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| Screenshot = [[Datei:TextGridLab 2.0.3 - Windows 7.png|250px|TextGridLab 2.0.3 on Windows 7]]

| Description = TextGridLab 2.0.3 on [[Microsoft Windows 7|Windows 7]]

| Programming language = [[Java (programming language)|Java]]

| Producer = TextGrid

| Year of Publication = 2011

| CurrentVersion = 2.0.3

| AktuelleVersionFreigabeDatum = 11. April 2013

| Operation system = [[Linux|GNU/Linux]], [[Mac OS X]], [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]]

| Category = Editionswissenschaft

| Licence = [[GNU Library General Public License|LGPL]] 3 <ref name=Lizenz>http://www.textgrid.de/en/registrationdownload/download-and-installation/</ref>

| Website = [http://www.textgrid.de www.textgrid.de/en]

}}

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== Project Phases ==

==Background==

TextGrid is a group project with ten partners and will be supported for the period of three years by the [[Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Germany)|Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)]] in Germany.

After the first project phase (February 2006-May 2009), in which TextGrid carried out developmental work and developed the infrastructure for a [[Virtual research environment|virtual research environment (VRE)]], the second project phase will convert the TextGrid VRE into a sustainable organization and make it available to a broad user community.

The TextGrid project startetd in February 2006. During the first phase of the project the development of the software begun. In consequence an infrastructure for the virtual research environment was built. During the second project phase (June 2009 to May 2012) a productive version of the software was created and the user base was broadend. Meanwhile the project reached it's third funding phase (June 2012 to May 2015) entitled "TextGrid - Virtual Research Environment for the Humanities". The objective within this phase is the transformation of the project for the continuous operation in financial, legal and technical terms.<ref>[http://www.textgrid.de/fileadmin/antraege/antrag-3.pdf ''TextGrid: Institutionalisierung einer Virtuellen Forschungsumgebung in den Geisteswissenschaften (PDF-Datei; 387 KB)'']. Application for the third funding phase of TextGrid. In German only.</ref>

==Virtual Research Environment (VRE)==

Since 2006, TextGrid has been developing an internet-based platform that offers researchers tools and services for the analysis of text-based data in various digital archives – independent of format, software configuration or ___location. Researchers in the humanities and social sciences will then be able to use a distributed, secure, flexible, and expandable research environment, with shared tools, data, and methods for collaborative purposes.

The following partner institutions are participating during the third funding phase of TextGrid:

The infrastructure consists of two components:

* [[Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities]], Berlin

* DAASI International GmbH, Tübingen

* [[University of Applied Sciences Worms]], Faculty of Computer Sciences

* [[University of Göttingen]], [[Göttingen State and University Library]] (project management)

* Gesellschaft für wissenschaftliche Datenverarbeitung mbH Göttingen

* Institut für Deutsche Sprache, Mannheim

* [[University of Würzburg]]

* [[Max Planck Institute for the History of Science]], Berlin

* [[Berlin Institute of Technology]]

* [[Technische Universität Darmstadt]], Department for Literary Studies

== Software ==

* the TextGrid Repository is a long-term research archive that is embedded in a grid infrastructure. It will guarantee the long-term usability and accessibility, as well as networking functionality, of research data.

Scholars from humanities and cultural studies can do their research on textbased data jointly or alone by using the TextGrid software. This resaerch environment consists of two main components:

* the TextGrid Laboratory is the interface to the VRE and will make accessible new tools and services in an intuitively-operable software. TextGridLab will be continually refined and regularly updated with new functionalities.

* The ''TextGrid Repository'' is long-term storage of subject specific contents where digital research data can be stored. This is to guarantee the long-term availability and access to data and also to provide cooperation for the scholars.

* The ''TextGrid Laboratory'' is the client software of the virtual research environment and combines diverse services and tools within the interface that can be used intuitively. The TextGridLab can be extended and therefore be used by scholars from diverse fields of research and interest. The software is available for all prevalent operation systems.

