Welcome! Welcome to the March 2026 edition of the Text+ newsletter! In this issue, we provide insights into current projects, events, and developments in the NFDI Text+ consortium and share news from the community. The newsletter is published on our website and sent by email to all interested parties. If you would also like to receive it by email, please feel free to contact us.

DARIAH-DE Perspectives on Humanities Research Infrastructure in the Context of AI I agree to have content from Youtube displayed to me. You can find more information in the Privacy Policy. DARIAH-DE Perspektiven auf eine geisteswissenschaftliche Forschungsinfrastruktur im Kontext von KI How does artificial intelligence influence the landscape of humanities research infrastructures? This question is explored from the perspective of DARIAH-DE in the short film published by various stakeholders.

Photo: Mannheim Palace, © Text+ Office Poster Session: Text+ Plenary 2026 The Text+ Plenary 2026 marks the conclusion of the first funding phase and presents key results, developments, and experiences from the four Task Areas: Collections, Editions, Lexical Resources, and Infrastructure/Operations. As part of the event, a poster session is scheduled for June 15, 2026, from 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM in the Fuchs-Petrolub-Saal (Mannheim Palace). Directly preceding the poster session, there will be an opportunity to introduce individual posters during a poster slam. The poster session concludes the first day of the event, providing a space for exchange, networking, and discussion.

Annual Activity Report Infrastructure/Operations 2024/25 The Annual Activity Report of the Infrastructure/Operations Task Area covers the reporting period from October 1, 2023, to December 31, 2025. Spanning eleven pages, it documents the Task Area’s key results and situates them within the broader context of Text+ and the European collaborative landscape. Special focus is placed on the central services and infrastructure components of Text+, including search and retrieval tools, the web portal, community activities, and architectural aspects. Wherever possible, results are linked or illustrated with figures. Bibliographical data and formal information are provided in a nine-page appendix.

New publication: Harmonising Language Data – Standards for Linguistic Resources On 15 December 2025, the book Bański, Piotr; Heid, Ulrich; Herzberg, Laura (eds.): Harmonising language data: Standards for linguistic resources was published by De Gruyter. The work is a collaborative effort by the Text+ community and offers a comprehensive overview of standards that are crucial for the sustainable use and interoperability of language-related data. Topics covered include: Metadata standards for research data Annotation and exchange formats for text, speech and multimodal resources Persistent identifiers and their role in long-term archiving The book is aimed at researchers, developers and anyone who works with linguistic resources, and shows how standardisation strengthens collaboration and reusability in science.

NFDI review colloquium for the Text+ continuation application on November 27, 2025 On November 27, 2025, the NFDI review colloquium for the proposed second funding phase (2026–2031) of Text+ took place at the German Research Foundation (DFG) in Bonn. The consortium was represented on site by: Hanna Fischer (University of Marburg), Andrea Rapp (TU Darmstadt), Philippe Genêt (DNB), Andreas Witt (IDS Mannheim), and Philipp Wieder (GWDG). Content The key results of the first funding phase and the strategic and conceptual orientation until 2031 were presented: The focus was on the Text+ Data Space, further developments of the registry and FCS, the provision of AI-usable data, the integration of Base4NFDI services, and the embedding of Text+ in the NFDI and the European infrastructure context.

SSH Open Marketplace & FAIR Practices Training Series 2026 The SSH Open Marketplace Editorial Board is launching an eight-part practical online workshop series in 2026, to strengthen digital skills and FAIR practices in the social sciences and humanities. Every third Friday of the month, from 1 pm to 2:30 pm (CET), the series will focus on open science, good data practices, and the smart use of the SSH Open Marketplace in everyday research. The workshops will run from February to November 2026, with a short break in July and August.

Foto: Mannheim Palace, © Text+ Office Save the Date: 5th Text+ Plenary on June 15th and 16th, 2026, in Mannheim The NFDI consortium Text+, which is dedicated to the sustainable preservation and scientific re-use of language- and text-based research data, will once again hold its annual Plenary in 2026. The event will take place on June 15th and 16th, 2026, at the Mannheim Palace (Schloss Mannheim).

