Data Note: The Digital Ludeme Project Database

Open Res Eur. 2023 Sep 28:3:164. doi: 10.12688/openreseurope.16524.1. eCollection 2023.

Abstract

This document outlines the types of data collected for the Digital Ludeme Project, an ERC-funded research project that aims to improve our understanding of the development of games throughout human history through computational analysis of the available (partial) historical data of games. This document outlines how this data is collected, formatted and stored, and how it can be accessed. It is the aim of the Digital Ludeme Project to provide a data resource of unprecedented depth and scope for the benefit of historical games researchers worldwide. Special attention is paid to the FAIR Guiding Principles for scientific data management and stewardship.

Keywords: Ancient Board Games; Cultural Computing; Digital Humanities; FAIR Data Principles; Games Studies; Ludemes.

Grants and funding

This project has received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (#771292).