Semantics4Art&Architecture. Consolidation of a sustainable research infrastructure for ontology-based documentation and indexing of art and architecture

来自马尔堡的Herder-Institut是一家在艺术文献领域拥有相关经验的研究机构，而海德堡大学已经在该领域建立了国家基础设施的一部分，这两个机构已经联合起来。 他们将共同操作现有的用于艺术和建筑史的电子研究技术，并在其实施，整合和优化方面进行长期合作。 其目的是建立一个有效的系统，组织有关的对象和人的信息。它将包括有关出处和研究状况的数据，使用视觉，必要时，多媒体来源，以及记录研究过程的所有步骤。 优化的数据模型将涵盖用于记录文化遗产的各个领域，并将包括这些领域数字记录的许多要素，并包括不同的描述标准。 虽然数据模型的复杂性很重要，但各个模块的可互换性也同样重要，通过接口，这些模块应形成一个特定于主题而非特定于项目的语义网络。目前在许多项目中使用的研究软件WissKI将与利益相关者合作进行评估，优化和整合，以便精确测试抽象数据模型。 其目的是使软件普遍可用，并易于适应进一步计划的结构，艺术品或照片的文件，并使一个长期可用的操作模式。还将对需求进行详细分析，这将建立在现有WissKI项目的经验基础上，还将包括艺术史和建筑史领域的进一步使用场景。 其结果应该是，除了艺术史的统一文档软件，一个“工具箱”包含可适应的数据模型和最佳实践讲义模板。 通过这种方式，新的，优化的WissKI应用程序将有可能超越目前的使用。 潜在用户将包括艺术史和建筑史领域的许多机构，以及国内外的考古机构。将建立一个活跃的Wisski社区和利益相关者网络，以促进持久接受和建立基于本体的语义文档。

The Herder-Institut from Marburg, a research institute with relevant experience in the field of art documentation and the UB Heidelberg, already established in its field as a part of the national infrastructure, have joined forces. Together they will operate already existing e-research technology used in the history of art and architecture, cooperating in the long-term in its implementation, consolidation and optimization. The aim is to construct an efficient system for the organization of information relating to both objects and people. It will include data concerning provenance and research status using visual, and where necessary, multimedia sources, as well documenting all steps of the research process. Optimized data modelling will cover the various areas used to document cultural heritage, and will comprise numerous elements for the digital documentation of these areas and include differentiated description criteria. Although the complexity of the data model is important, equally so is the detachability of individual modules, which via the interfaces should form a semantic network that is subject specific, but not project specific.The research software WissKI, currently used in numerous projects, will be evaluated, optimized and consolidated in cooperation with the stakeholders, to allow precise testing of abstract data models. The aim is to make the software generally usable and easily adaptable for further planed documentation of structures, art objects or photographs, and to make an operating model that is available for the long-term. A detailed analysis of requirements will also be carried out, which will build on the experience gained from existing WissKI projects and will also include further usage scenarios in the areas of art history and the history of architecture. The result should be, in addition to consolidated documentation software for art history, a “toolbox” containing adaptable templates of data models and best practice handouts. In this way new, optimized WissKI applications will be possible that go beyond current usage. Potential users will include many institutions in the fields of art history and the history of architecture, as well as archaeological institutions at home and abroad.An active Wisski community and network of stakeholders will be established, to promote the lasting acceptance and establishment of ontology-based, semantic documentation.