A Web GIS-Based Integration of 3D Digital Models with Linked Open Data for Cultural Heritage Exploration

In recent years, considerable efforts have been made by cultural heritage institutions across the globe to digitise cultural heritage sites, artifacts, historical maps, etc. for digital preservation and online representation. On the other hand, ample research projects and studies have been published that demonstrate the great capabilities of web-geographic information systems (web-GIS) for the dissemination and online representation of cultural heritage data. However, cultural heritage data and the associated metadata produced by many cultural heritage institutions are heterogeneous. To make this heterogeneous data more interoperable and structured, an ever-growing number of cultural heritage institutions are adopting linked data principles. Although the cultural heritage domain has already started implementing linked open data concepts to the cultural heritage data, there are not many research articles that present an easy-to-implement, free, and open-source-based web-GIS architecture that integrates 3D digital cultural heritage models with cloud computing and linked open data. Furthermore, the integration of web-GIS technologies with 3D web-based visualisation and linked open data may offer new dimensions of interaction and exploration of digital cultural heritage. To demonstrate the high potential of integration of these technologies, this study presents a novel cloud architecture that attempts to enhance digital cultural heritage exploration by integrating 3D digital cultural heritage models with linked open data from DBpedia and GeoNames platforms using web-GIS technologies. More specifically, a digital interactive map, 3D digital cultural heritage models, and linked open data from DBpedia and GeoNames platforms were integrated into a cloud-based web-GIS architecture. Thus, the users of the architecture can easily interact with the digital map, visualise 3D digital cultural heritage models, and explore linked open data from GeoNames and DBpedia platforms, which offer additional information and context related to the selected cultural heritage site as well as external web resources. The architecture was validated by applying it to specific case studies of Australian cultural heritage and seeking expert feedback on the system, its benefits, and scope for improvement in the near future.

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Combining Linked Open Data and Multimedia Knowledge Base for Digital Cultural Heritage Robotic Applications

10.1109/ism52913.2021.00039 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Kurosh Madani ◽

Antonio M. Rinaldi ◽

Cristiano Russo

Keyword(s):

Cultural Heritage ◽

Knowledge Base ◽

Open Data ◽

Linked Open Data ◽

Digital Cultural Heritage ◽

Robotic Applications

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CREATION OF THE WEB-MAP OF THE BOGUSLAVSKY DISTRICT

GEOGRAPHY AND TOURISM ◽

10.17721/2308-135x.2019.47.129-139 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 129-139

Author(s):

Tamara Mykolayivna Kurach ◽

Iryna Aleksandrovna Pidlisetskaya

Keyword(s):

Cultural Heritage ◽

Theoretical Basis ◽

Large Scale ◽

Web Mapping ◽

Heritage Sites ◽

Web Map ◽

Thematic Mapping ◽

Interactive Map ◽

The Web

The goal is to develop a tourist interactive map "Landmarks of Bohuslav". The methodology. The methodological and theoretical basis of the study is modern geographical and cartographic science in the field of thematic mapping with the involvement of web-mapping technologies. Results. A large-scale tourist web map of the cultural heritage of the Boguslavsky region - “Sights of Boguslavshchina” was created. Scientific novelty. Approbation of the methodology and technology for the development of interactive large-scale web maps of tourism topics involving the Leaflet JavaScript library. Practical value. An interactive tourist web map of the historical and cultural heritage sites “Sights of Bohuslavshchina” will be published on the website of the health-improving institution of sanatorium-type “Chaika”. Convenient using, visualization, prompt receipt of information will help to increase the attractiveness of tourist Boguslavschina routes.

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Creation and Integration of Reference Ontologies for Efficient LOD Management

Semi-Automatic Ontology Development ◽

10.4018/978-1-4666-0188-8.ch007 ◽

2012 ◽

pp. 162-199 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Mariana Damova ◽

Atanas Kiryakov ◽

Maurice Grinberg ◽

Michael K. Bergman ◽

Frédérick Giasson ◽

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Keyword(s):

Real Life ◽

Open Data ◽

Real Data ◽

Heterogeneous Data ◽

Linked Open Data ◽

Data Space ◽

Upper Level ◽

Reference Knowledge ◽

Global Data ◽

The Web

The chapter introduces the process of design of two upper-level ontologies—PROTON and UMBEL—into reference ontologies and their integration in the so-called Reference Knowledge Stack (RKS). It is argued that RKS is an important step in the efforts of the Linked Open Data (LOD) project to transform the Web into a global data space with diverse real data, available for review and analysis. RKS is intended to make the interoperability between published datasets much more efficient than it is now. The approach discussed in the chapter consists of developing reference layers of upper-level ontologies by mapping them to certain LOD schemata and assigning instance data to them so they cover a reasonable portion of the LOD datasets. The chapter presents the methods (manual and semi-automatic) used in the creation of the RKS and gives examples that illustrate its advantages for managing highly heterogeneous data and its usefulness in real life knowledge intense applications.

