Database of Religious History

The DRH is a quantitative and qualitative encyclopedia of religious history. It consists of a variety of entry types including religious group and religious place. Scholars contribute entries on their area of expertise by answering questions in standardised polls. Answers are initially coded in the binary format Yes/No or categorically, with comment boxes for qualitative comments, references and links. Experts are able to answer both Yes and No to the same question, enabling nuanced answers for specific circumstances. Media, such as photos, can also be attached to either individual questions or whole entries. The DRH captures scholarly disagreement, through fine-grained records and multiple temporally and spatially overlapping entries. Users can visualise changes in answers to questions over time and the extent of scholarly consensus or disagreement.

《宗教历史百科全书》（DRH）是一部定量与定性的综合性宗教历史知识库。其内容涵盖多种条目类型，包括宗教团体与宗教场所。学者们根据其专业领域，通过回答标准化问卷的形式贡献条目。初始答案以二进制格式（是/否）或分类形式进行编码，并附带用于定性评论、参考文献和链接的注释框。专家有权对同一问题给出是或否的双重回答，从而允许针对特定情境进行细微的答案调整。此外，媒体内容，如照片，也可附加到单个问题或整个条目上。DRH通过精细的记录和多时序、多空间重叠的条目捕捉学术上的分歧。用户能够可视化随着时间的推移问题答案的变化，以及学术共识或分歧的程度。