Virtual tour of the Shatby Necropolis in 3D
A 360° virtual tour of the Shatby necropolis 3D representation allows the user to digitally visit the archaeological site online. Interactive spots guide the users in a virtual path within the 3D representation of the hellenistic necropolis of Shatby. The user, through informative spots, has the possibility to learn about the interdisciplinary and holistic study applied to the monument, its state of conservation and preservation as well as the activities aimed at its valorisation.
The Shatby Necropolis in Alexandria, Egypt, is a captivating historical burial site that bears witness to the city's rich past. Nestled along the Mediterranean coastline, this ancient necropolis is a testament to the diverse cultures that have shaped Alexandria over the centuries. Dating back to the Hellenistic and Roman periods, the Shatby Necropolis is characterized by intricately designed tombs, mausoleums, and burial chambers. The site features a blend of architectural styles, reflecting the influence of Greek, Roman, and Egyptian traditions. Visitors can explore the remnants of grand structures adorned with ornate carvings, providing insights into the city's cultural and religious practices during its heyday. The Shatby Necropolis stands as a poignant reminder of Alexandria's role as a crossroads of civilizations, preserving the stories of those who once called this vibrant city home.
Le dieci formelle della Porta del Paradiso di Lorenzo Ghiberti
The Gates of Paradise in the Florence Baptistery, created by Lorenzo Ghiberti between 1427 and 1452, is recognised as one of the works that marked the transition from the Medieval Art to Renaissance Art by art critics. The bas-reliefs of the ten bronze panels showcase, from both an iconographic and a technical point of view, a marked difference from the previous production, even by the same master. The element that endures through this change is the narrative function of art; in the Christian art, the figurative language continues to play an important catechetical role. In order to fully understand the meaning of the transfigured text, it is necessary, both today and in the past, to possess the reading codes. Over the centuries these codes have gradually been lost, thus making the scenes depicted in the door partially ‘mute’. The video is aimed at analysing and restoring, through 3D modelling and animation, the events that took place within the ‘landscape of the panels’, creating a renewed and more immediate reading. La porta del Paradiso del Battistero di Firenze, realizzata da Lorenzo Ghiberti tra il 1427 e il 1452, è riconosciuta dalla critica artistica come una delle opere che segnano il passaggio dall’arte medievale a quella rinascimentale. I bassorilievi delle dieci formelle bronzee palesano, sia dal punto di vista iconografico che da quello tecnico, una marcata differenza rispetto alla produzione precedente, anche dello stesso maestro. L’elemento che permane nel mutamento è la funzione narrativa dell’arte; in quella cristiana il linguaggio figurativo continua infatti a svolgere un’importante funzione catechetica. Per poter comprendere pienamente il significato del testo trasfigurato è necessario, oggi come allora, possedere dei codici di lettura; nel corso dei secoli tali codici sono andati progressivamente persi, rendendo in parte ‘mute’ le scene raffigurate nella porta. Il video, realizzato in collaborazione del l'Opera di Santa Maria del Fiore, è finalizzato all’analisi e alla restituzione, mediante modellazione e animazione 3D, degli avvenimenti che hanno luogo all’interno del ‘paesaggio delle formelle’, consentendone una rinnovata e più̀ immediata lettura.
Modellazione numerica e analisi del comportamento strutturale del battistero di San Giovanni a Firenze
L'analisi del comportamento strutturale di un edificio monumentale, sia per effetto dei carichi gravitazionali di esercizio, sia per effetto di carichi eccezionali (quali, ad esempio, l’azione sismica), necessita di un’interazione tra diverse strategie di analisi e di modellazione. Anche le recenti “Linee guida per la valutazione e riduzione del rischio sismico del patrimonio culturale”, nel caso specifico della caratterizzazione del rischio sismico, propongono un percorso di analisi integrato su tre distinti livelli di valutazione, caratterizzati da un crescente approfondimento di conoscenza del monumento oggetto di studio. Nell’ambito delle tecniche di analisi strutturale, la tecnica degli elementi finiti si è confermata negli ultimi decenni uno strumento sufficientemente affidabile per la realizzazione di un modello numerico globale del bene monumentale. Lo strumento numerico, infatti, pur nelle incertezze intrinsecamente presenti nel caso della modellazione di edifici storici, può risultare un efficace ausilio capace di fornire utili informazioni interpretative del comportamento strutturale della fabbrica. Occorre comunque sempre evidenziare, e questo in modo particolare nel caso di edifici storici a carattere monumentale, che la modellazione numerica, al pari di altri più semplici strumenti, è uno, e non l’unico, degli strumenti che consentono di esprimere un giudizio qualitativo e quantitativo sullo stato di conservazione di una costruzione. Nel campo della modellazione di edifici a carattere monumentale, infatti, lo strumento numerico è uno strumento che, a maggior ragione, deve trovare validazione in un costante controllo con l’evidenza fisica. È infatti il costante confronto tra risultati sperimentali e numerici che può consentire di giungere a valutazioni affidabili circa l’effettivo comportamento strutturale del bene, identificando le cause di eventuali dissesti. Nondimeno, e pur sempre con le necessarie semplificazioni, un modello numerico costruito sulla base di un rilievo geometrico, esaustivo nella identificazione degli elementi architettonici aventi funzione strutturale, è un prezioso punto di partenza per la realizzazione di un modello strutturale affidabile nei risultati e utile per la rappresentazione della realtà fisica. Ed in questo senso il passaggio dalla realtà architettonica alla geometria strutturale è il passaggio chiave di una prima parte del percorso di analisi. Il modello numerico deve, infatti, essere realizzato partendo da un rilievo architettonico e geometrico sufficientemente accurato sul quale, consapevoli dei rapporti storici, architettonici e costruttivi, si sviluppa la prima operazione interpretativa della realtà strutturale operando le necessarie semplificazioni. Tanto più accurato è il rilievo, tanto più consapevoli possono essere le schematizzazioni di carattere strutturale. Questa operazione, sempre valida e necessaria in un bene monumentale, è ancora più eloquente nel caso del Battistero fiorentino dove forma architettonica e forma strutturale si uniscono in un tutt’uno inscindibile. Il Battistero è stato oggetto nell’ultimo anno (2014) di un’articolata campagna di indagini conoscitive, sia sperimentali sia numeriche, promossa dall’Opera del Duomo di Firenze e la memoria discute alcuni dei risultati ottenuti in merito all’identificazione statica del monumento. Sulla base di un esaustivo e dettagliato rilievo eseguito con tecnica laser scanner è stato realizzato un modello numerico agli elementi finiti della fabbrica, impiegato per offrire una prima interpretazione del comportamento strutturale del Battistero. Particolare attenzione è stata posta al flusso delle tensioni, del quale viene valutata la compatibilità con il quadro quadro fessurativo rilevato. I risultati ottenuti, riassunti nella memoria, si propongono come una prima valutazione circa la sicurezza del monumento, ed offrono delle indicazioni per successivi approfondimenti di indagine. Infatti, l’avvicinamento alla comprensione del funzionamento di monumenti complessi, come è il caso del Battistero di San Giovanni dove forma e struttura si fondono in un tutt’uno inscindibile, non può che procedere per fasi, in quanto possibili approfondimenti di indagine e di analisi possono essere meglio individuati a seguito di una prima comprensione della statica del monumento.
A multi-analytical approach for the study of red stains on heritage marble
Red stains are a common discolouration on stone cultural heritage all over the world. These are very difficult to remove and little is known about the reddish pigmentation. Numerous red stains were mapped on the Baptistery of San Giovanni in Florence, one of the most important monuments in Italy. This paper is focused on red stains on marble stone and the results of a detailed multidisciplinary approach are presented. Several analytical and investigation techniques (such as optical microscopy, X-ray fluorescence mapping, X-ray micro-tomography, micro-Raman spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy with energy dispersive spectroscopy, microbial isolation, colorimetric measurements and isotopic analyses) were used to better understand the origin and processes involved in this kind of alteration. Analyses of the red stains led us to believe the presence of minium (lead tetroxide) and Pb are usually concentrated in the spaces between calcite grains. Red stains of Pb isotopic composition also overlap with data from Sardinian mines. These preliminary data seem to reinforce the suggestion of a source of lead from some metallic items (during restoration campaigns between 1938 and 1944, damaged parts were removed and replaced, and the new marble cladding was fixed with iron brackets treated with minium).
Cantisani, Emma and Cuzman, Oana Adriana and Vettori, Silvia and Chelazzi, Laura and Ciattini, Samuele and Ricci, Marilena and Manganelli Del Fá, Rachele and Chiarantini, Laura and Garzonio, Carlo Alberto
3D Model of San Giovanni Baptistery's Dome (Florence)
This is the 3D model of the dome of San Giovanni baptistery in Florence. The Baptistery is crowned by a magnificent mosaic ceiling. The earliest mosaics date from 1225. It was probably not completed until the fourteenth century. The mosaics are done in a Byzantine style, with iconic figures and a gold background. This mosaic cycle depicts the Last Judgement with a gigantic, majestic Christ and the Angels of Judgement at each side, the rewards of the saved leaving their tomb in joy (at Christ’s right hand), and the punishments of the damned (at Christ’s left hand). This last part is particularly famous: evil doers are burnt by fire, roasted on spits, crushed with stones, bit by snakes, chewed by hideous beasts. The other scenes on the ceiling depict different stories: (starting at the top) Choirs of Dominations, Powers, Archangels, Angels, Principalities, Virtues and Thrones; stories from the Book of Genesis; stories of Joseph; stories of Mary and the Christ and finally in the lower tier stories of Saint John the Baptist.
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The Baptistry of St. John, located in the heart of Florence, Italy, is a magnificent architectural gem that stands as one of the city's most iconic landmarks. This octagonal structure, known as the Battistero di San Giovanni in Italian, boasts a rich history dating back to the early Christian era. Constructed between the 11th and 12th centuries, the Baptistry is renowned for its stunning Romanesque design. The exterior is adorned with white and green marble, showcasing intricate patterns and reliefs that tell biblical stories, including scenes from the life of St. John the Baptist. The Baptistry's crowning glory is its gilded bronze doors, particularly the famous "Gates of Paradise" designed by Lorenzo Ghiberti, which are adorned with exquisite biblical scenes and represent a masterpiece of Renaissance art. Inside the Baptistry, visitors are captivated by its vast, cavernous space and the awe-inspiring mosaic dome that dominates the interior. The ceiling is adorned with breathtaking mosaics that narrate scenes from the Last Judgment and the life of St. John the Baptist. The serene ambiance within the Baptistry, filled with the soft hues of the mosaics and the echo of harmonious acoustics, creates a truly spiritual and transcendent experience. The Baptistry of St. John remains a significant religious and historical site in Florence, attracting tourists and art enthusiasts from around the world who come to admire its architectural grandeur and immerse themselves in the rich cultural heritage of this remarkable city.
Presentation of the 4CH vision implementation, given at the 4CH (Competence Centre on the Conservation of Cultural Heritage) by the Technology Coordinator Prof. Franco Niccolucci.
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The main goal of the 4CH Project is to set up the methodological, procedural, and organizational framework of a European Competence Centre (CC) about Cultural Heritage (CH) able to seamlessly work with a network of national, regional, and local cultural Institutions, providing them with advice, support, and services. This report describes the survey results on existing Competence/Knowledge Centres and other similar entities, implemented with the aim to get useful feedbacks and lessons learnt to outline the future 4CH Competence Centre (4CH CC) organization, governance, funding and business plan, provision of services and other related and relevant aspects.
Longo Danila, Roversi Rossella, Orlandi Serena, & Turillazzi Beatrice
DANS has developed a game especially for researchers: the DANS Data Game. The game gives an impression of the research data landscape and was specially produced for the 15th anniversary of DANS. The game can also be used in Trainings to engage researchers and start discussions. The game can be ordered online free of charge and will later also be available digitally.
