Repositories

Project repositories


Research Data Management Repository
https://avisblatt.dg-basel.hasdai.org

This InvenioRDM repository contains the Avisblatt digitisations as iiif manifests, the metadata enrichment, and in the future also the research output of the project. It enables the creation of an OCFL archive for long-term archiving.
The database frontend on this website allows convenient access on a single-display basis.


Project page on Git-Hub
https://avisblatt.github.io/

An R-package combines structural data, full-text, and metadata with processing and analysis scripts that provide a versed audience with wide-ranging and in-depth options for use.

Data sets


Avisdata
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8278751

The data used in the R-package are published here according to FAIR principles.


Price data
[To be published]

In the project, the price information published weekly in the Avisblatt was compiled into long-term price series for various types of grain and meat, as well as for bread and butter; shorter series for milk, flour, seeds, and tallow candles are also available.


Population development
[To be published]

From census data as well as birth and death data, the yearly population development of the city of Basel was re-estimated for the period 1729-184