HuNI

Conal TuohyVictorian eResearch Strategic Initiative

conal.tuohy@versi.edu.au@conal_tuohy

HuNI
Humanities Networked Infrastructure

It's pronounced honey

NeCTAR
National eResearch Collaboration Tools and Resources

Federal government project

$47 million over 2 years

Virtual Laboratories (including HuNI)

eResearch Tools

Research Cloud

The HuNI Consortium

The University of Queensland

Australian National University

Deakin University

Flinders University

Macquarie University

The University of New South Wales

The University of Sydney

The University of Melbourne

The University of Western Australia

Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies

Victorian eResearch Strategic Initiative

Intersect

The Data

Australian Dictionary of Biography (ADB),

AustLit,

AusStage,

Designers and Art Australian Online (DAAO),

Cinema and Audiences Research Project (CAARP),

AUSTLANG: Australian Indigenous Languages Database,

AIATSIS Mura catalogue,

bonza: National Cinema and Television Database,

Media Archives Project (MAP),

Australian Media History Database (AMHD),

Circus Oz Living Archive Video Collection,

Australian Film Institute Research Collection (AFIRC),

Dictionary of Sydney

and more...

Data Sets

Providers are at different institutions

Different subject domains

Hosted on different software platforms

Various levels of LOD-ness

Various levels of technical expertise

Aggregation

Some providers are 5-star LOD heroes already

Some have got OAI-PMH servers providing structured data in XML

Some have got other standard interfaces such as the library search protocol Z39.50

Some have got websites made of out small pieces of string and glue

We aim to support them all!

Syndication

Query the LOD using SPARQL

Access RDF graphs via HTTP

Access the data as RSS, Atom, etc.

Access the data through custom tools (annotators, mashup tools)

Embed data in web pages using HuNI-supplied widgets: