Methodology and processes for collecting, indexing, structuring material and resources of Quran and Islamic studies

Due to the technological advancements in digital technologies in the areas of multimedia, publishing, searching, and indexing, research in the area of Quran and its sciences has noticed a vast increase in terms of digital content. However, the availability of Quran resources on the Internet is scattered, unorganized, in different formats types and languages. As a result, ways to ease the collection and organizing of information is very essential for researchers to save time and efforts during the process of conducting any research or work in the areas of Quran and its sciences. In this paper, methodology and processes for structuring and collecting research material and resources in Quran studies are defined. The collection process goes through the following phases: identifying resources lists, selection of metadata fields, data collection of resources, data entry, and verification and testing. In addition the system is designed to provide statistics on the different resources collected. Finally, the benefits from the proposed systematic processes for collecting Quran resources presents the base for building a Quran and Islamic knowledgebase which will assist academics and researchers in their research work.