FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable) data is fundamental to advance research into the epigraphic, linguistic, and material culture of the ancient world. This project will be able to create the tools and the community needed to transform epigraphic research in the digital age. An internationally collaborative approach will support innovative research across epigraphic data, and the wider linked web of data (especially archaeological data), such that all epigraphic data is increasingly FAIR ( Findable for both the research community and the wider public). To that end, we aim to:
(1) consolidate community-wide standards (vocabularies and ontology);
(2) develop the tools for community implementation of those standards (vocabulary and ontology hosting and publication);
(3) host and make fully accessible the resulting linked open data published by individual projects (RDF/XML data publication).
The project team, supported and backed by a dedicated community of epigraphers, will provide the advice and training to enable alignment with agreed standards by past, current, and future projects (technical and practical support, development of best-practice networks and training materials). The PIs and the team members will illustrate the cutting-edge research potential of epigraphic linked data and its integration into the wider web of data by publications and research on Greek and Roman history, culture, and economy.
The FAIR Epigraphy project will run for 36 months from 2022-2025, and will be co-directed by Marietta Horster (Mainz, Germany) and Jonathan Prag (Oxford, UK).
The project is being supported by the AHRC-DFG collaborative funding initiative. You can discover more about the project here.
