Presentation of the project "Mapping historical networks . Building the Biographical / prosopographical Information System (APIS)" at the congress Europa baut auf Biographien in Wien / Vienna.

1. “APIS”
Digitale biographische Blütenlese
Christine Gruber / INZ-ÖBL
Eveline Wandl-Vogt / ACDH
Inernationaler Kongress Europa baut auf Bioraphien
Wien, 7. Oktober 2015

2. Ausgangssituation
3 Partner:
• Institut für Neuzeit- und Zeitgeschichtsforschung/ÖBL
• Austrian Center for Digital Humanities (ACDH)
• Institut für Stadt- und Regionalforschung (ISR)
Datengrundlage: „Österreichisches Biographisches Lexikon 1815-1950“
• ca. 18.000 digitalisierte Artikel
• online abrufbar unter www.biographien.ac.at und www.biographie-portal.eu
• gleichbleibende Grundstruktur der Biographien und hohe Informationsdichte
• über Normdaten vernetzbar (z.B. GND, VIAF)
 umfassende Datenbank und XML-Exportschnittstelle verfügbar

3. Projektinhalte
Aufgaben:
• implizite Informationen in explizit abfragbare Daten (maschinenlesbar) umwandeln
• punktuelle Erweiterung und Ergänzung des Datenmaterials
• Granulierung: hochgradig differenzierte Strukturierung der Daten
• Extraktion spezifischer Daten zur statistischen Auswertung
Ziele:
• Entwicklung spezifischer Abfragemöglichkeiten und Analysewerkzeuge
• Visualisierung der Suchergebnisse
• Abbildung von Personennetzwerken, Bewegungsprofilen usw.
 Ausgangsbasis für Forschungsfragen des Instituts für Stadt- und Regionalforschung

4. Forschungsfragen
Zentrale Fragen der Migrationsforschung:
- Geographische Rekonstruktion der Wanderungsmuster
- Demographische Analyse der Elitenwanderer
Weitere Fragestellungen:
• Eignung von Nationalbiographien als grundlegende Datenbasis für sozialgeschichtliche
Forschungsfragen?
 Schlussfolgerungen für künftige biographisch-lexikalische Forschungen
• Schließung von Informationslücken durch konsequente Vernetzung mit externen Online-Quellen über
Normdaten?
 Schlussfolgerungen für künftige Methoden und Arbeitsprozesse des ÖBL

5. Projektergebnisse und Mehrwert
INZ/ÖBL:
• Publikation in der Linked Open Data Cloud (maximale Zugänglichkeit und Verbreitung)
• weitreichende Recherchemöglichkeiten und Visualisierungen der Daten
• Erkenntnisse für künftige biographische Forschungsmethoden und Arbeitsprozesse
ACDH:
• Weiterentwicklung/Verbesserung von Ontologien für biographisch-lexikalische Daten
• vertiefende Erfahrungen bei Normdatenvernetzung und Informationsanreicherung
• innovative Methoden für historische Netzwerkanalysen
ISR:
• Beiträge zur empirischen Rekonstruktion der Wanderungsmuster von Eliten
• Reichweite von Institutionen und ausgesuchten Städten
• Spezifische Wanderungsmuster zum Ende der Monarchie/Beginn der Ersten Republik

6. Digital Humanities Research and Services
1) Methods
2) Technical and Social Infrastructures
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7. Digital Humanities Research and Services
1) Methods
2) Technical and Social Infrastructures
visions on biographies and identity research

8. Digital Humanities Research and Services
1) Methods
2) Technical and Social Infrastructures
visions on biographies and identity research
fantasising about virtual research environments

9. Digital Humanities Research and Services
1) Methods
2) Technical and Social Infrastructures
visions on biographies and identity research
fantasising about virtual research environments
innovative research opportunities

10. Digital Humanities Research and Services
1) Methods
2) Technical and Social Infrastructures

11. Methods
Internally testing and developing Tools, Services and Methods
• Named Entity Recognition (NER)
• Acronyms, Abbreviations
Katlin Lejtovicz
Matthias Schlögl
Ágoston Zénó Bernard
Maximilian Kaiser

12. Methods
Internally testing and developing Tools, Services and Methods
• Named Entity Recognition (NER)
• Acronyms, Abbreviations
Katlin Lejtovicz
Matthias Schlögl
Ágoston Zénó Bernard
Maximilian Kaiser

13. Methods
Internally testing and developing Tools, Services and Methods
• Named Entity Recognition (NER)
• Acronyms, Abbreviations
Katlin Lejtovicz
Matthias Schlögl
Ágoston Zénó Bernard
Maximilian Kaiser

14. Methods
Internally testing and developing Tools, Services and Methods
• Named Entity Recognition (NER)
• Acronyms, Abbreviations
First Results
• Detecting persons, organisations; locations
• Resolving abbreviations

