Trends in Digital Cultural Heritage Management and Applications

We present some recent trends in the field of digital cultural heritage management and applications including digital cultural data curation, interoperability, open linked data publishing, crowd sourcing, visualization, platforms for digital cultural heritage, and applications. We present some examples from research and development projects of MUSIC/TUC in those areas. Digital Cultural Data Curation A curator is responsible for the acquisition and care of cultural objects. Typically he makes decisions regarding what objects to collect, he oversees their care and documentation, he conducts research based on the collection, he arranges proper transport of cultural exhibits, he communicates with the public and the research community through exhibitions and publications, etc. Curation of digital cultural heritage data involves among others making decisions regarding what digital cultural heritage data to collect, oversees cultural heritage data care and documentation (metadata), conducts research based on the collection, plans for proper packaging of the cultural heritage data for reuse, takes actions for the long term reusability and value of the cultural data, and arranges for sharing the cultural data with the public