DARIAHdocs

In DARIAH, scientists from various humanities and cultural disciplines work with computer scientists and technology providers to develop digital research methods, answer research questions in a new way and establish new manners of working.

DARIAHdocs aims to provide scientists with a tool to support collaborative research to further contribute to the advancement of digital research in the arts and humanities.

Since 2011, DAASI International has been working closely together with DARIAH and supports research and development in the field of Digital Humanities (DH) with great commitment. As a DARIAH partner, DAASI International takes over the GDPR-compliant hosting and takes care of:

• the security of your sensitive data
• the establishment and sustainable maintenance of the DARIAHdocs instance
• regularly updating the Collabora Online application for collaborative work
• the integration of new functions

Users whose institution is connected to the eduGAIN federation or who have a DARIAH account can register for the tool. To access DARIAHdocs please join the group dariahdocs-users via DARIAH Self Service under “Manage groups”.

You will find information on the first registration and more in the DARIAHdocs User Manual.

1. How do I sign up for DARIAHdocs?

At dariahdocs.daasi.de, there are two options available to sign up:

a) Select your institution from the list by searching for its name:

b) If your institution is not listed or you cannot log in, you can use your DARIAH account. If you do not have a DARIAH account yet, you can go to auth.dariah.eu to register.

Log in now via your institution or through the DARIAH server. Given all information was entered correctly, a welcome screen appears:

2. How do I log in to DARIAHdocs – through my institution or through my DARIAH account?

We recommend you to first log in through your institution (see question 1). If an error message appears, you have two options:

1. You can forward the error message to your institution’s administrator, so the attributes can be shared with DARIAH and you can access DARIAHdocs using your institution’s account.
2. Alternatively, you can register at DARIAH (if you do not yet have a DARIAH account). To register, visit auth.dariah.eu.

If you already have a DARIAH account for which you are using the same email address as your institution’s account, you have to sign in directly with your DARIAH account.

3. Why can’t I edit Office files using DARIAHdocs?

To be able to edit not only pure text files, but also Office files, you need to join the DARIAH group “DARIAHdocs-users”.
To do so, log in at auth.dariah.eu either using your institution’s account or your DARIAH account (depending on which one you used to register for DARIAHdocs). At the DARIAH self service, you can search the section “Gruppen verwalten” for DARIAHdocs and join the group dariahdocs-users.

4. How secure is my data at DARIAHdocs?

Your data is of course treated confidentially and is in no case subject to analysis or the like. DARIAHdocs is a Nextcloud instance. All data are stored on the servers of a German data center and will not leave the EU.

5. How long is my data stored by DARIAHdocs?

DARIAHdocs is a pilot, whose duration is at the moment limited to 1 year. If the project is successful, the service is supposed to go live after this evaluation period. So just to be sure, we recommend you backup your files on a local system before the pilot ends (mid-March 2020).