15. Methods
Internally testing and developing Tools, Services and Methods
• Named Entity Recognition (NER)
• Acronyms, Abbreviations
Collaborations
• Textual Emigration Analysis – University of Stuttgart (DE) - CLARIN.DE – Showcase
• NamSor – Carsenat (FR)
• BiographyNet – VU Amsterdam (NL)

16. Methods
Internally testing and developing Tools, Services and Methods
&
Collaborations
Evaluation
Interoperability
Exploring new methods

17. Technical and Social Infrastructures
Technical Infrastructures
• Information System for biographical / prosopographical Data
ÖBL (XML)  semi-automatic processing (itineratively)  APIS

22. Technical and Social Infrastructures
Technical Infrastructures
• Information System for biographical / prosopographical Data
ÖBL (XML)  semi-automatic processing (itineratively)  APIS
• Working towards virtual reserach environment
as interactive, collaborative, open – online platforms for certain expertise

23. Technical and Social Infrastructures
Technical Infrastructures
• Information System for biographical / prosopographical Data
ÖBL (XML)  semi-automatic processing (itineratively)  APIS
• Working towards virtual reserach environment
as interactive, collaborative, open – online platforms for certain expertise
• Interoperability
Standards and Guidelines
• Best practices

24. Technical and Social Infrastructures
Technical Infrastructures
• Information System for biographical / prosopographical Data
ÖBL (XML)  semi-automatic processing (itineratively)  APIS
• Working towards virtual reserach environment
as interactive, collaborative, open – online platforms for certain expertise
• Interoperability
Standards and Guidelines
• Best practices

25. Technical and Social Infrastructures
Technical Infrastructures
• Information System for biographical / prosopographical Data
ÖBL (XML)  semi-automatic processing (itineratively)  APIS
• Working towards virtual reserach environment
as interactive, collaborative, open – online platforms for certain expertise
• Interoperability Working Group:
Standards and Guidelines Analysing biographical data
• Best practices

26. Technical and Social Infrastructures
Digital Workplace 2.0
collaborative controlled
distributed
competitive

27. Technical and Social Infrastructures
Digital Workplace 2.0
collaborative controlled
distributed
competitive

28. Technical and Social Infrastructures
Digital Workplace 2.0
collaborative controlled
distributed
competitive

29. Technical and Social Infrastructures
Digital Workplace 2.0
collaborative controlled
distributed
competitive

30. Technical and Social Infrastructures
Digital Workplace 2.0
collaborative controlled
distributed
competitive

31. Technical and Social Infrastructures
Digital Workplace 2.0
collaborative controlled
distributed
competitive

32. Technical and Social Infrastructures
Digital Workplace 2.0
collaborative controlled
distributed
competitive

33. Technical and Social Infrastructures
Digital Workplace 2.0
collaborative controlled
distributed
competitive

34. distributed
competitive

35. distributed
competitive

36. Technical and Social Infrastructures
social
communities
• discovering, learning,
sharing, collaboration
• real time, dynamic,
unpredictable
content
collaboration
managed
intranet
towards the
digital workplace

37. Technical and Social Infrastructures
social
communities
• discovering, learning,
sharing, collaboration
• real time, dynamic,
unpredictable
content
collaboration
• team and project
collaboration
• creative, coordinated,
goal-oriented
managed
intranet
towards the
digital workplace

38. Technical and Social Infrastructures
social
communities
• discovering, learning,
sharing, collaboration
• real time, dynamic,
unpredictable
content
collaboration
• team and project
collaboration
• creative, coordinated,
goal-oriented
managed
intranet
• offical communication,
managed information
• authorative, stable,
reference
towards the
digital workplace

39. Technical and Social Infrastructures
social
communities
• discovering, learning,
sharing, collaboration
• real time, dynamic,
unpredictable
content
collaboration
• team and project
collaboration
• creative, coordinated,
goal-oriented
managed
intranet
• offical communication,
managed information
• authorative, stable,
reference
towards the
digital workplace
enterprise 2.0

40. Conclusions
Services and Tools @ ACDH
• Virtual Research Environments
open source software advisory service (OSS)

41. Conclusions
Services and Tools @ ACDH
• Virtual Research Environments
• Communities of practice and Networks of trust
COP in CME

42. Conclusions
Services and Tools @ ACDH
• Virtual Research Environments
• Communities of practice and Networks of trust
• Support Transformation process
from traditional Humanities
towards Digital Workplace workflows in the Humanities
 towards new research questions

43. Conclusions

44. Conclusions
Services and Tools @ ACDH
• Virtual Research Environments
• Communities of practice and Networks of trust
• Support Transformation process
from traditional Humanities
towards Digital Workplace workflows in the Humanities
 towards new research questions
digital is a mindset,
not (just) a technology.
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