Workshop at the European Centre for Geological Education

On October 10-13, 2022, a workshop organized by teams from the University of Warsaw (UW Center for Digital  Competence; UW Department of Geology) and Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Center took place at the European Center for Geological Education in Chęciny. The purpose of the workshop was to expand cooperation in using techniques such as photogrammetry, laser scanning and drone piloting for source data acquisition applications in archaeological and interdisciplinary projects.

During the workshop both teams tested devices such as Phantom 4 RTK drones, Matrice M30 and Matrice 300 RTK platforms with Zenmuse P1 (RGB), Zenmuse L1 (LIDAR), Zenmuse H20T (thermal imaging) and Share 102S (5 RBG lenses) sensors. Application of drones to inspection and monitoring were also on the agenda, as well as the use of UAV (Unamnned Aerial Vehicles) in photogrammetry, surveying and GIS, taking into account current legislation on the rules of flight and operation of UAVs.

Performing photogrammetry with a BSP was  discussed covering all stages from mission planning, through data acquisition to obtaining finished final products (point cloud, 3D mesh models, NMPT, NMT, orthophotomosaics). The workshop were finalized with the discussion of issues related to  analysis of the acquired data, export of data to other GIS and CAD programs, along with generation of final reports confirming the quality of the conducted measurements.

TEI Modelling of Lexicographic Data in the DARIAH-PL Project

In September 12-16, 2022, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, hosted  another edition of  the TEI conference (TEI2022), which this year brought together humanists and programmers to talk about creating digital editions using the TEI (Text Encoding Initiative).

Krzysztof Nowak, PhD, from the Institute of Polish Language, Polish Academy of Sciences, has presented a paper entitled “TEI Modelling of Lexicographic Data in the DARIAH-PL Project“, prepared with Dorota Mika, PhD, and Wojciech Łukasik, MA. The authors have presented their work on text conversion from printed scientific dictionaries into the XML format compatible with the TEI standard. The IPL PAS team works are part of the DARIAH-PL project.

DARIAH-PL at Research Forum

On August 21-27 Poznań is hosting the XXIII International Congress of Historical Sciences  during which historians from all over the world discuss the most pressing topics, present the results of their research and build networks for international cooperation.

The XXIII Congress offers so-called Research Forum which will be held for the first time. The main purpose of the Forum is to provide research institutions an opportunity to present their ongoing or planned projects to an audience of established scholars and beginner researchers, and to establish cooperation between institutions.

One of such projects is DARIAH-PL. The presentation of the project includes elements of Dariah.lab infrastructure that can be particularly useful in research conducted by historians. These include services for documenting and high-quality digitizing of archaeological sites, art monuments, manuscripts and old prints, or collections of cartographic archival material; retrieving the content of historical documents using technologies such as OCR or ASR; dating and modernizing historical texts; or, finally, applying modern processing, visualization and distribution techniques to historical data that allow for a coherent representation of the history of a place and its changes over time.

The presentation will take place on Friday, August 26. In the meantime feel free to visit the project leader’s stand.

Dariah.lab at TNC 2022

DARIAH-PL project was presented at this year TCN, the largest and the most prestigious research and education networking conference. The conference 37^th edition took place in Trieste, Italy on 13-17 June as the first face-to-face TNC event  in three years. It was attended by 735 participants from 69 countries and followed by more than 500 on-line.

Dariah.lab infrastructure was presented during session entitled “From Space to the Ocean Bed” as one of the three infrastructure solutions supporting research with high-end technology. Maciej Głowiak from PSNC  introduced our project and the infrastructure to the TNC community and described a number of the Source Laboratory components which will be available to support data acquisition and processing for various areas of the digital arts and humanities research.

The science-enabling instruments will include devices such as georadars (using the phenomenon of reflection of impulses on the boundaries of layers with different physical properties), LIDAR (used for measurement of distance by illuminating the target with laser light), spectrometers, magnetometers, 8K, 360°, 3D and plenoptic cameras (recording not only the intensity but also directions of light propagation), multi-channel and ambisonic sound recording equipment (omnidirectional sound recording with the location of the sound source in relation to the microphone), motion capture systems (recording the movement of objects for transformation into 3D form), and advanced photo cameras.

Data Journey Through the DARIAH-PL e-infrastructure

During the Annual Event in 2021 we have introduced the DARIAH-PL project to the community. This year we want to continue the story by describing Dariah.lab components and presenting how they are used to implement innovative research scenarios identified in the project.

