The project leaders are Oliver Janz, professor of modern history at the Friedrich-Meinecke-Institut (FMI), Nicolas Apostolopoulos, director of the Center for Digital Systems (CeDiS), both at the Freie Universität Berlin, and Gregor Horstkemper from the Zentrum für Elektronisches Publizieren - ZEP (Center for Electronic Publication) at the Bavarian State Library.
[4] 1914-1918-Online intends to provide the most recent global research on the First World War to the academic community and the public through a multi-perspective, open-access approach.
The fully citable, Digital Object Identifier (DOI) equipped texts have been peer-reviewed (double blind) and enriched with images, maps and other related content.
The encyclopedia is divided thematically and regionally, and all sections are easily accessible via search and navigation options (filter, register, timeline).
[6] The project made the American Library Association's 2015 "Annual List of Best Historical Materials"[7] and received the second prize at the 2015 Berlin Digital Humanities Awards.