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Generating cultural heritage metadata as linked open data

2015 International Conference on Information Technology Systems and Innovation (ICITSI) ◽

10.1109/icitsi.2015.7437687 ◽

2015 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Nurul Fajrin Ariyani ◽

Umi Laili Yuhana

Keyword(s):

Cultural Heritage ◽

Open Data ◽

Linked Open Data

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INCLUSIVE CULTURAL HERITAGE SITES: ICT AS A TOOL TO SUPPORT THE DESIGN PROCESS AND SHARE KNOWLEDGE

ISPRS - International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences ◽

10.5194/isprs-archives-xlii-2-w11-793-2019 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol XLII-2/W11 ◽

pp. 793-800

Author(s):

S. Marconcini ◽

V. Pracchi

Keyword(s):

Cultural Heritage ◽

Design Process ◽

Inclusive Design ◽

New Governance ◽

Heritage Sites ◽

Essential Services ◽

Interactive Map ◽

Municipal Administrators ◽

Proper Perspective

Abstract. Within the European strategies for a sustainable development, the role of cultural heritage as an economic, environmental and social driver has become increasingly significant. As an asset in people’s lives, it’s necessary to assure anyone the opportunity to access it. For this reason, urban transformation policies must guarantee the proper compromise between the requirements of conservation and physical/cognitive accessibility. This entails a clear design complexity, which however cannot justify the lack of intervention, but must propose new governance models for an inclusive design process.In a broader research framework, the implementation of ICT has turned out to be a solution that can address some issues in enhancing the level of inclusion in cultural heritage sites. Particularly, the conception of an interactive map has seemed the proper perspective of producing a feasible operative tool. The first aim is linked to the necessity of having an information system thank to which everyone, particularly users with special needs, could be able to organize their movements and be aware of the proposed services and fulfilled inclusive strategies. The second target is connected to the management of the projects related to the development of inclusion, therefore it is addressed to municipal administrators and other key actors involved in the governance of cultural heritage.Finally, the discussion about the main objectives and features of an interactive map wants to highlight the role that ICT can assume within an inclusive design approach, for which is needed a tool able to support the intervention on the physical environment and offer further essential services.

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Digital cultural heritage standards: from silo to semantic web

AI & Society ◽

10.1007/s00146-021-01371-1 ◽

2022 ◽

Author(s):

Brenda O’Neill ◽

Larry Stapleton

Keyword(s):

Semantic Web ◽

Cultural Heritage ◽

Description Logic ◽

Open Data ◽

The United States ◽

Interdisciplinary Teams ◽

Academic Disciplines ◽

Institutional Knowledge ◽

Digital Cultural Heritage ◽

Machine Readable

AbstractThis paper is a survey of standards being used in the domain of digital cultural heritage with focus on the Metadata Encoding and Transmission Standard (METS) created by the Library of Congress in the United States of America. The process of digitization of cultural heritage requires silo breaking in a number of areas—one area is that of academic disciplines to enable the performance of rich interdisciplinary work. This lays the foundation for the emancipation of the second form of silo which are the silos of knowledge, both traditional and born digital, held in individual institutions, such as galleries, libraries, archives and museums. Disciplinary silo breaking is the key to unlocking these institutional knowledge silos. Interdisciplinary teams, such as developers and librarians, work together to make the data accessible as open data on the “semantic web”. Description logic is the area of mathematics which underpins many ontology building applications today. Creating these ontologies requires a human–machine symbiosis. Currently in the cultural heritage domain, the institutions’ role is that of provider of this open data to the national aggregator which in turn can make the data available to the trans-European aggregator known as Europeana. Current ingests to the aggregators are in the form of machine readable cataloguing metadata which is limited in the richness it provides to disparate object descriptions. METS can provide this richness.

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