DANS - Data Archiving and Networking Services
CIDOC CRM the Game is an open source initiative that aims to promote wider adoption of the CIDOC CRM standard through facilitating the learning process for beginning users/learners. The game materializes the CIDOC CRM ontology as a card game consisting of 3 basic decks. There are different scenarios available, which relate to actual cultural phenomena. There are tabletop versions and downloadable digital versions (for an online version, see OntoMatchGame). This record is a collective record for five different games, four tabletop versions and one digital version, developed between 2015 and 2021.
George Bruseker Anaïs Guillem Christophe Tuffery Thanasis Velios Oliver Marlet François-Xavier Talgorn
A webpage listing PDF documents of presentations and other training materials for the Art & Architecture Thesaurus (AAT)®, the Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names (TGN)®, the Union List of Artist Names (ULAN)®, the Cultural Objects Name Authority (CONA)®, the Getty Iconography Authority (IA)™, Categories for the Description of Works of Art (CDWA), Cataloging Cultural Objects (CCO), and standards in general. The materials are subject to frequent modification and addition.
The Getty Research Institute Vocabulary Program
Google Earth Engine tutorials (video and PDF handouts with exercises) focused on monitoring cultural heritage. Made by the Endangered Archaeology in the Middle East and North Africa (EAMENA) project as part of the British Council CPF funded training programme.
4CH Cloud-based online web service for real time monitoring of environmental risks on Cultural Heritage
INFN - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare
The ARIADNE Portal brings together existing archaeological research datasets from ARIADNE partners so that researchers can browse and access the various distributed datasets for use in their projects. The portal also provides a point of access for the new services developed by the project.
ARIADNEplus Data Management Plan Tool and Templates
ARIADNEplus offers an online Data Management Plan Tool which supports archaeological data managers and archaeologists who want (or are obliged to) make a data management plan for producing and sharing data that comply with the FAIR data principles (see: https://www.go-fair.org/fair-principles/). A complication is that the requirements for a DMP, although similar in intention, vary across research funders and organisations. Therefore ARIADNEplus currently provides the tool with three DMP templates: * the Protocol for Archaeological Data Management, which is based on the widely recognised Science Europe guidance for research data management and the principle of “comply or explain”. * the ARIADNEplus DMP Researcher Template for Archaeological Datasets, developed from the Horizon 2020 requirements and tailored to community standards and practices: * the Horizon Europe Template for Archaeological Datasets which includes links to information and suggestions for answering the questions of the template; the related guide can also be consulted for the above protocol and template: https://training.ariadne-infrastructure.eu/dmp-guidance/
The Vocabulary Matching Tool allows users to align Linked Data vocabulary concepts with Getty Art & Architecture Thesaurus concepts. The tool is a browser based application that presents concepts from chosen source and target vocabularies side by side, exposing additional contextual evidence to allow the user to make an informed choice when deciding on potential mappings (expressed as SKOS mapping relationships). The tool is intended for vocabularies already expressed in RDF/SKOS and can work directly with the data – querying external SPARQL endpoints rather than storing any local copies of complete vocabularies. The set of mappings developed can be saved locally, reloaded and exported to a number of different output formats.
FastCat - A Collaborative Data Entry and Curation Tool
FastCat is a Web-based system designed for historians and other researchers who need to manually digitize structured and semi structured archival documents in a fast and accurate way to create their research dataset. It combines the ease of use and quick data entry functions of the classic spreadsheet with the information accuracy typically associated with a complex database. It does so by offering data entry templates designed to mirror, in the digital space, the structure and data entry logic of the original source.
Pavlos Fafalios, Georgios Samaritakis, Kostas Petrakis (FORTH)
FORTH - Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas
3M is a tool for managing mapping definition files. It’s based on FIMS management system for the administration of the files and also on the 3MEditor for editing and viewing the files. It provides a number of administrative actions that assist the experts to manage their mapping definition files. 3M is available online and is free to use. The source code is open source and available on github.