Our presentation has a form of a story about data and its journey through the Dariah.lab e-infrastructure. We focus on data, because it is one of the most important assets in many DARIAH-PL research scenarios. The concept of a journey helps us to deliver an easy to follow story about complex processing pipelines implemented in the e-infrastructure.

Data is created, identified, exposed, enriched, interlinked, analyzed and visualized by various Dariah.lab components. These stages of data processing correspond to the steps of various research scenarios and at the same time determine the data’s journey through the e-infrastructure. In order to illustrate that processes we use an analogy to traveling from one place to another, with data being processed at each stop and with the final destination representing the desired outcome.

There are stages of the journey that are common for all data, even though they may be implemented in different ways for various data types. There are also components that are dedicated to specific types of data. Our presentation will cover these aspects by explaining how specific laboratories of the Dariah.lab e-infrastructure contribute to creation, enrichment or delivery of high quality FAIR-enabled data.

DARIAH-PL listed as a Time Machine project

Time Machine Organization conducts extensive activities to support protection, preservation, restoration and promotion of the European cultural heritage using modern technologies and digital infrastructures. Their goal is to create the Big Data of the Past, a vast distributed digital information system mapping the social, cultural and geographical evolution of Europe throughout history, which will be a living social and economic resource. It will include miles of archives, museum and other geo-historical collections. The TMO builds on the Europe’s unique strengths: its long history, multilingualism and multiculturalism.

One of the main pillars of the Time Machine program and the vision of Big Data of the Past is the joint collection of resources made available by individuals and institutions that participate in projects constituting so called Local Time Machines, carried out in various European countries. A Local Time Machine is a geographical area (city, site, region) where a number of activities are carried out in order to reconstruct its past.

The DARIAH-PL project activities aimed at using technological advances to build Dariah.lab which is a distributed digital information infrastructure to support the preservation, sharing and use of our cultural heritage, are aligned with the objectives of the TMO. Thus, the DARIAH-PL project has become one of the Time Machine projects and another step leading to the creation of our local Time Machine

Project presentation at DARIAH Annual Event 2021

DARIAH-PL project will be presented at  DARIAH Annual Event, the annual meeting of the DARIAH consortium. This event offers the digital humanities community an opportunity to present results of work and new ideas, to meet and network.

Topic of this year’s edition is Interfaces and the role they play in the arts and humanities. To what extent do they enable new research, and at the same time, do they also limit research possibilities? How is content/information changed while being transmitted by interfaces? How do interfaces reframe the roles of those using them? These are some of the questions posed to the participants.

During the event we will present the Dariah.lab infrastructure and its access interface. Despite its complexity, Dariah.lab will feature a unified “one-stop shop” interface  that will have not only an online (web-based) implementation, but is also exposed as a dataset for further processing.

This year’s DARIAH Annual Event will take place online on September 7-9, 2021. Please stay tuned for more information.

Project Portal Launch

The project portal has been launched. On our pages you will find information about the project, the progress of its implementation and the Dariah.lab infrastructure..

To begin with, we present basic information about the project goals and assumptions. As the work on the infrastructure progresses, we will provide more detailed information about the created resources and services, as well as the rules of their use. We will try to introduce all interested parties to the digital humanities, created by Dariah.lab possibilities of conducting research in this field and using their results.

Interface Design Training

Tools and services implemented for Dariah.lab will comply with the requirements of the April 4, 2019 Act on digital accessibility of websites and mobile applications of public entities, in particular in the context of the requirements of the Web Content Accessibility Guideline (WCAG).  Therefore, an on-line training on the principles of user interface design according to WCAG standards was organized for the project partners.

WCAG is a set of documents published by the Web Accessibility Initiative containing recommendations for creating accessible websites. What does accessibility mean for websites or applications? What are the WCAG guidelines for? Who do they apply to? What is the difference between WCAG versions? These are just a few of the questions that were answered during the training.

The training included:

• Principles of project implementation in accordance with the Web Content Accessibility Guideline (WCAG) standards under the Regulation of the Council of Ministers of April 12, 2012.
• Principles of project implementation in line with the Accessibility Guideline on the basis of the Act of April 4, 2019.
• Principles of equal opportunities between women and men and non-discrimination for projects under the European Funds of April 11, 2018.