«Vicentino21» and NIE-INE. An Unfortunately Much Too Short Cooperation

Every end is also a beginning. This admittedly very hackneyed phrase describes the relationship between “Vicentino21” and NIE-INE quite well. NIE-INE stands for “National Infrastructure for Editions” and is a project supported by swissuniversities. Its aim is to create a comprehensive work and publication platform for Swiss editions. For more than four years, the task of NIE-INE has been to support edition projects in each of their phases and to develop or promote products that allow the most sustainable use of the data and research results possible, which can also be used by future projects. Particularly noteworthy are the work and publication platform inseri (https://github.com/nie-ine/inseri), which was developed within the framework of NIE-INE, and the Semantic Web Technology (http://e-editiones.ch), which allows for extensive linking of any form of knowledge. However, the past tense would already be appropriate at this point, as NIE-INE ends on 31 December 2020.Now the meaning…