The Centre for Cultural Informatics works as competence center for the CIDOC CRM (ISO 21127), by building up and exchanging application know-how, consultancy to implementers and researchers, and contribution to the dissemination, maintenance and evolution of the standard itself. CCI in collaboration with CIDOC for the last 20 years, received basic empirical input and developed a significant number of mapping specifications using a formalism based on the declaration of equivalences and the interpretation of each source schema as a set of nodes and links. Such mappings were used to validate the CRM. The X3ML mapping definition language, a declarative XML language, was the culmination of this experience and formalism. It describes schema mappings in such a way that they can be collaboratively created and discussed by experts who are able to produce the semantics of a mapping. It is human and machine readable and is the ultimate communication means on the semantic correctness of the mapping. Following the X3ML definition, we developed and used an efficient transformation algorithm which processes the declarative X3ML statements and produces equivalent rdf statements. Different cases of semantic heterogeneity that were encountered in different applications are covered. In parallel, the CIDOC CRM SIG started working on the SYNERGY framework, a rich and comprehensive Reference Model for a better practice of data provisioning and aggregation processes, primarily in the cultural heritage sector, but also for e-science. The aggregation of heterogeneous data from different institutions has the potential to create rich data resources useful for a range of different purposes, from research to education and public interests. Along this line, CCI has developed the X3ML Toolkit, a set of small, open source, microservices that follow the SYNERGY Reference Model. They are designed with open interfaces and they can be easily customized and adapted to complex environments. The X3ML Toolkit consists of a set of software components that assist the data provisioning process for information integration. The key components of the toolkit are: (a) Mapping Memory Manager, (b) 3M Editor, and (c) X3ML Engine.
X3ML mapping definition language 3M - the Mapping Memory Manager 3M Editor X3ML Engine RDF Visualiser
3D Model of the Monastery of Agios Ioannis Lampadistis
3D acquisition of various areas of the monastery of Agios Ioannis Lampadistis made by the Cyprus Institute
IH-AT | Invisible Heritage Analysis and Technology
Panoramic view of the Monastery of Agios Ioannis Lampadistis
A 360° virtual tour of the monastery of Agios Ioannis Lampadistis allows the user to digitally visit the church online. Through interactive spots, it is possible to obtain information about the interdisciplinary and holistic study applied to the monument.
4CH Pilot Case: Ayios Ioannis Lampadistis Monastery (video)
The video shows one of the 4CH Pilot Cases, the UNESCO site of Ayios Ioannis Lampadistis Monastery on the Troodos Mountains, Cyprus. The work carried out by the Cyprus Institute represents an example of best practices offered by the future 4CH Competence Centre for the conservation, preservation and valorisation of Cultural Heritage. The Cyprus Institute (APAC Labs) organised a day-long programme at the monastic complex for the occasion of the International Day of Monuments and Sites. This highly visual video shows the interdisciplinary work involved and highlights the importance of documenting Heritage for conservation, preservation and valorisation purposes. Such methods include 3D documentation, analysis of the wall paintings and dendrochronological research. Moreover, the engagement of the community and the local stakeholders for this heritage site are an important factor for its future sustainability.
The monastery of Agios Ioannis Lampadistis is situated in a central area of the Troodos mountain range, in the valley of Marathasa. It is built on the east bank of the river Setrachos, opposite of the village of Kalopanagiotis. The exact founding date of the monastery is unknown. The katholicon (monastery church), which is dedicated to Saint Herakleidios, is dated to the 11th century. Among the wall-paintings of the narthex there is an inscription, dated to the 15th century, which describes this church as “katholiki”, i.e. the principal parish church of the village. According to other written sources the monastery functioned until the beginning of the 19th century. Since then it has been used as a church. The group of buildings which survives today is the result of constructions and renovations of different periods. The main monastery church is a domed cross-in-square structure, dated to the 11th century. In the 12th century the chapel of Agios Ioannis Lampadistis was added to the north of the first church, above the tomb of the Saint. This second chapel collapsed and was almost entirely rebuilt in the 18th century. In the middle of the 15th century a common narthex was built to the west of the two churches. During the second half of the 15th century a vaulted chapel was added to the north of that of Saint Ioannis. It became known as the 'Latin chapel' because of the assumption that it was built for the Latins (Catholics). Sometime between the 15th and the beginnings of the 18th century), a timber roof covered with flat hooked tiles sheltered the entire roof complex. As a result of its tripartite character, the building acquired an external image of a large building covered with a timber roof. Apart from the complex of the three churches there are other monastic buildings including cells, auxiliary rooms and an oil press.
