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Metadata and Digital Management in Cultural Heritage

A special issue of Heritage (ISSN 2571-9408).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 April 2023) | Viewed by 11352

Special Issue Editor

Prof. Dr. Xavier Granier

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Institut d'Optique Graduate School, University of Paris-Saclay, Paris, France
Interests: computer graphics; displays & augmented reality; imaging systems & acquisition; cultural heritage

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to invite you to submit research manuscripts concerning technologies and approaches applied to metadata and digital management in cultural heritage.

Digital technology is transforming the way in which cultural heritage is produced, presented, and experienced. The visual and material properties of cultural heritage artifacts provide important information about their history. Metadata quality improvement and enrichment is a major challenge that receives increasing attention in the digital cultural heritage domain. Metadata and digital technologies have offered heritage researchers new and effective tools to process, analyze and disseminate their scientific data. The trend of digitizing analog artifacts from cultural heritage collections to create cultural digital items remains ongoing.

This Special Issue aims to collect research articles and reviews on original and innovative research regarding applications, methodologies, case studies and reviews on new technologies and analytical methodologies dedicated to metadata and digital management in cultural heritage . Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following: research areas:

  • 3D acquisition and restitution of cultural heritage
  • Computer vision in cultural heritage
  • Interactive visual cultural heritage
  • Metadata schema and ontologies in cultural heritage
  • FAIR principles and infrastructure for cultural heritage

I look forward to receiving your contributions.

Prof. Dr. Xavier Granier
Guest Editor

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Heritage is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 1600 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • cultural heritage
  • digital management
  • metadata
  • 3D reconstruction
  • computer vision
  • virtual reality
  • interactive visualization
  • ontology

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Can UNESCO Use Blockchain to Ensure the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity? A Systemic Approach That Explains the Why, How, and Difficulties of Such a Venture
by Nikolaos Zoannos, Pelagia Chourdaki and Nikitas Assimakopoulos
Heritage 2023, 6(3), 3232-3255; https://doi.org/10.3390/heritage6030171 - 20 Mar 2023
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Focusing on the implementation of the 2003 UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH), this article highlights the fact that the cataloging procedures, the way records are stored, and the metadata models used during the recording, visualization, and storage [...] Read more.
Focusing on the implementation of the 2003 UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH), this article highlights the fact that the cataloging procedures, the way records are stored, and the metadata models used during the recording, visualization, and storage of ICH expression elements, vary from country to country. Especially in these days of great uncertainty, war conflicts, and systemic risks that may arise, it is vital to clarify what techniques will be used in the storage of ICH to ensure its unhindered preservation and dissemination over time across the globe. Using the systems thinking approach indicated for cases of great complexity, the process followed in Greece for depositing a new element in its local repository is described to demonstrate the need for a well-defined process by UNESCO, which must be followed worldwide, and which has not been defined so far. What are the potential challenges not only in determining the type of data, but also in choosing the best metadata model to use in each case when capturing these data? What technologies must be used for storing digital cultural heritage in such a way that will preserve it over time, defying physical and technological hazards? This article finally suggests how blockchain technologies (BT) can be effectively used to store the global ICH and ensure its continuity in future generations by creating a decentralized worldwide network between the heritage stakeholders. Full article
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Blockchain and NFTs in the Cultural Heritage Domain: A Review of Current Research Topics
by Helena Stublić, Matea Bilogrivić and Goran Zlodi
Heritage 2023, 6(4), 3801-3819; https://doi.org/10.3390/heritage6040202 - 20 Apr 2023
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In the last few years, blockchain technology and NFTs have been the subject of much research in different sectors ranging from informatics, to medicine, to economics. Although it is most often associated with cryptocurrencies, due to its features of immutability and durability, this [...] Read more.
In the last few years, blockchain technology and NFTs have been the subject of much research in different sectors ranging from informatics, to medicine, to economics. Although it is most often associated with cryptocurrencies, due to its features of immutability and durability, this technology has found its place in various fields, including GLAM institutions. This article will review the literature from 2017 to 2022 dealing with blockchain and NFTs in the heritage sector. Topics covered, proposed models, and projects will be highlighted. Archives are currently leading the research into the use of blockchain technology and have already developed models such as TrustChain. However, libraries, museums, and galleries are also beginning to show an interest in the new technology and its potential benefits. Therefore, we also approached the GLAM sector as a whole, to emphasize the importance of the joint development on the advancement of shared approaches and protocols in utilizing blockchain technology to enhance the trustworthy management and preservation of digital resources. This is particularly important because GLAM institutions care for a shared heritage and serve a common audience. In the second part of the article we will discuss the proposed uses of the technology and highlight still unexplored topics that should be elaborated in further research. The aim of this paper is to make a synthesis of previous research and bring the potential of blockchain technology and NFTs closer to experts in the heritage field, given that they are still quite unknown. Full article
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