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Sven Lieber

Hi everyone,

in today's edition I will try to explain what DARIAH / CLARIAH is and
what they do in the context of FAIR data. I am also sharing a video of
some recent presentations about Wikipedia from the Wikimedia Research
Showcase.

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❓ The speed at which technology develops is staggering. It is very
important for anyone in any research discipline to keep up to date and
have access to the latest methods and services. In today\'s *FAIR
Buzzword Bingo*, I introduce you to the **Digital Research
Infrastructure for the Arts and Humanities (DARIAH)**. How it is
organised and how it supports knowledge sharing.

🎥 I remember the dark days before Wikipedia, a time when various
suppliers sold encyclopaedias on CDs! Thankfully, we now have Wikipedia!
Anyone can edit Wikipedia, so it is important to check the integrity of
the knowledge it contains. In today\'s *videos not to miss* section, I
share two presentations that cover reference integrity in Wikipedia and
a monitoring system for high-risk content.

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# ❓ FAIR Buzzword Bingo: DARIAH / CLARIAH {#fair-buzzword-bingo-dariah-clariah}

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There are already countless intertwined research and infrastructure
initiatives in the cultural heritage field, even more beyond it. Each
week I will focus on one of the many FAIR data-related initiatives; last
week I looked at the [ERIC research infrastructure
CLARIN](https://fair-data-digest.org/archive/7), which focuses on
language material; **this week it's another ERIC: the Digital Research
Infrastructure for the Arts and Humanities (DARIAH) / CLARIAH.**

We are living in a **technologically evolving knowledge society**. This
also holds for research in the Arts and Humanities which does not center
around studying dusty books. In order to perform excellent research, you
need to be on top of the game! This means assessing **new technologies,
having access to tools, services and data**, but also to **exchange
knowledge**. Providing you with this capabilities is the mission of
DARIAH!

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DARIAH ([Q49103279](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q49103279)) is the
outcome of an initial project between 2008 and 2011, that started with
14 consortia from 8 countries. Now in 2023 this is extended to **197
partner institutions from 21 member states!** Since 2014 DARIAH has been
an official ERIC and the two follow-up projects HaS-DARIAH
([Q120836405](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q120836405)) and DESIR
([Q120836372](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q120836372)) have further
enhanced DARIAH in the recent years.

## Organization within DARIAH

From an organizational point of view, I would like to **highlight two
things**: firstly, how the collaboration within DARIAH is managed, and
secondly, how a national DARIAH consortium might be structured, based on
two examples. I do this in the hope that it will give you an idea of how
such large initiatives can work.

### DARIAH collaboration

Besides the administrative governance, different **working groups** such
as [Multilingual
DH](https://www.dariah.eu/activities/working-groups/multilingual-dh/),
[Ethics and
Legality](https://www.dariah.eu/activities/working-groups/ethics-and-legality-in-the-digital-arts-and-humanities-eldah/)
or [Research Data
Management](https://www.dariah.eu/activities/working-groups/research-data-management/)
exist that are coordinated by four **Virtual Competency Centres
(VCCs)**.

- VCC **E-infrastructures** providing the technical foundation

- VCC **Research and Education Liaison** acting as the primary contact
  for the research and teaching communities

- VCC **Scholarly Content Management** dealing with the creation,
  curation and dissemination of scholarly content

- VCC **Advocacy Impact and Outreach** assessing DARIAH's impact and
  outreach to various stakeholders

Since recently, DARIAH members and institutions from non-member
countries can also work together in a **Regional Hub**. I could imagine
something like a hub around an *Iberian* theme, including Portugal and
Spain, or a hub around some *Benelux-*specific themes including Belgium,
the Netherlands and Luxembourg.

