Digital Cultural Heritage III Finding Aids and Analysis Tools in Archives and Memory Institutions AMSU Maastricht 11 July 2001

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Digital Cultural Heritage
III Finding Aids and Analysis Tools
in Archives and Memory Institutions
AMSU Maastricht 11 July 2001

• Kim H. Veltman
• Maastricht McLuhan Institute

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Technological Developments
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Internet, Broadcast, and Telecommunications
Networks
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Internet Developments 7 million new pages per
day Surface web 2.1 billion pages in all Deep
web 550 billion pages in all 70 languages of
which English is c. 47
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Internet Developments 1998 46 million
kilometers new cable 1999 63 million
kilometers new cable 2000 90 million
kilometers new cable
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Internet Developments 1998 1 terabit/s
transmission 1999 3 terabit/s
2010 141 petabits ? (150MB /colour x 1022
colours x 864 fibers)
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Internet Developments 2001 new chip to bring
power of Big Blue to Desktop IBM, Sony

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Internet Developments 2001 new chip with 4,000
GB/square inch (Keele U.) i.e. full contents of
British Library on credit card.

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Display Developments
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Mars Simulation NASA http//ffc.arc.nasa.gov
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Future Flight Central NASA http//ffc.arc.nasa.gov

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US Navy
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Responsive Workbench GMD Sankt Augustin
www-graphics.stanford.edu/projects/RWB
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Auto-Stereoscopy DTI Technologies
http//www.dti3d.com/
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Flat Panel Display Philips
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Cellular Phone with Screen Nokia
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Augmented Reality in Medicine http//www.wired.co
m/news/technology/0,1282,42783,00.html?twwn200104
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Sony (Paris) NaviCam device with augmented
reality.
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Geographic plus Bibliographic Metaphor Sony
(Paris), NaviCam augmented reality showing wall
of books with some bibliographical source
descriptions.
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Augmented Reality IBM http//www.research.ibm.co
m/journal/sj/384/spohrer.html
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AIBO Robot dog http//www.world.sony.com/Electroni
cs/aibo/index.html
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Holonic, shape-changing, micro-machine, robots at
the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries laboratories.
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Nanotechnology
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Hitachi Viewseum
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Philips Pre Ambient Intelligence
http//www.research.philips.com/generalinfo/specia
l/ambintel/sheets/sld016.htm
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Philips Ambient Intelligence http//www.research.p
hilips.com/generalinfo/special/ambintel/sheets/sld
017.htm
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Ambient Intelligence Philips
http//www.research.philips.com/generalinfo/specia
l/ambintel/sheets/sld018.htm
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1gramme of
dried DNA can hold as much information as 1
trillion CDs. DNA takes shape,
BBC News ,12 January 2000
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Internet Developments Ambient Intelligence
means that every object of culture can have its
own computer which helps describe its own
history.
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Virtual Museums
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Virtual Exhibitor Infobyte
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Museo Virtual de Artes El Pais (MUVA) See
http//www3.diarioelpais.com/muva/.
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Museo Virtual de Artes El Pais (MUVA) See
http//www3.diarioelpais.com/muva/.
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Museo Virtual de Artes El Pais (MUVA) See
http//www3.diarioelpais.com/muva/.
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Museo Virtual de Artes El Pais (MUVA) See
http//www3.diarioelpais.com/muva/.
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Museo Virtual de Artes El Pais (MUVA) See
http//www3.diarioelpais.com/muva/.
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Museo Virtual de Artes El Pais (MUVA) See
http//www3.diarioelpais.com/muva/.
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Museo Virtual de Artes El Pais (MUVA) See
http//www3.diarioelpais.com/muva/.
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Museo Virtual de Artes El Pais (MUVA) See
http//www3.diarioelpais.com/muva/.
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Museo Virtual de Artes El Pais (MUVA) See
http//www3.diarioelpais.com/muva/.
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Museo Virtual de Artes El Pais (MUVA) See
http//www3.diarioelpais.com/muva/.
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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 Advanced Interactive System for
Navigation over http//videalab.udc.es/trabajos/s
anti/santi8.html
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SANTI Spain http//videalab.udc.es/trabajos/santi
/santi9.html
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SANTI Spain http//videalab.udc.es/index2.html
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SANTI Spain http//videalab.udc.es/index2.html
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Virtual Collaboratories
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Internet is Sharing Sharing is the Essence of
Spirituality Hence the Evolution of Open Source
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Scientific Collaboration
Virtual Laboratory Operational Description FOM
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Scientific Collaboration
Computational Grid NASA
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Scientific Collaboration
Globus Project
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Industrial Collaboration
Computational Environment Stanford P5Bl Lab
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Voluntary Scientific Collaboration
Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
(SETI) 2,192,077 persons made available their
computers and produced 11.17 teraflops/second
30 July 2000
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Voluntary Scientific Collaboration
SETI 11.17 teraflops/s ASCII White 12.3
teraflops/s TOP500 64.3 teraflops/s
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Voluntary Scientific Collaboration
1 million volunteers 5.5 teraflops/s
332 million volunteers 1826 teraflops/s

