Development of a World Historical Data Resource and Archive Facilitate Large-Scale Information and Social Science Research Topical Research and Analysis Advance Digital Research Activities at Pitt and beyond CHIA

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 Archive Aggregate Imputation Analysis

Human System Data Resource Data Workspace Tasks – merge, search, link, edit, analysis, creation, collaboration, reliability assessment Links – Col*Fusion, WHD, CHIA Storage Applications – OpenRefine, Excel, OCR, public/private workspaces Permissions/Users – Registration required, Researchers, CHIA staff, PSC Staff, Collaborators, Backups – PSC, HSDR Repository Col*Fusion 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 Backups – PSC, DV, CHIA X Purgatory Tasks – Ingest datasets, Level 1 documentation, edit, reformat, prepare for archiving Links – WHD, HSDR Repository / CHIA X Applications – OpenRefine, Excel, SPSS, OCR Permissions/Users – Restricted to CHIA staff, Grad Students, under direction of CHIA Archivist Backups – HSDR Repository ? Data Hoover Human System Data Resource Accession Tasks – data submission Links – Purgatory Applications – Submission Wizard Permission/Users – Open to public, data contributors Backups – n/a Name, email Title, short description Data Contribution Waiver Quick Submit Full Level 1 Documentation Contributor assisting Full Submit Dataverse 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 Archive Data Migration via API 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-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