German History in Documents and Images/Deutsche Geschichte in Dokumenten und Bildern: Creating a New Form of Scholarly Publishing by Transforming a Legacy Site

位于华盛顿特区的德国历史研究所 (GHI) 正在寻求一项工作计划的支持，以重新概念化、扩展和现代化其旗舰数字项目“文档和图像中的德国历史/文献和图片中的德国历史”。 GHDI 是一个涵盖 1500 年至 2009 年德国历史的双语资料库。工作计划的核心是开发和实施基于 eXist 数据库和 Scalar 2.0 表示层的新开源平台。新平台将容纳当前历史学术所需的材料类型（例如多媒体来源），支持一系列新的历史叙事方法，并允许根据最佳实践丰富新的和现有的 GHDI 来源。结合重新设计的界面、一致的 TEI 标记和元数据模式以及 Scalar 数据定制，这一新的基础设施将促进历史资料学术出版的创新、史学响应形式。这种新的出版形式将利用数字媒体的独特功能，同时肯定书籍学术的最佳价值。 eXist/Scalar 2.0 平台将被设计为适用于其他数字项目的可扩展模板，特别是在德国学术界。 Scalar 专为数字人文项目而开发，是一个强大的开源创作、编辑和发布平台，除其他优点外，它还为动态和富媒体内容提供最佳支持。虽然 Scalar 在北美学者中越来越受欢迎，但德语使用者的使用仍然相对有限，尤其是因为当前应用程序框架内的大多数消息都是硬连线的英语。因此，该研究所将开展 Scalar 接口的国际化工作，以消除迄今为止阻碍这一有前途的平台在德国采用的限制。识别德国平台重用案例是该工作计划的关键组成部分，与 DARIAH-DE 合作保存原始 GHDI 网站也是如此。在这里，GHDI 将成为有兴趣保护遗产网站的学者的典范。GHI 是国际公认的高级研究中心。它成立于1987年，是一个独立的非营利基金会。自 2002 年起，它成为马克斯·韦伯基金会的一部分。 GHDI 是德国人和北美人大致同等使用的著名遗产网站，其重新启动将增强 GHI 作为大西洋两岸数字历史学家中心以及研究数字历史机遇和局限性的场所的作用。

The German Historical Institute (GHI), Washington DC, seeks support for a work program to reconceptualize, expand, and modernize its flagship digital project, German History in Documents and Images/Deutsche Geschichte in Dokumenten und Bildern. GHDI is a bilingual source collection covering German history from 1500 to 2009. At the core of the work program is the development and implementation of a new open-source platform based on an eXist database and a Scalar 2.0 presentation layer. The new platform will accommodate the types of materials (e.g., multimedia sources) called for in current historical scholarship, support a range of new narrative approaches to history, and allow for the enrichment of new and existing GHDI sources in accordance with best practices. In combination with a redesigned interface, a consistent TEI markup and metadata schema, and data customization with Scalar, this new infrastructure will facilitate an innovative, historiographically responsive form of scholarly publishing for historical sources. This new form of publishing will draw on the unique affordances of digital media, while affirming the best values of book-based scholarship. The eXist/Scalar 2.0 platform will be designed as an extensible template suitable for other digital projects, especially within the German academic community. Specifically developed for use in digital humanities projects, Scalar is a robust, open-source authoring, editing, and publishing platform that, among other advantages, offers optimal support for dynamic and media-rich content. While Scalar is becoming increasingly popular among North American academics, its use by German speakers is still relatively limited, not least because most messages within the current application framework are hardwired in English. Therefore, the Institute will undertake internationalization work on the Scalar interface to remove those limitations that have hindered the adoption of this promising platform in Germany to date. The identification of German-based platform reuse cases is a key component of the work program, as is the preservation of the original GHDI website in cooperation with DARIAH-DE. Here, GHDI will serve as a model for scholars interested in preserving legacy websites.The GHI is an internationally recognized center for advanced study. It was established in 1987 as an independent non-profit foundation. Since 2002, it has been part of the Max Weber Foundation. The relaunch of GHDI, a well-known legacy site used by Germans and North Americans in approximately equal measure, will bolster the GHI in its role as a hub for digital historians on both sides of the Atlantic and as a place for examining the opportunities and limits of digital history.