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Voluntary Scientific Collaboration
2000 30,000 PCs 1 ASCI White Computer 332
million PCs 11,066.6 ASCI White 121, 126
teraflops 2006 2.4 billion PCs 847,882
teraflops
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Voluntary Scientific Collaboration
2000 TOP500 64.3 teraflops 332 million
PCs 121, 126 teraflops 2006 2.4 billion
PCs 847,882 teraflops 2020 x
1,000,000 847,882,000,000 teraflops x
100,000,000 847,882,000,000,000 teraflops
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Voluntary Scientific Collaboration
Computer grids of Volunteers are more powerful
than the TOP 500. 2000 1892 times 2006 13,248
2020 13,248,000,000
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Virtual Reference Rooms
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Prototype Virtual Reference RoomLevels of
knowledge 1. Concept, Word Classification
Systems 2. Definitions Dicionaries 3.
Explanations Encyclopaedias 4.
Titles Bibliographies 5. Partial
Contents Reviews, Abstracts
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Quictionnnary
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Personal Digital Assistant (PDA)
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Personal Digital Assistant (PDA)
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Virtual Reference Rooms Finding
Aids

Full Contents
Analysis Tools (SGML, XML, RDF)
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IMASS Virtual Reference Rooms
Finding Aids Agents Terminology,
Languages MMI Vienna
Full Contents
Analysis Tools (SGML, XML, RDF) Scuola
Normale

