Non-profit digital knowledge network with citable collections on Austria-related topics
Austria-Forum (Verein Freunde des Austria Forums)
Graz (TU Graz)New on Amplifa
About the Austria-Forum
The Austria-Forum is a non-profit information portal on Austria-related topics, operated by the Association of Friends of the Austria Forum and supported technically by Graz University of Technology. It offers an Encyclopedia of Austria (AEIOU), a biographical encyclopedia, knowledge collections such as the ABC of Austrian folklore, a music encyclopedia, the fauna and flora of Austria as well as the Symbols of Austria. In addition, the portal provides digitized books (web books), teaching materials for more than 15 school subjects, and citable contributions verified by experts. The goal is a digital compendium of citable Austriaca; contributions are frozen, archived and made citable by naming a verifying expert. The portal contains several hundred thousand objects, including over 200,000 images, and is visited by several thousand users per day. The content is available in German and partly in English.
- Site
- Graz
- Processes
- Information portal on Austria-related topics, Encyclopedia of Austria (AEIOU), Biographical Encyclopedia, Knowledge collections (folklore, music encyclopedia, fauna/flora, symbols), Web books (digitized books), Teaching materials for more than 15 school subjects, Verification of citable contributions
- Materials
- Encyclopedia of Austria (AEIOU), Biographical Encyclopedia, Digitized Books, Teaching Materials
- Certificates
- Verification mechanism
- Founded
- 2009
- Industries
- Knowledge/Information, Education
- 01
Submit contributions
- 02
Freezing/Archiving
- 03
Verification by experts
- 04
Publication as citable object
Offerings and Content
Encyclopedia of Austria (AEIOU)
The foundation of the portal, with 14,000 entries from all areas of knowledge.
Biographical Encyclopedia
Biographical reference works on Austria-related personalities.
Digitized Books
Web books usable as sources for academic work.
Teaching Materials
Learning materials for more than 15 school subjects at lower and upper secondary level.
Operations
Graz
ATOperator/Server (TU Graz)
Industries
Additional services
Quality Assurance
Contributions are verified by named experts and archived in a temporally stable manner in order to provide citable sources.
| Evidence | Graz |
|---|---|
| Verification mechanism |
History
- 1996
Launch of the cultural information system AEIOU on the occasion of Austria's 1000-year anniversary
- 2005
AEIOU server shut down on 1 April
- 2007
Association of Friends of the Austria Forum founded; AEIOU integrated into the Austria-Forum since September
- 2009
Austria-Forum officially online on 9 October