[Curious? Check out the DARIAH
structure](https://www.dariah.eu/about/organisation-and-governance/){.button
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### DARIAH national consortia

The way in which a national DARIAH consortium is organized **varies from
country to country**. For example, in some countries a single "CLARIAH"
entity serves as a contact point for both DARIAH and CLARIN (which I
introduced in the [last
edition](https://fair-data-digest.org/archive/7)) as they have some
overlap and similar stakeholders. Let's have a look at two examples:
Belgium and Germany

🇧🇪 In **Belgium**, the DARIAH-BE consortium consists of 14 partner
institutions. Its scientific and technical activities are coordinated by
three sub **consortia that represent the regional structure of
Belgium**: DARIAH-VL for Flanders, DARIAH-FWB for the Federation
Wallonia-Brussels and DARIAH-FED representing Federal Scientific
Institutes, such as the Royal Library (my employer). The National
Representing Entity is the Belgian Science Policy Office (BELSPO).

🇩🇪 In **Germany**, the infrastructures of the initial DARIAH-DE and
CLARIN-D consortia were merged and **a single CLARIAH-DE** consortium
was formed in 2019. Since 2021, the national coordination is **managed
by an association** with the catchy name ***Geistes- und
kulturwissenschaftliche Forschungsinfrastrukturen e.V.*** (currently
created by transforming the existing *TextGrid* association
([Q120837364](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q120837364))). In addition
to international cooperation via ERICs, this association can also
support the coordination of its members with initiatives of the German
National Research Data Infrastructure (NFDI)
([Q105757481](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q105757481)).

## DARIAH and FAIR data

The most important question for this newsletter: **how about FAIR
data?** This initiative is all about sharing experiences and sharing
knowledge. Several of the provided services provide FAIR data, such as
the [OpenAIRE DARIAH Community Gateway](https://dariah.openaire.eu/) as
a single entry point to DARIAH-affiliated research output or the [vocabs
service](https://vocabs.dariah.eu/en/) via the DARIAH-AT consortium with
thesauri following the SKOS standard.

DARIAH is continuing to strive for excellent research in the arts and
humanities. Following the DARIAH Strategic Plan 2019-2026:

> *"The strategy stands upon the four pillars of: building the
> **Marketplace** as a humanist-friendly component of the European Open
> Science Cloud; approaching **training and education** strategically
> and in a coordinated fashion; deepening our connection to our
> **communities** and ensuring they are with us; and strengthening our
> voice in **policy and advocacy**. Delivery upon these areas will be
> monitored through a series of quantitative and qualitative success
> measures tied in to the areas in which DARIAH's impact, manifested in
> improved organisational efficiency, research excellence, network
> development and innovation, can be evidenced."* - [DARIAH Strategic
> Plan
> 2019-2026](https://www.dariah.eu/2019/08/19/dariah-publishes-a-strategic-plan-for-2019-2026)

**What do you think about DARIAH, are you involved and how are your
experiences? Please let me know if I've missed something important!**

Below is a short video about a DARIAH event at Stanford, check it out to
see yourself how knowledge is exchanged (two more videos are available
[here](https://www.dariah.eu/activities/projects-and-affiliations/desir/)).

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# 🎥 Videos not to miss {#videos-not-to-miss}

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I have covered Wikidata in this newsletter already a lot, the structured
data backbone of many Wikimedia projects. But there is also Wikipedia,
which is **essential for many daily tasks** and also for research. Once
a month, the Wikimedia Foundation hosts the online event *Wikimedia
Research Showcase*. In this event series, the Wikimedia Research team
and guest presenters talk about research.

A few days ago, the July edition with the **theme** ***Improving
knowledge integrity in Wikimedia projects*** was streamed.

**Watch the video below** to learn more about the assessment of
reference quality in Wikipedia and how it has evolved in the past 10
years. The good news is, the Reference Need (RN) score has dropped by
20%, which means **there are more references!** Next to this, there is
also a talk on the integrity of the articles themselves. A novel system
is presented that is used to **monitor high-risk content** in hundreds
of Wikipedia language editions!

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That's it for this week of the FAIR Data Digest. **Let me know what you
think about the content or if I have missed something**. Don't forget to
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Sven

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