Digital Cultural Heritage IV Networked Virtual Museums and Memory Institutions 11 July 2002

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Digital Cultural Heritage IV Networked
Virtual Museums and Memory Institutions

11 July 2002

• Kim H. Veltman
• Maastricht McLuhan Institute

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Four Developments 1. Infrastructure 2.
Production New Scanning Levels3. Local,
Regional, National, International4. Networks
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http//www.sdots.com/telecom/
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ASCI Red Sandia Labs Size 5 Basketball fields
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Internet Developments 2000 Top computer 11.5
Top 500 Computers 64.3 trillion
instructions/sec 2003 Top computer 1000
Size 2 Refridgerators
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Internet Developments 1998 1 terabit/s
transmission 1999 3 terabit/s
2010 100 terabits 141 petabits ? (150MB
/colour x 1022 colours x 864 fibers)

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Telcos Content Holders Home Electronics
ATT Time Warner AOL Sony Lucent Bertelsmann
Philips SAIC/Telcordia Vivendi
Universal Samsung Worldcom BT Computers
France Telecom IBM Deutsche
Telecom Compaq/HP Sun Microsoft

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Telcos Libraries Government Education
ATT OCLC NGI EDUCOM Lucent CNRI SAIC/Te
lcordia Enum Dublin Core DOI LOM
Uwhois SCORM
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Internet Developments Surface web 7 million
new pages per day 2.1 billion pages in
all Deep web 550 billion pages in all
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Internet Developments Languages English
40 Chinese 9.8 Japanese 9.2 Spanish
7.2 German 6.8 Korean 4.4 French
3.9 Italian 3.6 Portuguese 2.6 Dutch 2.1
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Four Developments 1. Infrastructure 2.
Production New Scanning Levels3. Local,
Regional, National, International4. Networks
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http//prodigi.bl.uk/gutenbg/record.asp?strCopyk
strPage1r1strSizemid
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http//www.france.com/culture/history/gra/mona.jpg
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Liuchan, I-cd http//www.3dgate.com/artistry/open_
gallery.html
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Lincoln Patz, Winters End http//digitalbynature.
com/gallery/newest/
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Artistic view of the Verhulst dynamics http//www.
lactamme.polytechnique.fr/Mosaic/images/CONF.92.2.
Fi.D/display.html
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The Gate http//www.lactamme.polytechnique.fr/Mosa
ic/images/PAYS.R4.M.D/display.html
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Hellenistic sanctuary of Nemrud Dagi, Turkey (1st
century BCE). http//www.virtualheritage.net/new
s/pics/LSinc_fig01a_ND-ET_as-exc.jpg
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Hellenistic sanctuary of Nemrud Dagi, Turkey
(1st century BCE). http//www.virtualheritage.net
/news/pics/LSinc_fig01b_ND-ET_model.jpg
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Ancient Rome Altair 4 http//www.altair4.it/f
rroma.htm
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Ancient Rome Altair 4 http//www.altair4.it/f
rroma.htm
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Falun Ancient Mine Centre for Digital
Interpretation sak http//www.falundigital.se/eng/
cdi.html
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Throne Room. Northwest Palace of Ashur-nasir-pal
II, Nimrud, Assyria (present-day Iraq 9th
century BCE). Learning Sites, Inc.
2001. http//www.virtualheritage.net/
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Arup Talao National Centre for Software
Technology Bombay http//westwood.fortunecity.c
om/karan/133/paper.htm
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Arup Talao The Peerless Pool National Centre for
Software Technology Bombay http//westwood.fortune
city.com/karan/133/paper.htm
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Mexico Pavillion Expo 2000 Hanover http//www.sgi.
com/features/2000/nov/mexico/images/pavilion_back.
jpg
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Mexico Pavillion Expo 2000 Hanover
