Das Pilotprojekt soll prüfen, ob sich die Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) Semantic Mediawiki eignet, um daraus eine Forschungsdatenbank und digitale Editionsplattform für die Regionalgeschichte zu erstellen. Die Daten sollen entweder durch eigene Forschungsarbeiten eingegeben oder mittels Linked Open Data bspw. durch FactGrid zur Verfügung gestellt werden. Eine Anbindung an die Gemeinsame Normdatei (GND) der Deutschen Nationalbibliothek ist ebenfalls angedacht.
Der Vorteil einer Semantic Mediawiki besteht darin, dass man durch semantischen Annotationen im (Quellen-)Text fragen an das Wiki stellen kann, um bspw. die vorhandenen Schutzunterstände zu kartieren:
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Bei entsprechender Datengrundlage kann dies bspw. auch bei Kriegsschäden oder Kriegsgefangenen-, Zwangsarbeiter- oder Konzentrationslagern erfolgen.