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<b>Cultural Heritage on the Web: Access and Exchange of Information
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<td>Cultural Heritage on the Web: Access and Exchange of
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<p>7th- 8th December 2010
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<p>Cultural heritage of the same or similar kind has for a long
time been
accumulated and preserved by various institutions, such as libraries,
museums, and archives, though different methods for documenting and
describing the collected items have been used. This presents
difficulties for complex research as well as makes effective and
user-friendly access to information on cultural heritage problematic.
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<p>The development of web technologies and initiatives aimed at
complex dissemination of knowledge about culture stored in digital
format, such as Europeana or European Library, makes it imperative that
the need to harmonize metadata standards and the language of
description used to refer to cultural heritage be fulfilled. It is
generally expected that with the use of web-based systems the
introduction, exchange and publication of data will promote synergy by
integrating the endeavors of the various institutions. At the same
time, such systems will make access to information easier for various
groups of users: people professionally interested in specific aspects
of culture but also for a wider audience, i.e., people will use the
results of research in cultural heritage in education, recreation or
tourism.
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<p>In the context of the above, the organizers of the conference
invite you to discuss the devising of methodological assumptions,
metadata standards, language tools, and technological solutions as well
as to consider the possibilities of designing new cooperative
initiatives to make the information on the cultural heritage collected
by the afore mentioned institutions more easily accessible. The scope
of the conference shall also include more general issues of Semantic
Web, which would allow the consideration of the problems in question in
a wider context of web phenomena.
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<p>Conference scope and themes:
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<p>• Harmonization of terminology used with reference to cultural
heritage by specialists representing various humanities
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<p>• The issue of data exchange in the context of metadata
formats
applied to describe cultural heritage in various institutions (Marc 21,
Dublin Core, Object ID, CDWA, Conceptual Reference Model ICOM) as
opposed to traditional methods of describing cultural heritage
(bibliographical records, the instruction of inventorying and
cataloguing inscriptions, catalogue description of works of art)
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<p>• Classifications, subject headings, thesauruses –
possibilities and limitations
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<p>• Domain ontologies in humanities
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<p>• The description and cataloguing of cultural heritage items
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the context of development and evolution of web-based tools, computer
library catalogues, digital libraries, specialist databases
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<p>• The problems of creating, administrating, and searching the
scattered resources concerning cultural heritage (including material
and non-material items)
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<p>• Traditional and modern standards of documenting cultural
heritage in the context of Semantic Web evolution
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<p>• Data exchange – factual, technical and legal aspects
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<p>• The experience of those who ultimately receive the
information
and the possibilities of involving them in creating knowledge resources
about culture (information addressees, search strategies based on the
analysis of users’ behaviour, users’ involvement in describing the
resources – possibilities and limitations)
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<p>Conference languages: Polish, English, German
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Dr Elżbieta Herden or Dr Agnieszka Seidel-Grzesińska
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Instytut Historii Sztuki
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Uniwersytet Wrocławski
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ul. Szewska 36
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PL-50-139 Wrocław<br>
Email: <a href="mailto:cyfrowespotkania@o2.pl">cyfrowespotkania@o2.pl</a><br>
Visit the website at <a
href="http://www.ibi.uni.wroc.pl/index.php/component/content/article/65-dobra-kultury-w-sieci/292-call-for-papers">http://www.ibi.uni.wroc.pl/index.php/component/content/article/65-dobra-kultury-w-sieci/292-call-for-papers</a>
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