QalamosEstablishment of a union catalog of Oriental manuscripts by setting cataloging standards, conversion of printed catalogs, and integration of existing databases

作为“东方数码”(现为Qalamos)项目第一阶段供资的结果之一，自2022年6月起，一个新的基础设施投入使用，使人们能够直接访问德国大量东方手稿收藏中的元数据和数字化材料。由于项目合作伙伴(SBB-PK、BSB、FB Gotha、Urz Leipzig)的合作，Qalamos目前以160多种语言和80多种手稿提供了来自亚洲和非洲传统手稿传统的120,000多件实物的约136,000份手稿记录。通过对描述性数据的反向转换和权威档案的整合，条目的质量和数量不断提高。对于该项目的第二阶段，计划整合另外24个机构的描述数据。回溯转换、数据导入和维护将扩展到南亚手稿，这些手稿还无法在网上获取。此外，还将收录埃塞俄比亚语、科普特语、叙利亚语和亚美尼亚语(基督教东方语)以及阿拉伯语、波斯语和奥斯曼土耳其语(伊斯兰手稿)的目录。总体而言，这将提供32,000多份手稿描述的结构化和标准化的元数据。KOHD-Digital数据库向Qalamos的迁移将进一步丰富证据库，提供25100个描述。在第二阶段项目结束时，Qalamos将提供保存在德国的东方手稿的几乎完整的证据。建立以研究为导向的数据库的中心项目目标是：1)更多地参与权威文件领域；并与DNB和研究机构密切合作，将这些数据与其他(规范性)数据储存库联系起来；2)改进与出处有关的研究可能性(地理数据模型、易位可视化)；3)根据数字人文学科目前的研究方法和标准，进一步开发信息技术基础设施。该项目的一个核心挑战是为Qalamos提供长期和资源优化的永久服务做好准备。元数据与图书馆应用程序(如手稿门户和发现系统)的连接以及数据交换的有效例行操作在这方面发挥了关键作用。

As one result of the first funding phase of the project "Orient-Digital" (now Qalamos), a new infrastructure is available since June 2022, providing direct access to metadata and to digitised material from a large number of oriental manuscript collections in Germany. Resulting from the cooperation of the project partners (SBB-PK, BSB, FB Gotha, URZ Leipzig) and in collaboration with 27 associated institutions, Qalamos currently presents approximately 136,000 manuscript records for more than 120,000 physical objects from Asian and African manuscript traditions in more than 160 languages and 80 scripts. The quality and number of entries is continuously improved through the retroconversion of the descriptive data and the integration of authority files. For the second phase of the project, the integration of description data from another 24 institutions is planned. Retroconversion, data import and maintenance will be extended to South Asian manuscripts, which are not yet accessible online. In addition, catalogues from the language groups Ethiopian, Coptic, Syriac and Armenian (Christian Orient) as well as Arabic, Persian and Ottoman-Turkish (Islamic manuscripts) will be included. In total, this will provide structured and standardised metadata of more than 32,000 manuscript descriptions. The migration of the KOHD-Digital database to Qalamos will enrich the evidence base with a further 25,100 descriptions. At the end of the second project phase, Qalamos would provide almost complete evidence of the Oriental manuscripts preserved in Germany. The central project goals for building a research-oriented database are: 1) an increased engagement in the field of authority files; and linking these data to other (normative) data repositories in close cooperation with the DNB and research institutions, 2) improvement of provenance-related research possibilities (data model for Geographica, visualisation of translocations), 3) further development of the IT infrastructure according to current research methods and standards in Digital Humanities. A central challenge of the project is the task of preparing Qalamos for a long-term and resource-optimised permanent service. The connectivity of the metadata to library applications (e.g. manuscript portal and discovery systems) as well as efficient routine operation of the data exchange play a key role in this.