CLARIAH-DE - Added value of the infrastructure merger

CLARIAH-DE brings together the data, tools and services of the two research infrastructure initiatives CLARIN-D and DARIAH-DE and the existing communities of users and providers of the infrastructures until 2021.

CLARIN-D and DARIAH-DE can partly be seen as German equivalent of the European research infrastructure initiatives CLARIN and DARIAH. Potential users being aware of CLARIN and DARIAH, particularly users outside of the in-group, often wonder about the differences between both infrastructures and services. Most potential users want to access services and resources in the most convenient way, preferably with a single point of access, and want to use the services and resources they need, independent of their origin and also in combination. CLARIAH-DE also intends to open up resources for other communities and to extend its user base.

After a year of collaborative work in CLARIAH-DE and also due to proceeding coordination efforts between CLARIN-D and DARIAH-DE, we have achieved first results: we were able to develop a common language and an understanding of the respective other infrastructure. The partners from different contexts have been successful in establishing a productive working groups. The integration of basic infrastructures is headed in the right direction. A first joint website is available and in the future becoming a single point of access to the data, tools, and services provided originally by the two infrastructures.