The document summarizes MOM-CA, a digital archive of charters from over 80 archives in 10 European countries containing over 200,000 documents. It allows users to browse and search the full text of the archives, view images and metadata of charters, and bookmark and share objects. Users can also edit charters online, with edits reviewed by a moderator before being published to the database. The system uses modern web technologies and open-source software to power the collaborative archive.

1. MOM-CA Digital charters in the Monasterium - Collaborative Archive

2. What is MOM-CA? Virtual Archive of the Monasterium-Project Research tool Collaborative editing platform Free to use Over 80 archives in 10 European countries More than 200000 charters

3. Archives in MOM-CA

4. Possibilities Hierarchical browsing of the archives and fonds Searching the full text of the database Viewing a charter’s images and metadata Bookmarking interesting objects Sharing interesting objects using permanent links Editing all charters online

5. Technology Modern web technologies Open source software Native XML Database eXist CEI based XML Schema for charter metadata Research environment based on XRX technologies Online-Editor executed as a Java Applet

6. Fond view

7. Fond selection

8. Fond view

9. Charters view

10. Detail view

11. MyArchive area

12. Detail view

13. Editor - abstract

14. Editor – full text

15. Editor - Intitulatio

16. Full text: XML <cei:tenor><cei:invocatiolang="Latin"><cei:persName certainty="100%" lang="Latin" reg="Frederick">Fredericus</cei:persName>, divinafaventeclementiaRomanorum imperator electus et semper augustus, rex <cei:geogName certainty="100%" existent="Yes" lang="Latin" reg="Sicily" type="Island">Sicilie</cei:geogName>, ducatus<cei:geogName certainty="100%" existent="Yes" lang="Lation" reg="Apulia" type="Region">Apulie</cei:geogName> et principatus […] amen.</cei:tenor>

17. User model User Edit and temporarily store metadata Send changes to the moderator Moderator Review new text Highlight changed parts of the metadata Get in contact with the editor Publish or discard the changes

18. Moderator view

19. Future developments Improved editor interface with AJAX New research possibilities due to a fully searchable database incl. all metadata fields Storing interesting documents in user defined public collections

20. Thank you!