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 ====== Introduction to the HORTUS Platform ====== ====== Introduction to the HORTUS Platform ======
  
 +===== Are you new to HORTUS? =====
 +We made a dedicated [[welcome|Welcome Page]] page for you. 
 ===== What is HORTUS? ===== ===== What is HORTUS? =====
 HORTUS is a digital research platform designed to support the full research lifecycle in Religious Studies and related disciplines. HORTUS is a digital research platform designed to support the full research lifecycle in Religious Studies and related disciplines.
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 ===== What HORTUS enables researchers to do ===== ===== What HORTUS enables researchers to do =====
 HORTUS brings together several key capabilities that are often scattered across multiple systems: HORTUS brings together several key capabilities that are often scattered across multiple systems:
-  * **Discover** +  * **Discover**: Browse and search research projects, datasets, publications, events, news, and experts relevant to Religious Studies. 
-Browse and search research projects, datasets, publications, events, news, and experts relevant to Religious Studies. +  * **Collaborate**: Create or join research projects, manage contributors, share folders and working documents, and exchange through discussions and social features. 
-  * **Collaborate** +  * **Organise research work**: Use personal and project workspaces to structure files, folders, metadata, and draft materials before publication. 
-Create or join research projects, manage contributors, share folders and working documents, and exchange through discussions and social features. +  * **Publish and disseminate**: Publish datasets, publications, and other research outputs with rich metadata, clear visibility rules, and links to external repositories when needed. 
-  * **Organise research work** +  * **Learn and train**: Access training materials and courses through the Training Centre, and reuse published resources for teaching and learning activities. 
-Use personal and project workspaces to structure files, folders, metadata, and draft materials before publication. +  * **Engage with the community**: Follow projects and resources, participate in discussions, share updates, and connect with other researchers and experts.
-  * **Publish and disseminate** +
-Publish datasets, publications, and other research outputs with rich metadata, clear visibility rules, and links to external repositories when needed. +
-  * **Learn and train** +
-Access training materials and courses through the Training Centre, and reuse published resources for teaching and learning activities. +
-  * **Engage with the community** +
-Follow projects and resources, participate in discussions, share updates, and connect with other researchers and experts.+
  
 ===== Who HORTUS is for ===== ===== Who HORTUS is for =====
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 ===== Key concepts in HORTUS ===== ===== Key concepts in HORTUS =====
 To help you navigate the platform, it is useful to understand a few core concepts: To help you navigate the platform, it is useful to understand a few core concepts:
-  * Projects: Institutional project pages that act as hubs for collaboration, documentation, resources, and team members. +  * **Projects**: Institutional project pages that act as hubs for collaboration, documentation, resources, and team members. 
-  * Resources: Research outputs such as publications, datasets, images, or other digital objects, described with metadata and linked to projects. +  * **Resources**: Research outputs such as publications, datasets, images, or other digital objects, described with metadata and linked to projects. 
-  * Experts (currently labelled “People” in the interface): Researcher profiles that present expertise, affiliations, and collaboration signals. +  * **Experts** : Researcher profiles that present expertise, affiliations, and collaboration signals. 
-  * Workspace: Your personal and project-based working environment for organising files, folders, metadata, and contributions. +  * **Workspace**: Your personal and project-based working environment for organising files, folders, metadata, and contributions. 
-  * Metadata: Structured descriptions that make resources findable, understandable, and reusable; HORTUS allows both standard and custom metadata definitions.+  * **Metadata**: Structured descriptions that make resources findable, understandable, and reusable; HORTUS allows both standard and custom metadata definitions.
  
 ===== How this documentation is organised ===== ===== How this documentation is organised =====
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 HORTUS is continuously evolving as new features are added and existing ones are improved. HORTUS is continuously evolving as new features are added and existing ones are improved.
 This documentation is therefore a living resource, regularly updated to reflect the current state of the platform. This documentation is therefore a living resource, regularly updated to reflect the current state of the platform.
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 If you encounter unclear information, missing content, or have suggestions for improvement, please use the Support section to share your feedback. If you encounter unclear information, missing content, or have suggestions for improvement, please use the Support section to share your feedback.
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