Clavis clavium: an integrated reference database and collaborative update platform to open up Patristic, Medieval and Byzantine texts

The funding applied for in this proposal will be used to create the infrastructure for a database, called Clavis clavium, which must satisfy three objectives:

1. integrating a series of already existing claves (paper), which each have their proper structure and idiosyncrasies
2. updating several of these claves (Clavis Patrum Latinorum/Graecorum and Bibliotheca Hagiographica Latina/Graeca) through an online update platform
3. linking the information of the claves with other information on the internet.

The creation of the infrastructure will be an expensive and time consuming process since the insufficiently structured nature of the available data (the existing claves) hinders the conversion process and requires a meticulous data-analysis in service of the development of a customized database. The programming of the infrastructure thus requires a thorough cooperation of data-analysts of the KU Leuven and programmers of Brepols Publishers. After the initial programming of the database and the inherently connected dataanalysis, the latter publishing house will bear the expenses for data-input, publication and continued maintenance of the Clavis clavium.