2. 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

3. Topical Research and Analysis
SWS: Linking Social Sciences and Information Sciences in Large-Scale Inequality Analysis
Silver Production and Distribution,
The 1918 Influenza Epidemic

4. 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

5. World Historical Data Resource
Ingest
Archive
Aggregate
Imputation
Analysis

6. 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,
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

8. 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

10. 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