ECDL 2006 - DLSci06 - TextGrid

Andreas Aschenbrenner, Peter Gietz, Marc Wilhelm Küster, Christoph Ludwig and Heike Neuroth
TextGrid - a modular platform for collaborative textual editing

http://www.textgrid.de/

BMBF e-Science Programme

http://www.bmbf.de/de/298.php

* 2005-2009
* 100 institutions
* 100 million Euros

* focuses
  - elearning
  - d-grid
  - knowledge networking

TextGrid - a community grid for the humanities

combined metadata, annotations, etc. on German documents

Workflow

[diagram]

Planning - Digitisation - Annotation - Publication

demo of Anjo Anjewierden's work

TextGrid goal is to build

* an open adaptable extensible infrastructure

4 layers of TextGrid

* tools
* services
* middleware
* Resources (texts)

Tools

both a grid-connected portal, and a portable rich client

Text Archives

Services

* standard-based, modular, open
* Web Services: registration, workflow, exposure

Middleware

* Data grid
* Service grid
* Information Services
* AAI - GridShib

His question:
* where can we find common components?

Q: Can we see the rich client?
A: Not yet, we plan to build it on Eclipse