FAST CAT

Descriptive and empirical sciences, such as History, are the sciences that collect, observe describe phenomena in order to explain them draw interpretative conclusions about influences, driving forces impacts under given circumstances. Spreadsheet software relational database management systems still dominant tools for quantitative analysis overall data these allowing researchers directly analyse gathered perform scholarly interpretation. However, this current practice has a set of limitations, including high dependency collected on initial research hypothesis, usually useless other research, lack representation details from which registered relations inferred, difficulty revisit original sources verification, corrections or improvements. To cope with problems, paper we present FAST CAT, collaborative system assistive entry curation Digital Humanities similar forms research. We related challenges, methodology follow supporting semantic interoperability, discuss use CAT context European (ERC) project Maritime called SeaLiT, examines economic, social demographic introduction steamboats Mediterranean area between 1850s 1920s.