== Further Services ==

==The Grid Context==

TextGrid is one of five academic community projects that have been developing a sustainable grid infrastructure in Germany since September 2005 in the framework of the [[D-Grid]] integration project. The purpose of this project is to make information and knowledge technologies useful for researchers working in the humanities.

In March 2009, these five community projects combined to form the research group “WissGrid—Grid for Research.” This plan comes after the development of blueprints and concepts for building new community grids as well as for the application of knowledge and experience that has been previously attained. During the duration of the project, TextGrid plans to implement a community-specific legal form for integration in the D-Grid organizational model.

User of TextGrid are able to contact the developers of the software and further involved persons. For this purpose there are different open mailing-lists available.

==Literature==

TextGrid-User haben die Möglichkeit mit Entwicklern und anderen Beteiligten in Kontakt zu treten. Zu diesem Zweck stehen offene Mailinglisten zur Verfügung.<ref>[http://www.textgrid.de/en/ueber-textgrid/dokumentation/ ''Documentation and help'']. Information on documentation on the website of TextGrid. </ref> Furthermore user meetings are arranged on a regular basis and training courses and workshops are offered.

* [http://www.textgrid.de/fileadmin/TextGrid/div/090804_Nachtrag_oeffentlich.pdf Official Version of the Project Application (in German)]

== User Projects ==

* Thomas Rings, Andreas Aschenbrenner, Jens Grabowski, Tibor Kalman, Gerhard Lauer, Jörg Meyer, Arnulf Quadt, Ulrich Sax, Fred Viezens: An Interdisciplinary Practical Course on the Application of Grid Computing. In: Proceedings of the 1st Annual IEEE Engineering Education Conference – The Future of Global Learning in Engineering Education (EDUCON 2010), Madrid, 2010.

Meanwhile a number of user cases and edition projects which are working with TextGrid are established. More information on these projects and their experiences with TextGrid can be found on the TextGrid Homepage.<ref>[http://www.textgrid.de/en/community/ ''Community''].</ref>

* DARIAH (ed.): [http://www.dariah.eu/documents/DARIAH_Newsletter-5_February2010.pdf German Grid Activities Related to DARIAH]. In: DARIAH Newsletter No. 5, February 2010. pp.&nbsp;4–6.

== Literature ==

* Dr. Annamaria Carusi, Dr. Torsten Reimer (editor): TextGrid - Virtual Research Environment in the e-Humanities. In: [http://www.jisc.ac.uk/media/documents/publications/vrelandscapereport.pdf Virtual research environment collaborative landscape study - A JISC funded project]. January 2010. pp.&nbsp;92–94.

* ''TextGrid.'' In: Heike Neuroth, Martina Kerzel, Wolfgang Gentzsch (Hrsg.): ''Die D-Grid Initiative''. Universitätsverlag Göttingen, Göttingen 2007, ISBN 978-3-940344-01-4, S. 64–66 ([http://www.univerlag.uni-goettingen.de/content/list.php?details=isbn-978-3-940344-01-4]).

==External links==

* Heike Neuroth, Felix Lohmeier, Kathleen Marie Smith: ''TextGrid. Virtual Research Environment for the Humanities.'' In: ''The International Journal of Digital Curation.'' 6, Nr. 2, 2011, {{ISSN|1746-8256}}, S. 222–231 ([http://ijdc.net/index.php/ijdc/article/view/193]).

* [http://www.textgrid.de/en.html TextGrid official website]

* [http://www.textgrid.de/en/beta/video-demo.html TextGridLab Demo Video 2 - beta release, June 2010]

* [http://www.d-grid.de/index.php?id=1&L=1 Official website of the German Grid Initiative (D-Grid)]

== Weblinks ==

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* [http://www.textgrid.de/en.html/ TextGridOfficial officialWebsite of the TextGrid websiteproject]

* [http://dev2.dariah.eu/wiki/display/TextGrid/User+Manual+2.0 TextGrid user manual]

* [http://dev2.dariah.eu/wiki/display/TextGrid/Main+Page#MainPage-TechnicalDocumentation TextGrid documentation for developers]

== Itemization ==

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[[Category:Research institutes in Germany]]