Projects
Reflection of a broad field of activity
DANS takes part in numerous projects with the aim of promoting the scientific data infrastructure in the Netherlands and Europe. Sometimes as project leader, on other occasions as main contractor, and yet again as sub-contractor or supplier of a specific service.
These projects are financed in a variety of ways. For example, DANS cooperates in projects for which subsidy has been requested from the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO), Senter Novem or the European Union, but also partly or fully finances other projects from its own budget. DANS’ contribution to a project can vary from the supply of ICT services to mapping the data needs within an entire discipline.
This page offers concise information on the projects in which DANS works or cooperates as well as the name of the contact person for each project. He or she will be happy to provide you with further information.
A number of projects have not yet been documented, but this page will be updated within the near future to ensure a complete overview.
EASY Electronic Archiving SYstem
To facilitate exchange of research data between researchers and to give them the opportunity to store their data in a safe and permanent manner, DANS developed the Electronic Archiving System. This system has been online since February 2007 and is being constantly improved by the DANS development team.
XML P.I. : Analysis tool for XML resources
The success of XML is partly owing to the possibility of the format to store data in a structured and platform independent manner. However, even after this has taken place, searching for items, or compiling a report on the basis of these data can still be quite a formidable task. This is easily solved with XML P.I. Data can be stored in various ways and in various formats.
Inventory of language and text databses in the Netherlands
In this project the existing infrastructure for language and text databases in the Netherlands and the wishes of users in this field is being inventoried. The object is to reach recommendations for the improvement of the creation, the use and the storage of language and text databases.
Netherlands Geographic Information System (NLGis)
The Netherlands Geographic Information System (NLGis) offers a website with which historians can visualise regional variation in Netherlands municipal data.
Databank Digital Daily Newspapers
The newspaper databank aims to give an important push toward establishing a large-scale data infrastructure. This component in the data infrastructure is intended to stimulate and facilitate new and innovative research within the social sciences and humanities.
Inventory Psychology
How is the data infrastructure in the world of academic psychology in the Netherlands structured? What kind of research data is collected and to what extent is this stored and reused? These are some of the questions to be answered by the project Psychology Inventory.
Data Seal of Approval
Data Archiving & Networked Services (DANS) has been working since 2005 on a data seal of approval: minimum requirements for (scientific) data archives. In consultation with various archives and scientific institutions, the first version was distributed within limited circles at the end of 2007. Early 2008, the Data Seal of Approval was presented internationally.
Costs of Digital Archiving vol. 2
This project aims at generating a cost model for archiving and disseminating digital scholarly datasets relevant to the circumstances of DANS. It is a follow-up of Kevin Heerema’s work, which resulted in a first draft cost model based mainly on the OAIS reference model. It is anticipated that the new model will assist the management of DANS in achieving economic sustainability.
Digital Research Infrastructure for the Arts and Humanities (DARIAH)
In the Digital Research Infrastructure for the Arts and Humanities (DARIAH) project, a ‘digital workbench’ was realized for arts and humanities scientists in Europe. Researchers can go to DARIAH to find data and tools, archive their data, exchange information and advice in the field of metadata and digitalizing.
Getuigen Verhalen (Telling Witnesses)
Until the end of 2009, hundreds of eyewitnesses to the Second World War will be interviewed. These interviews are part of the program "Erfgoed van de Oorlog". The project "Getuigen Verhalen" is a component of this program. The core collection of interviews will be archived and unlocked by DANS.