DigiCULT - Technology Challenges for Digital Culture

Publications supporting Digital Culture

The DigiCULT project is a support measure within the Information Society Technologies Programme, which provides a technology watch mechanism for the cultural and scientific sector. In order to encourage early take up of new technological developments, DigiCULT will produce and disseminate seven newsletters, seven thematic issues and three Technology Watch reports.

Newsletters Thematic Issues

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DigiCULT.info 1, July 2002

DigiCULT.info 2, October 2002

DigiCULT.info 3 (Lo-Res, 619KB), February 2003

DigiCULT.info 3 (Hi-Res, 2.06MB), February 2003

DigiCULT.info 4 (Lo-Res, 550KB), August 2003

DigiCULT.info 4 (Hi-Res, 3.41MB), August 2003

DigiCULT.Info 5, November 2003

Integrity and Authenticity of Digital Objects, August 2002

Digital Asset Management Systems for the Cultural and Scientific Heritage Sector, December 2002

Towards a Semantic Web for Heritage Resources, May 2003

Towards a Semantic Web for Heritage Resources (low res version), May 2003

Thematic Issue 4 - Learning Objects from Cultural and Scientific Heritage Resources (low-res), October 2003

Thematic Issue 4 - Learning Objects from Cultural and Scientific Heritage Resources (high-res), October 2003

Technology Watch Reports Technology Watch Briefings

DigiCULT TWR 1 (Lo-Res, 2.56MB), March 2003

DigiCULT TWR 1 (Hi-Res, 4.74MB), March 2003

Comments can be submitted about Technology Watch Briefings.
The XML Family of Specifications, May 2003

Technologies and New Socio-economic Business Models, June 2003

Collaboration and Virtual Communities, October 2003

The DigiCULT Report

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Full Report [EN] and Executive Summary
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The DigiCULT report presents the results of the strategic study "Technological Landscapes for Tomorrow's Cultural Economy - DigiCULT" completed in 2001.
The report covers: national policies & initiatives, organisational change, exploitation, and technologies for cultural heritage institutions.
It addresses the key issues that were selected on the basis of input from over 180 experts and provides recommendations for policy and decision makers in the cultural heritage sector.
It also includes a "situation analysis", ie an overview of the present situation and perspectives of the cultural sector 1996 - 2001 - 2006.