The Heritage Digital Twin: a bicycle made for two. The integration of digital methodologies into cultural heritage research
Béatrice Markhoff, received her PhD in Computer Science in 1995. She is Associate Professor at the University of Tours (UNI-TOURS). She teaches at undergraduate level and postgraduate levels, she created a Bachelor on IT Management for Security and participated in the creation of a Master degree on Digital Humanities. She is the head of the database and natural language processing team (BdTln) of LIFAT. Her research activities include knowledge engineering and semantic Web. She applies these topics in the Cultural Heritage area, collaborating to several DH projects. Her works have been published in international conferences such that WebDB, MFCS, ADBIS, IDEAS, DEXA, CAA and journals (e.g. The Computer Journal, ACM JOCCH). She participates in several conference PCs, she is a creator of the Semantic Web for Cultural Heritage (SW4CH) international workshop, and co-supervisor of a special issue of The Semantic Web Journal on SW4CH topics.
Francesco Taccetti is the 4CH Project Coordinator. He is a physicist working at INFN-LABEC, a laboratory devoted to applications of nuclear techniques to cultural heritage and environmental analyses. Since 2000, he has become one of the technological leaders at LABEC, where he followed the commissioning of the new tandem accelerator and is now R&D coordinator for the Cultural Heritage branch, dealing with Ion Beam Analyisis (IBA) and Accelerator Mass Spectrometry (AMS) measurements. Thanks to his experience in mechanical apparatuses, detectors, electronics and data acquisition systems, since 2006 he has been the principal investigator in experiments funded by the INFN aimed at improving cutting-edge technologies in the field of Cultural Heritage for both applications of IBA and AMS (radiocarbon dating), besides the development of portable instrumentation like spectrometers for X Ray Fluorescence (XRF). Since 2013, he has been the coordinator of Cultural Heritage Network of INFN (INFN-CHNet). He is the author of about seventy papers in international magazines.
Sorin Hermon is an Associate Professor in Digital Cultural Heritage at the Cyprus Institute. He leads the Digital Cultural Heritage research group at the Science and Technology in Archaeology and Culture Research Center (STARC) of The Cyprus Institute, focussing its scientific activities on two convergent fields: 3D approaches to the study of the past and big data for knowledge repositories.
Franco Niccolucci is a former professor of the University of Florence and of the Science and Technology in the archaeology Center of the Cyprus Institute. He has been the coordinator of the projects PARTHENOS, ARIADNE, CREATIVE CH, COINS, CHIRON and 3D-ICONS. He is the author of about 100 publications in the domain of ICT applications to CH. He was the chair of CAA2004 and founder of the VAST conference series in which he co-chaired the 2000, 2003, 2004, 2011 and 2012 editions.
Achille Felicetti is an expert of knowledge representation and semantic web technologies and is active in the definition of ontologies and standards for Cultural Heritage. He is also responsible for the development and maintaining of digital services and infrastructures, online collaborative platforms, databases, mapping services and web-based OS applications.
Luciarita is a PhD candidate and Graduate research assistant in Digital Cultural Heritage at the Cyprus Institute. Her research focuses on the digital transformation processes in Cultural Heritage and Archaeological sites. Her humanities and arts and culture management background inform her approach to research tasks and challenges, providing interdisciplinary insight when pairing archaeological needs and aims with digital tools and strategies.
Valentina Vassallo is a post-doctoral fellow in Digital Cultural Heritage at the Cyprus Institute. Her research expertise is in the development of solutions for multidisciplinary data integration and definition of a knowledge communication framework for data management and communication process of 3D digital Cultural Heritage assets through new ways of reasoning with information technology, metadata and ontologies.