Landing page DNB SPARQL-Service, Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (DNB), CC-BY 4.0 The [Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (DNB)](https://www.dnb.de/DE/ Home/home_node.html) opened the doors to its new SPARQL service in a BETA version on September 24, which is part of the DNB’s Linked Data Service. The tool is a SPARQL endpoint that is available as a web service and can be used to query structured metadata in RDF (Resource Description Framework) format using the SPARQL (SPARQL Protocol and RDF Query Language) query language. RDF organizes the information in so-called triples (subject – predicate – object), thus ensuring simple machine processing.

Text+ cooperation projects for 2026 have been finalized It was that time again: with annual funding for selected collaborative projects, the NFDI consortium Text+ is strengthening the expansion and sustainable accessibility of (research) data and services for the scientific community. Funding for collaborative projects is available for a maximum period of twelve months, and working groups, individuals, research institutions, and research networks are eligible to apply. For 2026, we are pleased to announce the funding of the following five out of a total of fourteen projects:

CC-BY 4.0 Uwe Kretschmer The user-friendly design of applications and services is a fundamental prerequisite for their long-term and intensive use. For this reason, a half-day workshop with experts from the fields of lexicography and lexicology was held in June to discuss the new LexFCS web interface developed as part of the data domain “Lexical Resources”. The aim of the event was to identify shortcomings in the current implementation and to develop concrete recommendations for its further development.

Photo: Participants in the HERMES Fishbowl discussion, Adam-von-Trott Hall, Alte Mensa Göttingen | Text+ and DARIAH | © Martin Liebetruth At the Text+ Plenary 2025 in Göttingen, HERMES hosted a Fishbowl discussion on June 17 entitled “Beyond the Bubble – Are We Reaching the Right People with Our Services?”. The debate addressed a pressing issue: do digital services like those offered by Text+ and HERMES truly reach scholars across disciplines, or are they mainly visible within a small circle of the Digital Humanities community?

Foto: Text+ Poster-Session, CC BY Martin Liebetruth Zum 4. Text+ Plenary am 16. und 17. Juni 2025 in Göttingen kamen Mitarbeitende des Konsortiums sowie Interessierte aus der NFDI-Community zusammen, um sich über Projektfortschritte und aktuelle Entwicklungen auszutauschen. Ein zentraler Programmpunkt war die Posterausstellung, die während der gesamten Veranstaltung zugänglich war und ein zusätzlicher Zeitslot bot die Gelegenheit für vertiefte Gespräche und fachlichen Austausch. Dabei gaben die Poster vielfältige Einblicke ganz nach dem Tagungsmotto Connecting Infrastructures – Verbindungen zwischen europäischen Forschungsinfrastrukturen.

Foto: Göttingen Marktplatz, Daniel Schwen, Wikimedia Commons, GNU FDL v1.2 Das 4. Text+ Plenary findet am 16.-17. Juni 2025 in Göttingen statt und es treffen sich das Konsortium, die Community, Vertreterinnen und Vertreter anderer NFDI-Konsortiern sowie Interessierte, um sich über Projektfortschritte und aktuelle Entwicklungen auszutauschen. Es ist die wichtigste, jährlich stattfindende Veranstaltung des Konsortiums. Sie bietet den wissenschaftlichen Communitys, die sich mit sprach- und textbasierten Forschungsdaten befassen, Raum zu diskutieren, sich zu vernetzen und zu informieren.

Welcome! Here is the Text+ newsletter for March 2025 - we look forward to providing you with insights into our current project activities. Your feedback, questions or suggestions are always welcome - the easiest way to reach us is via the Text+ Office (office@text-plus.org). The newsletter is currently published approximately every three months and is distributed via two channels - on our website and by e-mail to the community who would like to be informed about Text+ news. If you would also like to receive the newsletter by e-mail, please contact us.

Call for Proposals 2025: Processing and Securing Research Data in collaboration with Text+ Text+ is part of the German National Research Data Infrastructure (NFDI) with the goal of establishing a distributed research data infrastructure for humanities research data. At the current stage, it is focused on the data domains of digital collections, lexical resources, and editions. The aim of this announcement is to continuously expand the offerings of data and services provided by Text+ and make them available to the research community in the long term. Alternatively, applications can be submitted that utilise the data and services available in Text+ specifically for innovative research questions. Likewise, own institutionalised and sustainable data centres with interfaces can be integrated into the technical infrastructure of Text+ in order to make the relevant data permanently available in the Text+ infrastructure.

The PID Network Germany Standardization Office has published two accessible and interactive e-learning modules on the GND, funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG). Both modules are Open Educational Resources (OER) and aim to provide practical knowledge of the GND in a clear and sustainable way: Learning Module 1: “Einfach normiert – Mit der GND die Qualität von Sammlungsdaten verbessern” This module is aimed at beginners and provides fundamental information about the GND, its benefits, and how to use the GND search. Accompanied by the fictional persona Dr. Anna Mayer, learners will learn how to use the GND to enrich their collection data in museums, archives, or research projects. The module includes, among other things, a quiz to reinforce the learned content.

Foto: Screenshot Text+, CC-BY 4.0 Data Depositing in Text+ Would you like to securely archive and make your research data reusable? As part of the NFDI, Text+ serves as a hub for text- and language-based research data, offering the scientific community the opportunity to deposit their data. This ensures not only long-term archiving but also, within legal constraints, enables further reuse. Access is available to all researchers with an academic affiliation and supports compliance with data protection and licensing requirements.

Foto: Screenshot Text+, CC-BY 4.0 Text+ LLM Service Now Online The text- and language-based humanities offer a wide range of use cases for large language models (LLMs) through their research data. Text+ expands access to such research data via the Registry, the Federated Content Search (FCS), and the data centers and repositories of contributing partners. Now, a web service is also available for the open-source LLMs (Meta) LLaMA, Mixtral, Qwen, and Codestral, as well as OpenAI’s ChatGPT. This service is made possible by GWDG, which, as a National High-Performance Computing and AI Center, supports the development and testing of research-related AI applications within Text+.

Welcome! Here is the Text+ newsletter for December 2024. We cordially invite you to take a look at our project activities. We welcome any feedback, questions, or requests, which can be most easily directed to us via the office. Currently, we distribute the newsletter every three months through various channels: via the website and through our email list to the community that wishes to stay updated about Text+. This list currently includes 400 recipients. If you would like to receive the newsletter through this channel, please let us know briefly.

Foto: Gemeinsame Normdatei Great Uptake for the GND-Forum NFDI, FIDs & Co. December 10th, 2024 A Bit of Everything – Cross-Project Insights into Work Surrounding the GND Even though many more people had registered for the GND Forum NFDI, FID & Co on December 10, 2024, we were truly impressed by the 250 participants who actually attended. For the attendees, the team from the Göttingen State and University Library of Lower Saxony and the Office for Standardization of the German National Library had put together a rich program featuring a variety of presentations from the communities of the humanities consortia of the National Research Data Infrastructure (NFDI), the specialized information services for science, and other research projects.

Foto: Göttingen Marktplatz, Daniel Schwen, Wikimedia Commons, GNU FDL v1.2 ➥ Website Text+ Plenary 2025 ➥ Website DARIAH-EU Annual Event 2025 Save the Date Mark your calendars and save the date Holding two events back to back is both logistic challenge and a huge opportunity for collaboration. It enables anything from chance encounters to planned cooperation. It allows for an exchange between numerous related interest groups and disciplines. DARIAH-EU covers the entire scope of humanities, arts, and cultural sciences, while Text+ represents the text- and language-based research communities in Germany and the former CLARIN-D and DARIAH-DE leading institutions.

Evaluation of the Text+ Newsletter The Text+ Newsletter has now been running for almost a year. So far, it includes four issues with six sections and is distributed to over 400 email recipients as a link and made available in the portal. For us, it is beyond question that a project like Text+ requires such a tool. However, we aim to further develop this tool, potentially introduce new content, while being mindful of your time and providing the community with an opportunity to interact with us.

Welcome! We are pleased to present the third Text+ Newsletter. We warmly invite you to take a look at our project activities. We appreciate your feedback, questions, or suggestions, which can easily reach us via the Office. The 3rd Text+ Plenary: Fascinating Insights into the World of Large Language Models (LLMs) On October 10th and 11th, 2024, the historic premises of Mannheim Palace transformed into a center for innovation and exchange during the 3rd Text+ Plenary. Around 200 participants experienced an exciting program focused on “Large Language Models (LLMs) and their applications.”

