E-Culture Net: Objectives and Progress Luxembourg 18 June 2003

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E-Culture Net Objectives
and Progress Luxembourg
18 June 2003
European Network of Centres of Excellence
for Research and Education in Digital Culture

• Kim H. Veltman
• Maastricht McLuhan Institute

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Initially three objectives1. How do we
share the enormous amounts of research which
exist in memory institutions and universities?
2. How can this sharing help to develop
critical thought and methods?3. How can we
understand the new knowledge production life
cycle?
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Initially three tentative answers1. How do
we share the enormous amounts of research which
exist in memory institutions and universities?
Distributed European Electronic Resource
(DEER)2. How can this sharing help to develop
critical thought and methods?European Masters
and Doctorates3. How can we understand the new
knowledge production life cycle?Research Matrices
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Thematic Network chose seven workpackages. 1.
Vision and Structure 2. Expansion3 3. Research
Topics/Implications 2 4. Requirements/Topics for
European Masters 1 5. Identify/Define Broadband
Pilots 6. Foundation for DEER 7. Management of
Project
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1. Vision and Structure
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1. Expansion
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2. Expansion Identified Partners
in Mediterranean to link with MEDINA NAS
Russia Internationally (UNESCO, CHIN, CCHN,
NSF)
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3. Research Topics/Implications
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3. Research Topics/Implications a. Developed
framework for Research Matrices
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3. Research Topics/Implications b. Focussed
on two clusters of questions that could
integrate research of IPS and serve as top-down
preparation for DEER 1) DILIGEANT Access to
Cultural Heritage in Memory Institutions,
Research and Industry 2) CO-CREATE Personal
and Collaborative creation
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3. Research Topics/Implications c. Identified
two fundamental questions for long-term
research 1) Dynamic Knowledge 2) New
Models of Culture
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3. Research Topics/Implications d. Identified
five further implications 1) Massive New
Content 2) Changing Methods of
Scholarship 3) Distributed Multilingual Vision
that includes local, regional, national and
international 4) New Fields of Study 5)
Changing Boundaries of Scholarship
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4. Requirements/Topics for European Masters
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4. Requirements/Topics for European
Masters Used experiences of Scuola Normale and
Bologna to identify requirements and topics
for European Masters and Doctorates.
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5. Identify/Define Broadband Pilots
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5. Identify/Define Broadband Pilots a i)
Identified three integrating themes 1)
Intelligent Multimedia Museums 2) Hypermedia On
Line 3) Hypermedia E-Learning
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5. Identify/Define Broadband Pilots a ii)
Used these three integrating themes to define
23 projects.
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5. Identify/Define Broadband Pilots b) CINECA
and Universidad Complutense carried out a
concrete broadband pilot using images of the
Vatican fresco Map of Bologna.
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5. Identify/Define Broadband Pilots c) a tesi
di laurea (CINECA) demonstrates how subsets
can be used for different levels of
connectivity.
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6. Foundation for DEER
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6. Foundation for DEER a) Framework for DEER
Report Suzanne Keene Alice
Grant Francesca Monti
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6. Foundation for DEER b) Explore Interfaces
for DEER Report Lily Diaz
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6. Foundation for DEER c) Concrete Demo using
Digital Autonomous Cultural Objects
(DACOs). for access to over 1.5 million
pages Manfred Thaller and Team
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7. Management of Project
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7. Management of ProjectManagement
Reports 1. 30 September 2002 2. 10 January
2003Periodic Progress Reports 1. 10 January
2003 2. 22 May 2003
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E-Culture Net Long Term GoalTo provide
multilingual access to Europes cultural and
scientific heritage for all its citizens.
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How do we Proceed Practically? How do we
Operationalize the Vision?
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E-Culture NetFP 5 Thematic NetworkFP
6 Network of Centres of Excellence for
Research and Education in Digital Culture.
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E-Culture Net Goals1. Research Matrix2.
Distributed European Electronic Resource (DEER)
3. European Masters and Doctorates
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NoE will focus on Distributed European
Electronic Resource (DEER)
with interim version called (Distributed
European Electronic Dynamic (DEED) Resource

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DEED is an action a signed and
usually sealed instrument containing some
legal transfer, bargain or contract.
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FP6 Proposal1. Integrating Activities 2.
Joint Research Programme 3. Spreading
Excellence4. Management
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E-Culture NoE Goals1. Integrate research,
methods, training, teaching 2. Integrate
regional, local diversity 3. Integrate new
standards, solutions and trends.
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E-Culture NoE Goals1. Build DEED (Distributed
European Electronic Dynamic) Resource 2.
Fill DEED Networks to reflect national,
regional and local diversity 3.Update DEED
Research Matrices with Specialised Networks.
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NoE for Culture Integrating Activities
1. Build DEED 2. Fill DEED through
networks3. Update DEED through research
matrices.
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Integrating Activity 1 Build DEED with
modules1. Security2. Legal Agreements 3.
Storage 4. Multilingual Mapping of
Terminology (AMP)5. Semantic Mapping
(SEMKOS)6. DACOs7.
Interfaces8. Multimodal Interfaces
(SIMILAR) 9. 3D Spatial Access
(ORION)10.
Spatio-temporal Access (GIS)11. Virtual
Environments, Agora12. Virtual Heritage Centres
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Integrating Activity 2 Fill DEED through
networks2.1 Develop Country Networks2.2.
Share Research in DEED2.3 Harmonise Projects
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Integrating Activity 3 Update DEED through
research matrices3.1 Co-ordinate with
Networks 3.2 Knowledge Discovery
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Joint Research Programme E-Learning Content
Pilots4.1 Multidimensional Museums 4.2
European Cities 4.3 Cultural Tourism 4.4 Text
and Image Databases 4.5. Greek Culture 4.6 3-D
and Archaeology 4.7 Virtual Environments and
Virtual Heritage Centres
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Activities to Spread Excellence E-Learning,
Training 5.1 Hypermedia E-Learning (e.g.
BELE)5.2 PRONOWNce user group 5.3 French
Culture (Paris IV) 5.4 Greek Culture
(FHW)5.5 Restoration and Heritage (IKONOS)

