Advancing Large-Scale Data Resource and Social Science Research
This initiative focuses on developing a world historical data archive to support information and social science research, particularly in areas such as analyzing inequality, silver production, and historical epidemics. It aims to enhance collaborative networks, secure funding, and promote open-source initiatives to facilitate research activities at Pitt and globally.
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Development of a World Historical Data Resource and Archive Facilitate Large-Scale Information and Social Science Research CHIA Topical Research and Analysis Advance Digital Research Activities at Pitt and beyond
Topical Research and Analysis SWS: Linking Social Sciences and Information Sciences in Large-Scale Inequality Analysis Silver Production and Distribution, 1550-1900 The 1918 Influenza Epidemic
Facilitate Large-Scale Information and Social Science Research Maintaining and expanding the collaborative network of information and social scientists Finding partners, both locally and globally, to support and develop technical infrastructure, contribute data, and to perform research and analysis Searching for, proposing, and managing funding and non- monetary support. Changing the culture to embrace open source and collaborative ventures
World Historical Data Resource Ingest Analysis Archive Imputation Aggregate
Data Hoover Human System Data Resource Name, email Title, short description Data Contribution Waiver Accession Tasks data submission Links Purgatory Applications Submission Wizard Permission/Users Open to public, data contributors Backups n/a Quick Submit Data Workspace Purgatory Full Level 1 Documentation Contributor assisting Data Contribution Waiver Tasks merge, search, link, edit, analysis, creation, collaboration, reliability assessment Tasks Ingest datasets, Level 1 documentation, edit, reformat, prepare for archiving Full Submit Links Col*Fusion, WHD, CHIA Storage Links WHD, HSDR Repository / CHIA X Applications OpenRefine, Excel, OCR, public/private workspaces Applications OpenRefine, Excel, SPSS, OCR Permissions/Users Registration required, Researchers, CHIA staff, PSC Staff, Collaborators, Permissions/Users Restricted to CHIA staff, Grad Students, under direction of CHIA Archivist Dataverse Archive Backups PSC, HSDR Repository Backups HSDR Repository ? Col*Fusion World Historical Dataverse Tasks archive, search, download, analysis Links HSDR via API, Purgatory Applications Two Ravens, DV4.0 Permissions/Users Open to public, Researchers, Students, Teachers Backups DVN, HSDR Repository Tasks merging and linking data, Level 2 documentation, storage, Links DV via API, Data Playground, Applications C*F Algorithms, Gazetteer, Thesauri Permissions/Users Restricted to CHIA Staff, CHIA Archivist, PSC Staff, Grad Students Data Migration via API Backups PSC, DV, CHIA X HSDR Repository / CHIA X Tasks additional storage for all dataset versions, workspace activity, non-archived datasets, and backups Links Purgatory, WHD, Data Workspace Applications n/a Permissions Restricted to CHIA staff, PSC staff Backups PSC
CHIA Level 1 Metadata Summary required fields: 1. Title 2. Unique Identifier 3. Brief description 4. Creator 5. Contributor 6. Contact 7. Source 8. Provenance 9. Archive 10. Geographic Coverage 11. Time 12. Keywords 13. Variables 14. Classification Schema 15. Language 16. Rights/Availability 17. Data Documenter 18. Documenter Comments
World World- -Historical Gazetteer Historical Gazetteer A reference resource with a map and timeline interface covering the entire world for the past 500 years Shared infrastructure that allows for a wide range of spatially explicit world historical projects to inherit spatial information from one another Test and extend linked open data methods for spatial history and the humanities in general
