A short overview on the Monasterium.net platform given by Daniel Jeller of ICARUS at the ICARUS-Lecture at the University of Sofia on Nov. 30. 2014.

1. Monasterium.net
An introduction
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2. Monasteries charters
from the heart of
Europe and beyond
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3. Monasterium …
… is an online database for medieval and early modern
charters
… combines digital images with metadata
… makes over 400 000 documents from over 130
archives accessible over the internet
… creates a collaborative editing environment to
improve metadata
… is free
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4. The basic idea
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5. A short history
2002 - 2005
Focus: Lower
Austria
Passive
Archive
Proprietary
Database
2005 - 2008
Increase in
Scope: Central
Europe
Native Open
Source XML
Database
GUI XML
Editor as Java
Applet
2008 - 2011
Overhaul of
Database
structure
Editor-
Redesign using
AJAX
techniques
2012 - ?
Image editor
Collection
environment
Open Source
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6. Contents
600,000
500,000
400,000
300,000
200,000
100,000
0
Urkunden Regesten Transkr. Bilder Personen Orte
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7. Main features
Collections Editor
Frontend
Search
Image
tools
Image
collections
MyArchive
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8. Frontend
Hierarchical navigation through archives and
fonds down to individual charters. Charters
are a combination from images and
diplomatic metadata.
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9. Search
Faceted search using full text and metadata.
Sorting and filtering is possible.
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10. Collections
Non-hierarchical collections of charters. Can
be created by users for personal use and
published with consent from a moderator.
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11. Editor
Metadata can be freely edited according to
diplomatic customs and practices. Various
metadata fields are available. Publication of
edited charters with consent from a
moderator.
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12. Edition management
The account administration brings together
all user created content and moderation
tools.
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13. Image tools
Images can be annotated with metadata and
parts of images can be combined to image
collections.
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14. Image collections
Extracted images can be combined and
shared in the form of image collections.
These can be published with consent from a
moderator.
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15. Possibilities
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16. Research and
didactics
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17. Monastic network
Monasterium is a virtual recreation of the
wide network of monasteries in the Middle
Ages and the Early Modern Times
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18. Community
Monasterium is a community of archives
that want to share their treasures with the
whole world
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19. Thank you!
daniel.jeller
@icar-us.eu
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