ARIADNE - A data infrastructure serving the archaeological community worldwide
The ARIADNEplus project is the extension of the previous ARIADNE Integrating Activity, which successfully integrated archaeological data infrastructures in Europe, indexing in its registry about 2.000.000 datasets (ARIADNE portal). ARIADNEplus will build on the ARIADNE results, extending and supporting the research community that the previous project created and further developing the relationships with key stakeholders such as the most important European archaeological associations, researchers, heritage professionals, national heritage agencies and so on. The new enlarged partnership of ARIADNEplus covers all of Europe. It now includes leaders in different archaeological domains like palaeoanthropology, bioarchaeology and environmental archaeology as well as other sectors of archaeological sciences, including all periods of human presence from the appearance of hominids to present times. Transnational Activities together with the planned training will further reinforce the presence of ARIADNEplus as a key actor. The ARIADNEplus data infrastructure will be embedded in a cloud that will offer the availability of Virtual Research Environments where data-based archaeological research may be carried out. The project will furthermore develop a Linked Data approach to data discovery, making available to users innovative services, such as visualization, annotation, text mining and geo-temporal data management. Innovative pilots will be developed to test and demonstrate the innovation potential of the ARIADNEplus approach.
European Commission under the H2020 Programme, contract no. H2020-INFRAIA-2018-1-823914.
Maria Theodoridou is Research & Development Engineer at the Foundation for Research and Technology – Hellas, Institute of Computer Science (FORTH-ICS), Information Systems Laboratory and the Centre for Cultural Informatics (CCI). She holds a Master of Applied Science in Electrical & Computer Engineering from the University of Toronto, Canada (1985) and a Diploma in Electrical Engineering from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece (1983). Maria has been actively involved in more than 20 national and international cultural information systems' projects. Her research interests include semantic web technologies, mapping technologies, conceptual modelling, cultural information systems and semantic interoperability. Currently, she coordinates the mapping technology activities of CCI that include the X3ML Toolkit a set of small, open source, microservices that assist the data provisioning and aggregation process for information integration, extensively used for mapping and transforming data from cultural heritage institutions, such as archives, libraries, and museums, but equally for research institutes of descriptive sciences such as earth sciences, biodiversity, clinical studies and e-Health. Maria was the technical/scientific coordinator of FORTH-ICS in several recent EU projects (ITN-DCH, ARIADNE, PARTHENOS, VRE4EIC, E-RIHS PP). She is currently the scientific coordinator of FORTH-ICS for the EU HORIZON 2020 Projects ARIADNEplus and 4CH.
LNEC - Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil
LNEC - Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil (National Laboratory for Civil Engineering) is a public institute of Science and Technology (S&T), with the status of State Laboratory that carries out research in all fields of civil engineering, giving it a unique multidisciplinary perspective. In its field of expertise, LNEC is a national asset which guides its activity towards public service values, embedded in a culture that appeals to high standards of ethics, impartiality and trustworthiness. Continuous investment in innovation, in the improvement and dissemination of Knowledge has enabled an adequate response to the constant evolution of Science and Technology. Created in 1946 with an international vocation, its reputation soon crossed borders and LNEC has worked in all continents, continuing, for more than six decades now, to honour the name of Portugal.
DANS is the Dutch national centre of expertise and repository for research data. We help researchers make their data available for reuse. This allows researchers to use the data for new research and makes published research verifiable and reproducible. With more than 200,000 datasets and a staff of 60, DANS is one of the leading repositories in Europe.
The Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas (FORTH) was founded in 1983. It is one of the largest research centers in Greece with well-organized facilities, highly qualified personnel and a reputation as a top-level research institution worldwide. FORTH reports to the General Secretariat for Research and Innovation of the Ministry of Development and Investments. FORTH conducts specialized scientific research in strategic high-added value sectors, focusing on interdisciplinary research and development (R&D) activities in areas of major scientific, societal and economic interest, such as: Lasers and Photonics, Microelectronics, Advanced Materials / Nanotechnology, Molecular Biology and Genetics, Biotechnology, Computer Science, Bioinformatics, Precision Medicine, Systems Biology, Robotics, Telecommunications, Applied and Computational Mathematics, Chemical Engineering Sciences, Energy, Environment, Social Sciences & Humanities, Astrophysics and Astronomy. FORTH comprises ten Research Institutes. Its headquarters and central administration are based in Heraklion, Crete.