Zusammenarbeit in der Nationalen Forschungsdateninfrastruktur Die gemeinnützige Vereinigung Nationale Forschungsdateninfrastruktur (NFDI) hat es sich zur Aufgabe gemacht, Wissenschaft und Forschung in Deutschland durch den Aufbau einer nationalen Forschungsdateninfrastruktur zu fördern. Sie zielt darauf ab, ein umfassendes Forschungsdatenmanagement (FDM) für Deutschland zu entwickeln und die Effizienz des gesamten deutschen Wissenschaftssystems zu steigern. Nach einer zweieinhalbjährigen Aufbauphase wurde im März 2023 der Prozess zur Aufnahme neuer Konsortien abgeschlossen. Insgesamt besteht die NFDI nun aus 26 disziplinären Konsortien sowie einer zusätzlichen Basisdienste-Kooperation (Base4NFDI).

Welcome! We are pleased to present the second Text+ Newsletter. We warmly invite you to take a look at our project activities. We appreciate your feedback, questions, or suggestions, which can easily reach us via the Office. Text+ Plenary on October 10 and 11, 2024 The 3rd Text+ Plenary will take place on October 10 and 11, 2024, at Schloss Mannheim. The consortium, the community, representatives of other NFDI consortia, and interested parties are all invited. This year’s Plenary is themed “Large Language Models (LLMs) and their Use.” Participants will discuss in lectures, panel discussions, and working group sessions how they use these technologies in their own work and how they can contribute to further development with their data and offerings.

Welcome! We are pleased to present to you the first Text+ Newsletter. In the future, we will share news from the project up to four times a year in this section. We welcome feedback, questions, or requests, which can be easily sent to us via the Office (office@text-plus.org). Why a Newsletter? Text+ as an NFDI consortium aims to facilitate the use and preservation of text- and language-based research data. To achieve this goal, offers are being developed and established in collaboration with the community during the project’s runtime. Wherever sensible and possible, we build upon existing work or collaborate with other NFDI consortia. In addition to providing information about specific services and resources, we aim to inform about the current status of our work through instruments like the Newsletter. Lastly, we want to emphasize that Text+ is interested in feedback and community involvement.

Text+: Ausschreibungsrunde 2024: Forschungsdaten aufbereiten und sichern gemeinsam mit Text+ Text+ ist Teil der Nationalen Forschungsdateninfrastruktur (NFDI) mit dem Ziel, eine ortsverteilte Forschungsdateninfrastruktur für geisteswissenschaftliche Forschungsdaten aufzubauen. Der Fokus liegt dabei auf den Datenbereichen digitale Sammlungen, lexikalische Ressourcen und Editionen. Ziel dieser Ausschreibung ist es, die Angebote an Daten und Services von Text+ kontinuierlich zu erweitern und für die Community der Forschenden langfristig verfügbar zu machen. Es ist auch möglich, dass Anträge gestellt werden, die bereits in Text+ vorhandene Angebote an Daten und Diensten in einer beispielhaften bzw. für das Text+ Angebotsportfolio nachnutzbaren Weise verwenden. Dazu werden auf maximal ein Kalenderjahr befristete Projekte gefördert, deren Ergebnisse in die Text+ Infrastruktur integriert werden (Siehe FAQ zur Integration von Daten und Diensten in Text+). Dies kann z. B. dadurch geschehen, dass im Rahmen dieser Projekte vorhandene Daten so aufbereitet werden, dass sie durch ein bereits an die Text+ Infrastruktur angebundenes Datenzentrum für die Community (dauerhaft) verfügbar werden. Alternativ können eigene institutionalisierte und nachhaltige Datenzentren mit Schnittstellen in die technische Infrastruktur von Text+ eingebunden werden, um die betreffenden Daten in der Text+ Infrastruktur verfügbar zu machen. Bei Software und anderen Services wird erwartet, dass das Ergebnis unter einer offenen Lizenz bereitgestellt wird, mit Text+ abgestimmt ist (Leistung eines Kohärenzbeitrags) und langfristig für die Infrastruktur betrieben werden kann. Die Bereitstellung entsprechend den FAIR- und CARE-Prinzipien ist dabei wesentlich. Nach den Richtlinien der NFDI sind nur Arbeiten förderfähig, die auf die Integration in das Angebotsportfolio von Text+ abzielen. Aufbau und Ausbau von Ressourcen selbst sind hingegen aus Eigenmitteln zu tragen.

DFG Guidelines on “Digitisation” – Updated Version 2022 Published on Zenodo Since mid-February, the updated version of the DFG (German Research Foundation) guidelines on “Digitalization” has been available online: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7435724 Text+ played a significant role in coordinating this update in collaboration with NFDI4Culture. The DFG guidelines on “Digitisation” serve as a fundamental framework for DFG-funded projects in the “Digitisation and Development” program. These guidelines establish standards and provide information on all organizational, methodological, and technical aspects related to the digitisation and development of objects of material cultural heritage. They make a significant contribution to the sustainability, accessibility, and compatibility of research data infrastructure.

Text+ Blogs! The time has finally come: Text+ now has its own blog: textplus.hypotheses.org. After the soft launch of the blog in September 2022 at the Plenary Assembly, the blog officially goes live today. The blog focuses on topics related to scholarly work with text- and language-based research data: whether it’s in your own research, research data management, on the IT side, or in teaching to prepare students and postgraduates for these fields of work.

Text+ Plenary 2022 On September 12 and 13, 2022, the Text+ Plenary took place in Mannheim. Registration is closed. For more information, visit https://events.gwdg.de/event/269.

Solidarity Statement EN Text+ on The Situation in Ukraine Those involved in Text+ are stunned and horrified in light of the war in Ukraine. Many of us have been working with colleagues from Ukraine and Russia for years. We feel for them. We stand in solidarity with the people who are currently denied freedom, peace and a self-determined life. People who instead find themselves in mortal danger and are exposed to fighting. We show our full solidarity with the people in Ukraine. We also pay respect to the people in Russia who oppose the war and are exposed to repression as a result. As researchers engaged in the field of language and culture, we support the statement of the Alliance of Science Organisations, which sees this „belligerent attack by Russia on Ukraine in violation of international law“ as an „attack on elementary values of freedom, democracy and self-determination, on which scientific freedom and scientific cooperation opportunities are based“.

Text+: Invitation to the Public Day of the Spring Meeting on March 2, 2022 Text+ invites researchers to the public day of the Text+ Spring Meeting on March 2, 2022, from 9:00 am to 1:15 pm. The theme of the conference is the “Text+ Participation Roadmap,” which presents the community’s opportunities to engage with the consortium’s offerings. Wednesday, March 2, 2022, 9:00 am to 1:15 pm, public conference day Time Agenda Item Speaker or Moderator 09:00 am – 09:10 am Technical Presentation Office Welcome by the Scientific Spokesperson Erhard Hinrichs Welcome by the Consortium’s Speakers according to the NFDI Association Statute Andreas Witt 09:10 am – 09:30 am Brief Introduction to Text+ and Governance with a Focus on Community Involvement and Coordination Committees Erhard Hinrichs 09:30 am - 10:30 am Presentation of Text+ Participation Roadmap and Introduction of Break-Out Topics Thorsten Trippel and Lukas Weimer Presentation of the Call for Proposals for Cooperative Projects by Text+ Ingrid Schröder Introduction of Task Area Leads Peter Leinen, Alexander Geyken, Andreas Speer, Regine Stein 10:30 am - 10:45 am BREAK 10:45 am - 11:30 am Breakout Session Assignments Thorsten Trippel and Jutta Bopp Breakout Rooms for Text+ Participation Roadmap - Switching between Groups Possible - 1. User Stories Stefan Buddenbohm and Lukas Weimer 2. Collaboration with Other Humanities Consortia of the NFDI and NFDI Sections Erhard Hinrichs and Andreas Witt 3. Social Media Activities Aleksandra Pushkina 4. Integration of Offerings Using Data as an Example Andreas Henrich 5. Workshops & Summer Schools Andrea Rapp 6. Research Data Management Offerings to the Community Thorsten Trippel Task Area Leads’ Breakout Rooms: Questions Regarding Cooperative Projects by Potential Applicants Peter Leinen/Alexander Geyken/Andreas Speer/Regine Stein 11:30 am - 11:45 am BREAK 11:45 am - 12:15 pm Brief Presentation of Results from the Breakout Sessions on the Text+ Participation Roadmap Moderators of Respective Rooms 12:15 pm - 1:00 pm Discussion of Results Andreas Henrich 1:00 pm - 1:15 pm Summary of the Day and Outlook on Further Collaboration with the Community Andrea Rapp Please note that as part of the Spring Meeting, information about cooperative projects will also be presented: Researchers/institutions that do not receive funding from Text+ but wish to provide data and other offerings for integration into Text+ can apply for project funds. During the breakout sessions from 10:45 am to 11:30 am, potential applicants can exchange ideas with project representatives regarding project ideas and collaboration possibilities.