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Activities to Spread Excellence E-Learning,
Training 5.6 European Masters and
Doctorates5.7. Expand to NAS and Beyond5.8
International Networks and Conferences 5.9
Training Conferences and Summer Courses
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Management 1. General Secretariat 2.
Distributed Secretariat3. DEED prototypes 4.
Networks5. Research Matrices6. EU Masters and
Doctorates 7. Finance 8. Computer Network
Connectivity
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MembershipCo-ordinatorShort
Term Laval/Mayenne Technopole Long
Term European University of Culture
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Membership ContractorsCountry Institution
Network/Consortium/IP links France 1.
Co-ordinator Laval Mayenne Technopole
Austria 2. Universität Wien Germany 3.
Universität zu Köln Greece 4.. Foundation of
the Hellenic World (MEDINA)Italy 5. Scuola
Normale Superiore (BRICKS) Norway 6.
University of Oslo Spain 7.
Universidad SEK de Segovia
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MembershipCore Members (usually 1 per
country)National Members European Networks
International Networks
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National Members Industry Cultural
Organisations (Memory Institutions)Research
Institutions
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European NetworksC2RMF Centre de Recherche et
Restauration des Musées de FranceENCORE European
Network of Conservation and Restoration
EducationERPANET European Resource Preservation
and Access Network EVAN European Visual Arts
Networking NEHRN Northern European Historical
Research NetworkSCRAN Scottish Cultural
Resources Access Network IVHN Italian Virtual
Heritage Net
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International NetworksUNESCO Information
Society Division, Paris Information for all
Programme, Russian Committee, Moscow Cluster
Office Kazakhstan, Kyrgystan, Tajikistan,
Uzbekistan (World Heritage, Paris)VHN Virtual
Heritage Net (linked with UNESCO) NII
National Institute for Informatics, Tokyo
Asian Network of Excellence in
Digital Silk Roads CHIN Canadian Heritage
Information Network, Hull NSF CG National
Science Foundation Culture Grid
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NUME University of Bologna
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CINECA Virtual Cultural Heritage refers to the
usage of Virtual Reality systems in order to
generate, navigate, explore and inquire into
reconstructed historical environments.
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CALL CENTRE
MOBILE TERMINALS
CINECA VR and PDA The MUSE project
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CNR ITABC Maurizio.Forte A Network of Virtual
Heritage Centres
Data
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In essence, the E-culture NoE will integrate
Existing Learning and Training Networks
Satellite Networks Content Existing,
Emerging and New Learning Tools/ Methods
New Interfaces
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The Big Picture
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Two Integrating Themes for Projects 1.
Preservation of and Access to Existing Cultural
Knowledge 2. Creation, Preservation and Learning
of New Cultural Knowledge  
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Preservation of and Access to Existing Cultural
Knowledge Need for Twofold Approach Inducti
ve Bottom up Examples via NoEs Deductive Top
Down Examples via IPS, STRPs
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Preservation, Access to Existing and New Cultural
Knowledge  Semantic access and knowledge
organisation Multilingual Mapping of Terms
AMP 10 Semantic Mapping SEMKOS 10 Text
and Art UzK (DACOs) 10 Interfaces Media
Lab, UiAH 10 Translation 25
Spatio-temporal access with historical-cultural
dimensions EU Cities CIHV, CMH 10 3-D
Reconstructions (Archaeological Sites) ORION
10 Intelligent Virtual
Environments CINECA 30 Virtual Heritage
Centres CNR ITABC 10
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Preservation of and Access to Existing Cultural
Knowledge   Basic Levels of integration in
online access. 1. Secure 2. Secure
Multilingual 3. Secure Multilingual
Semantic 4. Secure Multilingual Semantic
Access Spatio-Temporal  5. Secure
Multilingual Semantic Access Spatio-Temporal
Access Multimodal
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NoE for Culture Industry Cultural
Research Institutions Organizations
Production Conserve Access LearnLife
Cycle Preserve Comment Access
Create PRESTO, BRICKS SEMKOS
PRO-KNOWNce
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NoE PRESERVE
LEARN Distributed European ACCESS
Electronic Dynamic Resource
(DEED leading to DEER)
CREATE
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The Big Picture Prototypes in FP6 Full Version
in FP7
VIRTUAL REFERENCE ROOM - comprising, interfaces,
discovery tools and navigation systems for
portraying European e-culture and for searching
and retrieval of content
DEER
FORUM FOR COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH a virtual space
where users can communicate and exchange ideas
and content
DISTRIBUTED REPOSITORY - A network of distributed
repositories for preservation and access of
digital cultural content
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The Big Picture Prototypes in FP6 Full Version
in FP7
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This fits into the visions of an European
Research Area (ERA)and E-EUROPE
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Arigato Dank U
Thank you Danke schön
Gratias vobis/tibi/ agimus
Merci bien Muchas Gracias
Mille Grazie
Obrigado Shukran
Spasibo Tak