INFN was founded on 8 August 1951, to further the nuclear physics research tradition initiated by Enrico Fermi in Rome, in the 1930s. The INFN collaborates with CERN, Fermilab and various other laboratories in the world. In recent years it has provided important contributions to grid computing. During the latter half of the 1950s, the INFN designed and constructed the first Italian electron accelerator—the electron synchrotron developed in Frascati. In the early 1960s, it also constructed in Frascati the first ever electron-positron collider (ADA - Anello Di Accumulazione), under the scientific leadership of Bruno Touschek.[1] In 1968, Frascati began operating ADONE (big AdA), which was the first high-energy particle collider, having a beam energy of 1.5 GeV. During the same period, the INFN began to participate in research into the construction and use of ever-more powerful accelerators being conducted at CERN. The INFN has Sezioni (Divisions) in most major Italian universities and four national laboratories. It has personnel of its own, but it is mostly the main funding agency for high-energy physics in Italy. University personnel can be affiliated with INFN and receive from it research grants.
The Cyprus Institute (CyI) is a world-class, non-profit research and educational institution with a strong scientific and technological orientation. It is a regional Center of Excellence, addressing issues of regional interest but of global significance, with an emphasis on cross-disciplinary research and international collaborations. CyI is being developed as an international science and technology organization to strengthen the research community of Cyprus and to help transform its economy to a knowledge-based economy. Recognizing the unique geopolitical location of Cyprus, the Institute aspires to serve as a European Union (EU) gateway to research and technology in the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East (EMME) region and in this way, advance peace and prosperity and promote the cooperation among the peoples of the EMME region for the betterment of their future. The Institute operates under the aegis of the Cyprus Research and Educational Foundation (CREF), which is governed by an acclaimed Board of Trustees, comprised of leading personalities of the international academic, political and business world.
PIN is a consortium company with a majority non-profit public participation. It was established as an association in 1992 and on 3rd June 1999 it became a limited liability consortium company (S.c.r.l.). PIN supports itself financially through contributions, agreements with partners and external bodies, and the implementation of research and training projects. In the elaboration of these conventions, the new University was opened up and opened to dialogue with the Society and the Institutions, which was desired by everyone. In 2003, PIN obtained the ISO 9001 quality certification. With this recognition, PIN is proposed as a subject with advanced knowledge and operational skills, able to organize services for teaching and research at a qualitatively high level.
The paper concerns the definition of a novel ontology for cultural heritage based on the concept of digital twin. The ontology, called Heritage Digital Twin ontology, is a compatible extension of the well-known CIDOC CRM ISO standard for cultural heritage documentation and incorporates all the different documentation systems presently in use for cultural heritage documentation. In the authors’ view, it supports documentation interoperability at a higher level than the ones currently in use and enables effective cooperation among different users.
This report describes the results of 4CH Tasks T1.2 and T1.4 concerning the mapping risk and user needs. WP1 defines the basis for the achievement of project objective 1, collecting and relating experiences, skills and best practices acquired and implemented so far in the European Countries, with specific reference to EU-funded research. The WP’s activities identify innovative approaches in initiatives, policies and strategies for the preservation and conservation of monuments and sites. In this way, it will help define in detail the fields which the Competence Centre will operate on.
Daniele Cortis - Integration of contents (INFN). Co-authors: Sorin Hermon, Luciarita Nunziata, Mia Trentin, Valentina Vassallo (CYI) Alessandra Gandini (TECNALIA), Federica Maietti, Emanuele Piaia (INCEPTION)
D4.1 Report on standards, procedures and protocols
The main objective of the Deliverable is to present an overview on standards, procedures and protocols to Cultural Heritage (CH) digitization, based on a critical review of the State-of-the-Art in data capturing, data processing and data storage/access within the overall framework of Heritage Documentation.
Federica Maietti; Nicola Amico; Achille Felicetti; Michalis Mountantonakis; Maria Theodoridou; Béatrice Markhoff; Yannick Duthe; Vicky Dritsou; Maria Ilvanidou; Peter Bonsma; Iveta Bonsma; Daniel Pletinckx