1987/01/01 by Manfred Thaller, Thaller, Manfred
Computer Science · #Historical Social Research #Historische Sozialforschung #Library Science and Information Systems #Software #Statistical Analysis #Statistische Analyse
paper · pdf · doi:10.12759/hsr.12.1987.1.88-91
openalex publication_date 1987/01/01 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
Since 1978 the Max-Planck-Institut für Geschichte is engaged in the development of data base oriented software, tailored specifically to applications in historical research. The system has been designed to be userfriendly and applicable to realistic amounts of data, instead of small sets of test material. It offers: complex input formats, information retrieval, report generation, the preparation of statistical data sets, nominative record linkage, complex merging operations and full-text retrieval capabilities. As a consequence of these developments, the need for a specific data model for historical applications of data processing is postulated.