(s):
German
The article provides an overview of the data lifecycle and its individual stages.
Planning 34 Items
01.10.2024
LIDO Training
NFDI4Culture Guideline
Author(s):
Barbara Fichtl
Version: 1.1.0
LIDO (Lightweight Information Describing Objects) is a metadata schema for the presentation and publication of data on cultural heritage objects. This training provides the basics for understanding and using LIDO.
17.05.2024
Webinar "Einführung in Iconclass"
NFDI4Culture Video Guideline
Author(s):
Angela Kailus
Contributor(s):
Martin Albrecht-Hohmaier,
Frodo Podschwadek
Version: 1.0.0
This webinar introduces Iconclass, a classification system for the subject indexing of works of art and other cultural objects. It shows how to work with it during indexing and explains how using Iconclass can enhance the interoperability of data. Find presentation slides here.
19.04.2024
Guideline for the sustainable development and use of research software
NFDI4Culture Guideline
Author(s):
Daniel Jettka, Ulrike Henny-Krahmer, Aleksander Marčić, Anne Ferger
Version: 1.1.0
How can software be developed, offered and used in such a way that it itself and the research results produced with it remain sustainably available in the sense of the FAIR criteria and can be re-used as far as possible?
27.12.2023
What Is LIDO?
NFDI4Culture Video Guideline
Author(s):
Barbara Fichtl
Version: 1.0.0
This video tutorial gives a brief introduction to the metadata schema LIDO (Lightweight Information Describing Objects). LIDO was developed for the representation and publication of cultural heritage object data.
07.12.2023
What are Authority Data?
NFDI4Culture Video Guideline
Author(s):
Melanie Gruß, Desiree Mayer
Contributor(s):
Eva Bodenschatz
Version: 1.0.0
The tutorial basically explains what authority data are and how they can be used in relation to research data. In addition, the video describes the role of authority data for different entities and from different providers and explains their potential for the Semantic Web.
31.08.2023
Catalog of Quality Problems in Data, Data Models and Data Transformations (2020)
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Language(s):
English
The publication identifies concrete data problems in research data on tangible cultural assets. Each problem is described by a structured profile that includes aspects such as the quality dimensions involved, examples, causes and ideas for improvement.
Rights & Ethics 27 Items
14.06.2024
Open source licenses
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Language(s):
English
This page provides an overview of and links to existing licences for open source software.
16.05.2024
Audiovisual Materials in Research and Teaching – an Overview of Copyright Aspects
NFDI4Culture Guideline
Author(s):
Fabian Rack
Version: 1.0.2
The legal opinion (new edition of the 2015 version) explains how audiovisual materials may be used in research and teaching. It explains in which cases researchers must obtain permission and in which use is permitted by law.
22.10.2023
Guidelines for Video Uploads on Video Platforms
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Language(s):
This decision tree provides an overview on the data protection aspects of uploading conference videos to popular video platforms as well as the processing of relevant data.
22.10.2023
Data Protection Compliant Internal Sharing of Research Datasets
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Language(s):
This decision tree provides guidance on the steps to consider before transferring within or between research institutions beyond the research purpose itself.
15.08.2023
The Legal Primer for Digitisation Projects in Cultural Heritage Institutions
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Language(s):
German
For all those who work digitally with cultural heritage and who would like to make an initial assessment of the legal issues. The 2021 amendment to German copyright law is reflected, which includes new legal permissions, particularly for the online presentation of historical…
15.08.2023
The CARE Principles for Indigenous Data Governance
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Language(s):
English
The CARE Principles were formulated to complement the FAIR Principles with an important research ethics aspect. The topic is explained in an introductory way and via the page one can obtain both a summary and a detailed presentation (each as a PDF).
Data sharing & publishing 12 Items
31.05.2024
Basics of digital preservation. A guideline to digital preservation from the perspective of the NFDI4Culture community.
NFDI4Culture Guideline
Author(s):
Jörg Heseler, Alexandra Büttner, Matthias Arnold
Version: 1.0.3
The guideline conveys the basics of digital preservation, introduces digital archives in NFDI4Culture, explains the path of research data into the digital archive, explains the OAIS model and introduces preservation strategies. The focus is on cultural assets.
