Digitisation / Cataloguing of non-textual objects: Development of interoperable metadata standards for the contextualization of heterogeneous collection objects,using the 18th century scholarly collection compiled by Georg Thomas v. Asch as an example

• Applicants: Professor Dr. Wolfram Horstmann, since 6/2015; Professor Dr. Roman Loimeier
• Subject Area: History of Science
• Term: from 2014 to 2018
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 248069826

The aim of this project is the development of a metadata model, which allows the contextualization of different types of digitized resources. This model should then be put to a practical test using the various objects collected and bequested to the University of Göttingen by Georg Thomas von Asch (1729-1807), which are today scattered across different collections at the Georg-August-Universität Göttingen. Taking the needs and requirements of the various scholarly communities into account, the model is expected to support the use of metadata in domain-specific and interdisciplinary metadata applications as well as the publication of the data as Linked Open Data.

• DFG Programme: Cataloguing and Digitisation (Scientific Library Services and Information Systems)
• Participating Persons: Dr. Daniel Graepler; Dr. Gundolf Krüger; Privatdozent Dr. Mike Reich; Professor Dr. Michael Schultz; Dr. Anne-Katrin Sors; Dr. Gert Tröster
• Ehemaliger Antragsteller: Professor Dr. Norbert Lossau, until 6/2015