Virtuelle Forschungsumgebungen

RoadMap

“A VRE [Virtual Research Environment] is a set of online tools, systems and processes interoperating to facilitate or enhance the research process within and without institutio-nal boundaries. The purpose of a VRE is to provide resear-chers with the tools and services they need to do research of any type as efficiently and effectively as possible. This means VREs will help individual researchers manage the increasingly complex range of tasks involved in doing research. In addition [VREs] will facilitate collaboration among communities of researchers, often across disciplinary and national boundaries.“
(earlymoderntexts.org)

“The purpose of a VRE is to help researchers in all discip-lines manage the increasingly complex range of tasks invol-ved in carrying out research. A VRE will provide a frame-work of resources to support the underlying processes of research on both small and large scales, particularly for those disciplines which are not well catered for by the current infrastructure. VREs will add value to the research process across all disciplines by complementing and inter-working with existing resources and by being flexible and adaptable to changing requirements. The approach being taken is based on an architecture which is extensible and supports, but does not restrict, the resources needed by individual research teams.“
(Joint Information Systems Committee)

“A VRE is best viewed as a framework into which tools, services and resources can be plugged.“
(ariadne)