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Synchronicity
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1400-1440 Renaissance Italy Lorenzo
Ghiberti Filippo Brunelleschi
Leon Battista Alberti
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Town Hall, Brussels, 1402
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Palace Museum, Beijing, 1406-1420
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Torre de las Infancias, Alhambra, 1392-1408
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Ulugh Beg Madrasa, Samarkand, 1417-1420
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Altar of Heaven, Beijing, 1420
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Doges Palace, Venice, 1340, rebuilt, 1424
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Universals and Particulars
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Dynamic Knowledge Integration of various
levels of detail
Universals and Particulars Sciences and
Arts
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Technological Cultural, Historical Generic
Unique Universal Rules Original,
Variants Single Words Concepts, Words Wordnet
Infoterm, ISO TC 37 Euro Wordnet
Etymological Dictionaries Thesauri ENGLIS
H MLIS
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Lavenham and Farnham
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Bamberg and Hanover
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Marburg and Hildesheim
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Wolfenbüttel
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Quedlinburg
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Technology Culture, History Generic Unique
Universal Laws Particular, Original Industry
University Manufacture
Publishers Information Music
Industry Computer Television,
Radio Science Arts, Letters
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Dynamic ArchitectureIntegration of Different
Examples of Building Type
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A Vision
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For the past decades we have constructed
wonderful networks
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TEN 155 Network
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Scientific Collaboration
Virtual Laboratory Operational Description FOM
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For the past decades we have constructed
wonderful demonstrations
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199 Abu Simbel and Reconstruction
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1994 Saint Peters Basilica Infobyte in
Virtuarium http//www.barco.co.jp/projecti/ebigdo
me.htm
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NUME University of Bologna http//www.infobyte.
it/catalogo/indexuk.html
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NUME University of Bologna http//www.infobyte.i
t/catalogo/indexuk.html
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For the past decade we have scanned in
museums, libraries and archives
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We can link all this through Networks of
Centres of Excellence to share experience and
develop new methods
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European Networks of Excellence 1.
Agent-based computing (AgentLink 27225) 2.
Computational Logic (COMPULOG-NET 7230) 3.
Computer Vision Network (ECV NET 8212) 4.
Distributed Computing Systems Architectures (Caber
Net 21035, 6361) 5. Evolutionary
Computation (EVONET 20966) 6. Field of
Mesoscopic Systems (PHANTOMS 7360) 7.
High-Performance Computing (HPCNET 9004) 8.
High-Temperature Electronics (HITEN 6107) 9.
Information and Data on Open Media (IDOMENEUS
6606) 10. Intelligent Control and Integration of
Manufacturing Systems (ICIMS 9251) 11.
Intelligent Information Interfaces (i3net
22585) 12. Language and Speech (ELSNET
6295) 13. Machine Learning (MLnet 7115) 14.
Model-Based and Qualitative Reasoning Systems
(MONET 22672) 15. Multifunctional Microsystems
(NEXUS 7217) 16. Neural Networks (NEURONET
8961) 17. Organic Materials for
Electronics (NEOME 6280) 18. Physics and
Technology of Mesoscopic Systems (PHANTOMS II
21945) 19. Requirements Engineering (RENOIR
20800) 20. Superconducting (SCENET
22804) 21. Uncertainty Techniques Developments
for Information Technology (ERUDIT 8193) 22.
Cultural Heritage and ICT (CH)
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European Networks of Excellence Relevant to
Culture 1. Agent-based computing
(AgentLink 27225) 2. Distributed Computing
Systems Architectures (CaberNet 21035) 3.
Information and Data on Open Media
(IDOMENEUS6606) 4. Intelligent Information
Interfaces (i3net 22585) 5.
Language and Speech (ELSNET
6295) 6. Model-Based and Qualitative Reasoning
Systems (MONET22672) 7. Neural Networks
(NEURONET8961) 8. Requirements
Engineering (RENOIR 20800) 9.
Uncertainty Techniques in Information Technology
(ERUDIT8193)
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POTENTIAL LIST OF PARTICIPATING SUPPORT ACTIONS
(on going or in negotiation) BIONET - Strategic