http//www.sgi.com/features/2000/nov/mexico/images
/pavilion_inside.jpg
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Japan http//www.sgi.com/features/2000/april/toppa
n/images/lg_curvedscreen.jpg
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Sauza Pavilion Mexico http//www.sgi.com/features
/1999/nov/sauza/images/lg_curvdscrn.jpg
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Kyongju World Culture EXPO 2000, Virtual
re-creation of ancient Sorabol http//www.sgi.com
/features/2001/feb/kyongju/
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Sakyamuni Buddha in the Sokkuram Grotto
Shrinehttp//www.sgi.com/features/2001/feb/kyongju
/images/lg_sokkuram.jpg
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Aboriginal Cultural Landscape Darwin Sound,
Canada http//parkscanada.pch.gc.ca/aborig/page11
L_e.htm
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Yellow Mountains White Cloud Stream Scenic
Area Human World in the Heaven http//www.chinavis
ta.com/travel/huangshang/whitecloud.html
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Yellow Mountains White Cloud Stream Scenic
Area Treasures Deposited on the Bottom of the
Sea http//www.chinavista.com/travel/huangshang/wh
itecloud.html
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El Djem http//www-sira.montaigne.u-bordeaux.fr/TU
NISIE/imeljem/LD140.html
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Map of Ancient Places of Spectacle
http//www.exagonline.com/grand/site/eng/chap1.htm
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SANTI Spain http//videalab.udc.es/trabajos/santi
/santi1.html
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SANTI Spain http//videalab.udc.es/trabajos/santi/
santi6.html
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SANTI Spain http//videalab.udc.es/trabajos/santi
/santi7.html
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SANTI Spain http//videalab.udc.es/index2.html
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Pilgrimage Routes to Santiago da Compostella
http//www.coe.int/T/E/Cultural_Co-operation/Herit
age/Cultural_Heritage/European_Cultural_Routes/The
_Cultural_Routes/TopOfPage
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Old Silk Routes http//www.silk-road.com/toc/index
.html
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Silk Roads http//www.askasia.org/teachers/Instruc
tional_Resources/FEATURES/SilkRoad/GeographyResour
ces.htm
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http//www.dalton.org/groups/rome/./RMap2.html
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Four Developments 1. Infrastructure 2.
Production New Scanning Levels3. Local,
Regional, National, International4. Networks
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19th Century Solution Create one central library
which collects everything with 1 standard e.g.
British Library, Bibliotheque Nationale de France
Old ideal of the Alexandrian Library
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Science became a model for the whole of
knowledge International Organizations UN
Geneva UNESCO
Paris ISO International Standards Organization
Vienna ITU International
Telecommunications Union
Geneva UIA Union Internationale des Associations
Brussels IFLA International
Federation of Library Associations
Hague ICOM International Council of Museums
Paris ICA International
Council of Archives Paris
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20th Century Solution Find one template which
everyone uses e.g. MARC, Dublin Core
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Culture is what is locally unique and different
Local Terminology Domain specific semantics
negotiated locally Dictionary Formal
Meaning Corpus Written not formalized
Oral Recorded Archived not written Oral
Not systematically archived.
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Semantic Interoperability Contents within the
Containers/Fields/Elements International
Terminology Dictionary National Termino
logy Dictionary Corpus Regional
Terminology Dictionary Corpus Or
al Recorded Local Terminology
Dictionary Meaning Corpus Oral
Recorded Oral
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21st Century Solution Use one template to create
links to different local, regional, national
templates
Master Template




