Data Sharing, Holocaust Documentation and the Digital Humanities: Best Practices, Case Studies and Benefits

This issue of Umanistica Digitale is dedicated to he workshop "Data Sharing, Holocaust Documentation and the Digital Humanities: Best Practices, Case Studies and Benefits", that took place at the Università Cà Foscari in Venice on June 29–30, 2017, in the framework of the EHRI (European Holocaust Research Infrastructure) Project. The workshop was organized by the Centro di Documentazione Ebraica Contemporanea (CDEC), with the support of the Cà Foscari University's Master in Digital Humanities Program. The workshop coincided with the 4th edition of the LODLAM (Linked Open Data in Libraries, Archives and Museums) Summit. The aim of the workshop was to present the state of the art of data sharing practices and technologies, starting from the experiences and results obtained at the EHRI project; to discuss the usability and potential of data sharing in the Humanities; to investigate the possible connections between the EHRI project and other research infrastructures and digital humanities projects