Development of European Networks in
BiomechanicsCELIP - Central and Eastern European
Licensing Information PlatformCHIOS - Cultural
Heritage Interchange Ontology StandardizationCHIP
S - Consumer Hybrid Information Products and
ServicesCLASS - Collaboration in Language and
Speech Science and technologyCLEF -
Cross-Language Evaluation ForumCULTIVATE -
Cultural Heritage Applications NetworkDELOS - A
Network of Excellence on Digital LibrariesDIFUSE
- Dissemination of InFormal and Formal Useful
Specifications and Experiences to research,
technology development demonstration
communitiesDLM-Forum http//www.cscaustria.at/ev
ents/supportactions3.htm
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POTENTIAL LIST OF PARTICIPATING SUPPORT ACTIONS
(on going or in negotiation) ELSNET - The
European Network of Excellence in Human Language
TechnologiesEMII-DCF - European Museums'
Information Institute Distributed Content
FrameworkEVAN - Electronic Imaging the Visual
Arts NetworkingHEREIN - European Heritage
NetworkHERITAGENET II- Network of cultural
institutions in Central AsiaHOPE - HLT
Opportunity Promotion in EuropeLIBECON2000 -
Millenium Study - Library Economics in
EuropeMEDICI MULTIPRO - A Publishing and
Management System for Cross-media Teamwork at
Remote, Mobile and Heterogeneous Workplaces in
Multimedia Broadcast Organisationshttp//www.csca
ustria.at/events/supportactions3.htm http//www.eu
ropean-heritage.net/Cgi/en/Portail/Contenu.cfm
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POTENTIAL LIST OF PARTICIPATING SUPPORT ACTIONS
(on going or in negotiation) ONTOWEB - PULMAN -
Public Libraries Mobilising Advanced
NetworksRADICAL - Research And Development
Informed by Creative Arts LabsSCHEMAS - Forum
for Metadata Schema implementersTEL - The
European LibraryTRIS - Trials Support
supporting and facilitating the execution of IST
TRIAL actions through standardisation, technology
transfer and exploitationVNET5 - Advancing
User-Centred Product Creation in Interactive
Electronic Publishing http//www.cscaustria.at/e
vents/supportactions3.htm
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We have the other networks Northern European
Historical Research Network (NEHRN)European
Network for Conservation/Restoration Education
(ENCoRE)Visual Arts Network for the Exchange of
Cultural Knowledge (VAN EYCK) Frans
Havekes European Cultural Heritage Technician
(ECHT) Http//nehrn.hum.sdu.dk/http
//www.kulturnet.dk/homes/ks/encore/http//www.bb
k.ac.uk/hafvm/van_eyck.html http//linux2.hit.uib
.no/non/echt/index.html
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Performance Art and Theatre Académie Européenne
des arts de geste (Les Transversales) Baltic
Music Network (BMN) Bancs dEssai
Internationaux (BEI) Consortium pour le
Coordination d'Études Européennes sur le
Spectacle et le Théatre (CONCEPTS) Convention
Théâtrale Européenne (CTE) Dance Network
Europe (DNE) European Concert Halls
Organisation (ECHO) Euro Festival Junger
Artisten (EFJA) European Forum of Worldwide
Music Festival (EFWMF) European Network of
Information (ENI) Centres for Performing
Arts (ENICPA) European Music
Office (EMO) Europe Jazz Network
(EJN) Fête Européenne de la Musique (FEM)
Informal European Theatre Meeting (IETM) Interc
ultural Production House for the Performing
Artists (IPHPA) Music Organisations of Europe
(MORE) Network Dance Web (NDW)
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Performance Art and Theatre Performing Arts
Research Training Studios (P.A.R.T.S) Red
Espanola de Teatros, Auditorios y Circ.de
Comunidades Autonomas RETACCA) Réseau
Printemps (RP) Réseau Européenne des Centres
dInformation du Spectacle Vivant (RECISV) Réseau
européen des services éducatifs des maisons
d'opéra (RESEMO) Théatre Contemporain pour le
Jeune Public (Archipel) Union des
Théâtres de l'Europe (ETE)
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This fits into a vision of e-Europe with Networks
of Excellence as the basis of a European
Research Area (ERA)
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UNESCO and Council of Europe (1989) Network of
Networks for Research and Cooperation in Cultural
Development (Culture Link) Cultural Information
and Research Centres Liaison in Europe
(CIRCLE) Cultural Heritage and Development Action
Network
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This vision needs to be global with Networks of
Excellence as the basis of a World Research
Area
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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 exhange content 7. International
Dissemination
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Interoperability of content 1. Method 2.
Access 3. Reference Tools 4. Conservation 5.
Reconstruction 6. Terminology 7. Meta-Data 8.
New Media 9. Technology 10. Economic Models

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For the past decades we have constructed
wonderful networks
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Arigato Dank U Thank
you Danke schön
Gratias vobis/tibi/ agimus Merci bien Mille
Grazie Obrigado Shukran Spasebo Tak