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Local Periphery Fact Regional
Provinces Event
Story National Centre International e.g.
Europe Global World Centre Elements for a New
Framework
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Archeoguide Reconstruction of Temple of Hera,
Olympia http//archeoguide.intranet.gr/project.h
tm
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Augmented Reality IBM http//www.research.ibm.co
m/journal/sj/384/spohrer.html
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Four Developments 1. Infrastructure 2.
Production New Scanning Levels3. Local,
Regional, National, International4. Networks
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International Networks Canadian Heritage
Information Network (CHIN) Asian Network of
Excellence in Digital Silk Roads NII (National
Institute for Informatics, Tokyo) UNESCO Cluster
Office for Kazakhstan, Kyrgystan, Tajikistan
and Uzbekistan
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February 2002 MMI/III NII European
Network Japanese Network
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April 2002 MMI/III UNESCO
NII European Network Digital Silk Roads
Japanese Network Beijing Almaty Tehra
n Istanbul Moscow Kiev
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Portals for Culture and E-Learning
2001 UNESCO World Bank Council of Europe
European Union National Portals
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E-CultureNet European
Network of Centres of Excellence in
Digital Culture Research and Education
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Centres of Excellence 1. Interoperability of
Contents 2. Identify Quality 3. Multimedia
Education at a European Level 4. Fundamental
Research 5. Contribute to cultural policy 6.
Create and exchange content 7. International
Dissemination
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European Network informally in MEDICI Framework
(1998-) Maastricht McLuhan Institute (MMI)
Scuola Normale Pisa Università di
Bologna CINECA Universidad Complutense de
Madrid University of Vienna
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Membership
Core Members (usually 1 per country)
National Members European Networks
International Networks
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National Members Italy Scuola Normale
Pisa FORMA (Formazione, ricerca e metodologie
Applicate ai Beni culturali) International
Centre for Architecture, Andrea Palladio
(Vicenza) Institute and Museum for the History of
Science (Florence) Universities of Benevento
Catania Perugia Rome 1 (Sapienza) Rome
3.
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National Members Memory Institutions Academic
Institutions Industry
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Memory Institutions National Museum Directors'
Conference British Library National Portrait
Gallery British Museum Natural History Museum
Fleet Air Arm Museum Public Record Office
Imperial War Museum Royal Air Force Museum
Museum of London Royal Armouries National
Army Museum Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh
National Gallery Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
National Galleries of Scotland Royal Naval
Museum National Library of Scotland Royal
Naval submarine Museum National Library of Wales
Royal Marines Museum National Maritime
Museum Sir John Soane's Museum National Museum
of Science Industry Tate Gallery National
Museums and Galleries of Northern Ireland
Victoria Albert Museum National Museums and
Galleries on Merseyside Wallace
Collection National Museums of Scotland
Academic Institutions and Research Institutes
University of London University College,
Institute of Archaeology University of Glasgow
HATII Humannities Advanced Technology and
Information Institute Oxford University Oxford
Humanities Computing Unit Networks ENCORE
European Network of Conservation and Restoration
Education ERPANET European Resource Preservation
and Access Network EVAN European Visual
Arts Networking SCRAN Scottish Cultural
Resources Access Network NEHRN Northern European
Historical Research Network Contacts with JISC
Joint Information Systems Committee EMIIEuropean
Museum Information Institute
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European Networks C2RMF Centre de Recherche et
Restauration des Musées de France ENCORE European
Network of Conservation and Restoration
Education ERPANET European Resource Preservation
and Access Network EVAN European Visual Arts
Networking NEHRN Northern European Historical
Research Network SCRAN Scottish Cultural
Resources Access Network IVHN Italian Virtual
Heritage Net
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Government Ministries Industry External
Affairs Culture Education Governme
nt Policy Scientific, Scholarly Basis HEREIN,
MINERVA , ORION E-Culture Net
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Government Policy Scientific, Scholarly
Basis HEREIN, MINERVA , ORION E-Culture
Net Access Words Meaning Context, Processes
Method Multilingual Semantic Knowledge
e-basics Authority Web Management
Philosophy Files AMP SEMKOS Knowit
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Government Policy Scientific, Scholarly
Basis HEREIN, MINERVA , ORION E-Culture
Net Access Words Meaning Context, Processes
Method Contents Libraries Museums Archives
Restorations Reconstructions New Media
DELOS ENCORE ORION
ArtNouveau E-Science Grid German DL
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Government Policy Scientific. Scholarly
Basis HEREIN, MINERVA , ORION E-Culture
Net Access Words Meaning Context, Processes
Method Contents Libraries Museums Archives
Restorations Reconstructions New
Media Education DEER E-Learning Courses
New Creativity E-Creativity E-Entertainmen
t E-Work
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1. Virtual Reference Room I-MASS, DICHTER 2.
Content E-Content subset 3. Collaborative
Courses E-Culture EU MA, PhD 4. Regular and
Collaborative E-Learning E-Learning 5.
Collaborative Research Demonstrations FET 6.
Collaborative Exhibitions E-Creativity 7.
Technology IST Technology networks K
ey Elements of a Distributed European Electronic
Resource (DEER)