A Review of the Königsfelden Online Edition

Abstract

This review deals with the digital edition “Die Urkunden und Akten des Klosters und des Oberamts Königsfelden 1308–1662“ (Charters and Records of Königsfelden (1308–1662)), which was carried out by the Department of History of the University of Zurich between 2017 and 2020. The edition project provides access to more than 1500 charters and records. The aim of this review is to discuss the project context, the web interface, the data and the quality of the edition. A particular focus will be given to the FAIR data principles. Overall, Königsfelden Online is a successful implementation of a digital edition that provides a coherent collection of structured documents for further research.

Keywords

• fair data principles
• search functionalities
• data modelling
• frontend
• visualization