02.05.2024
RADAR – Guideline on Personal Data
NFDI4Culture Guideline
Author(s):
Kerstin Soltau
Version: 1.0.1
This guideline is intended to help you understand what information falls under the term “personenbezogene Daten” and which of these can be published on RADAR4Culture.
18.02.2024
Culture Graph Interchange Format
NFDI4Culture Guideline
Author(s):
Oleksandra Bruns, Etienne Posthumus, Harald Sack, Linnaea Söhn, Torsten Schrade, Jonatan Jalle Steller et al.
Version: 1.2.1
The Culture Graph Interchange Format is a lightweight data exchange format based on schema.org. It serves to integrate datasets from the domains of NFDI4Culture into the Culture Knowledge Graph and can enhance their discoverability on the World Wide Web.
14.11.2023
RADAR4Culture Quickstart Guide for Data Providers
NFDI4Culture Guideline
Author(s):
Sandra Göller, Kerstin Soltau
Version: 1.0.0
The RADAR4Culture Quickstart Guide is published by RADAR / FIZ Karlsruhe – Leibniz Institute for Information Infrastructure, explains all the steps required to use this free publication service and provides information on additional functions and the available metadata fields.
14.08.2023
Digital Publications in the Cultural Sector: Examples and Characteristics - Survey Results From the NFDI4Culture Community
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Language(s):
The publication summarizes results from the survey on Enhanced Publications. It presents representative examples and underlines that there are a variety of publication contexts that go beyond standard research publications or digital collections.
14.08.2023
Repositories for Research Data
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Language(s):
German
The 2017 paper by Cordula Franzke ("Repositories for research data using the example of the Digital Humanities in national and international comparison") deals with the basic quality criteria for repositories.
Overarching topics 8 Items
22.08.2024
Reports FlexFunds 2023
NFDI4Culture Report
Author(s):
Robert Nasarek, Lozana Rossenova, Kolja Bailly, Anja Gerber, Anastasia Wawilow
Version: 1.0.2
The FlexFunds are used to support projects and measures for the needs-based (further) development of research tools and data services in the NFDI4Culture communities. The projects funded in 2023 report on their results here.
16.05.2024
Culture Community Report 2022
NFDI4Culture Report
Author(s):
Patrick Primavesi, Oliver Vettermann, Melanie Gruß, Martin Albrecht-Hohmaier, Martin Jörg Schäfer, Martha Stellmacher et al.
In our annual report, we provide information about developments, progress, and outcomes in the consortium and communities, about our task areas and the services and resources developed there, and about our cross-consortium collaboration in the NFDI.
16.05.2024
Culture Community Report 2021
NFDI4Culture Report
Author(s):
Aleksander Marčić, Alexander Stark, Alexandra Büttner, Anastasia Wawilow, Angela Kailus, Anne Ferger et al.
In our annual report, we provide information about developments, progress, and outcomes in the consortium and communities, about our task areas and the services and resources developed there, and about our cross-consortium collaboration in the NFDI.
15.08.2023
Research Data in Cultural Studies – an introduction
NFDI4Culture Guideline
Author(s):
Martin Albrecht-Hohmaier, Katharina Bergmann, Christoph Eggersglüß, Andrea Polywka, Alexander Stark
Version: 1.0.1
A basic introduction to research data management in the arts, cultural studies and humanities, with explanations for the most important concepts, standards and tools.
14.08.2023
Shaping inventory-based research
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Language(s):
German
In its discussion impulse on the scientific, scholarly and cultural use of collections, the Council for Information Infrastructures (RfII) addressed the (future) role of collecting institutions in the digital transformation of science with regard to the framework conditions.
14.08.2023
DFG-Code of Conduct "Guidelines for Safeguarding Good Research Practice" (2019)
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Language(s):
German
The DFG Code of Conduct represents the consensus of the DFG's member organizations on the fundamental principles and standards of good practice, underscoring the importance of integrity in everyday research.