Infrastructure, Services & Tools

Version 5.14 by Veronika Kocher on Thursday, 03 Sep 2026 15:54

Clarify which institutional infrastructure, services and tools can appropriately support storage, collaboration, documentation and publication.

Overview

Choose infrastructure according to actual needs, protection requirements and long-term availability. Institutional solutions should be preferred to individual private accounts where access, support, handover or data protection matter.

What you need to know

  • First check which institutional systems and services are already available.
  • Consider access, data protection, export options, support and costs.
  • Document technical dependencies when a tool is essential to core project workflows.

What you need to do

  1. Check what applies to your project.
    2. Document the relevant decisions.
    3. Use appropriate institutional services and support where needed.

Key questions

  • What needs to be decided?
  • Who is responsible?
  • What needs to be documented?
  • Are there legal, ethical or technical constraints?
  • What needs to happen before the next project phase?

Services & Tools

Use the institutional services, infrastructure and tools that fit your project and its requirements. Specific links will be added as the relevant services are included in the Navigator.

Info Sheets & Checklists

Relevant Info Sheets, checklists and templates will be added here as they become available.

Tutorials

COMING SOON
Step-by-step tutorials will be added here as they become available.

Related Topics

Further guidance can be found in the adjacent phases Prepare, Work & Manage and Publish & Share.

Who is responsible?

Information
Service routing

Primary specialist service(s): IT & Digitalisation/ZID for digital systems; Facility Management for rooms/building services; the specifically named specialist service for equipment, labs or other infrastructure.

Role of Support Kunst und Forschung (SKF): Coordinates infrastructure needs and internal routes for research projects, especially funded projects; specialist responsibility remains with the responsible unit.

If you are unsure which route applies, start with the specialist service named above. For funded or project-based research involving several units, SKF can coordinate the project route.

Search terms & related topics

This topic can also be found through related terms, synonyms and common search queries. Select a term to search the Art & Research Services Navigator.

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          run();
        },
        RESIZE_DEBOUNCE
      );
  }

  async function waitForReady(){
    if(
      document.readyState!=="complete"
    ){
      await new Promise(function(resolve){
        window.addEventListener(
          "load",
          resolve,
          {once:true}
        );
      });
    }

    if(
      document.fonts&&
      document.fonts.ready
    ){
      try{
        await document.fonts.ready;
      }catch(error){}
    }

    var images=
      Array.from(
        root.querySelectorAll("img")
      );

    await Promise.all(
      images.map(function(img){
        if(img.complete){
          return Promise.resolve();
        }

        return new Promise(function(resolve){
          var done=function(){
            resolve();
          };

          img.addEventListener(
            "load",
            done,
            {once:true}
          );

          img.addEventListener(
            "error",
            done,
            {once:true}
          );
        });
      })
    );

    run();
  }

  window.addEventListener(
    "resize",
    onResize,
    {passive:true}
  );

  waitForReady();
})();