De Collectione Datorum: The challenge of developing data models and databases in humanities projects
Humanities scholars, and especially historians, work with large amounts of data that come from various sources and are often unstructured. Ingesting these data into an easy-to-use database that permits complex queries or visualisations is often unattainable. Based on experiences in the DigiKAR geohumanities project, the blog post addresses this challenge and presents workflows in which relational or graph databases are optional end-products rather than the starting points of the research process. These experiences can inspire other humanities projects to find low-maintenance alternatives to expensive multi-user databases with graphic user interfaces.