Digitisation of Cultural Artefacts and the

6th Framework Programme

Lisboa May 11 2004

Digitisation of Cultural Artefacts and the

6th Framework Programme

Lisboa May 11 2004

Poliart ClaudePoliart Claude

Principal Administrator DG Information Society

Technology-enhanced Learning; Cultural Heritage

Principal Administrator DG Information Society

Technology-enhanced Learning; Cultural Heritage

•Council Resolution on film heritage•Council Resolution on the “Role of Culture in the European Union”•Council Resolution on “Culture and Knowledge Society”•Council Resolution on “Digital Preservation: preserving tomorrow’s memory”•eEurope 2002 and the Lund Principles for digitisation (MINERVA)•eEurope 2005 and culture and tourism

•Council Resolution on film heritage•Council Resolution on the “Role of Culture in the European Union”•Council Resolution on “Culture and Knowledge Society”•Council Resolution on “Digital Preservation: preserving tomorrow’s memory”•eEurope 2002 and the Lund Principles for digitisation (MINERVA)•eEurope 2005 and culture and tourism

Policy basis: Policy basis:

New eCulture Landscapes New eCulture Landscapes

ConcluConclusions of the sions of the

Lund expert meetingLund expert meetingConcluConclusions of the sions of the

Lund expert meetingLund expert meeting

Digitisation programmesDigitisation programmes

Europe's cultural and scientific knowledge resources are a unique

public asset forming the collective and evolving memory of our diverse

societies and providing a solid basis for the development of our digital content industries in a sustainable

knowledge society

Europe's cultural and scientific knowledge resources are a unique

public asset forming the collective and evolving memory of our diverse

societies and providing a solid basis for the development of our digital content industries in a sustainable

knowledge society

Coordination of digitisation mechanisms: The Action PlanCoordination of digitisation

mechanisms: The Action Plan

Actions: supported by MINERVA Actions: supported by MINERVA

Area 1: Improving policies and programmes through cooperation and benchmarking

Area 1: Improving policies and programmes through cooperation and benchmarking

Area 2: Discovery of digitised resources

Area 3 Promotion of good practices

Area 2: Discovery of digitised resources

Area 3 Promotion of good practices

Area 4: Content frameworkArea 4: Content framework

DigitisationDigitisation

Progress to date: Progress to date:

Policies now exist is many Member States, and internal coordination networks have been established

Policies now exist is many Member States, and internal coordination networks have been established

Some best practice projects have been identified, but more are needed that are useful for small/local institutions

Some best practice projects have been identified, but more are needed that are useful for small/local institutions

A EU-wide status report has be produced on digitisation policies and programmesA EU-wide status report has be produced on digitisation policies and programmes

A EU-wide Quality Framework is needed for cultural contentA EU-wide Quality Framework is needed for cultural content

Long-term Digital PreservationLong-term Digital Preservation

Issues: Issues:

What is the cost and scale of the problem?

How to ensure that governments and institutions are fully aware about the problem?

What guidence is needed? Focus on data creators

Recognise the skills deficit, and decide what new skills will be needed

Build a large-scale multidisciplinary and multi-institutional collaboration

Take collective responsibility for long-term access

What is the cost and scale of the problem?

How to ensure that governments and institutions are fully aware about the problem?

What guidence is needed? Focus on data creators

Recognise the skills deficit, and decide what new skills will be needed

Build a large-scale multidisciplinary and multi-institutional collaboration

Take collective responsibility for long-term access

•Focus ~1500 man-years of research effort on digital culture•Fund 110 projects since 1999•688 participants•506 different organisations from museums, libraries, archives, industry, government and research (40% cultural actors, 30% industry, 30% research)•Partners from 35 countries•>90 M€ funding in cost-shared projects

•Av. funding 1.6 M€ for RTD (75% of budget)•Av. funding 0.55 M€ for AM (12%)•Av. funding 0.75 M€ for TN (8%)•Av. funding 0.172 M€ for take-up (5%)

•Focus ~1500 man-years of research effort on digital culture•Fund 110 projects since 1999•688 participants•506 different organisations from museums, libraries, archives, industry, government and research (40% cultural actors, 30% industry, 30% research)•Partners from 35 countries•>90 M€ funding in cost-shared projects

•Av. funding 1.6 M€ for RTD (75% of budget)•Av. funding 0.55 M€ for AM (12%)•Av. funding 0.75 M€ for TN (8%)•Av. funding 0.172 M€ for take-up (5%)

What we do: What we do:

New eCulture Landscapes New eCulture Landscapes

Centre for Research and Restoration of the Museums in Centre for Research and Restoration of the Museums in FranceFrance

The 3D laser scanner The 3D laser scanner (NCRC)(NCRC)

FP 6 and Access to Cultural Heritage FP 6 and Access to Cultural Heritage

Objective: To develop advanced systems and services that help improve access to Europe‘s knowledge and educational resources (including cultural and scientific collections) and generate new forms of cultural and learning experiences.

Improving accessibility, visibility and recognition of the commercial value of Europe's cultural and scientific resources, by developing:

Advanced digital libraries services, providing high-bandwidth access to distributed and highly interactive repositories of European culture, history and science

•Focus on shared test-beds and increased cultural-research cooperation•Building on existing portfolio of projects•Including digital memory management•Remember broadband objectives of eEurope 2005

Advanced digital libraries services, providing high-bandwidth access to distributed and highly interactive repositories of European culture, history and science

•Focus on shared test-beds and increased cultural-research cooperation•Building on existing portfolio of projects•Including digital memory management•Remember broadband objectives of eEurope 2005

Digital library services Digital library services

Environments for intelligent heritage and tourism, re-creating and visualising cultural and scientific objects and sites for enhancing user experience in cultural tourism

•Focus on enhancing user experience•Addressing the common needs of Europe’s museums, monuments, sites, etc., and not a specific museum, monument, site, ....•eLearning, tourism, eCommerce can support the core focus on culture•An effective network should include take-up in networks and/or “demo” projects under STRP

Environments for intelligent heritage and tourism, re-creating and visualising cultural and scientific objects and sites for enhancing user experience in cultural tourism

•Focus on enhancing user experience•Addressing the common needs of Europe’s museums, monuments, sites, etc., and not a specific museum, monument, site, ....•eLearning, tourism, eCommerce can support the core focus on culture•An effective network should include take-up in networks and/or “demo” projects under STRP

Intelligent heritage and tourism Intelligent heritage and tourism

Advanced tools, platforms and services in support of highly automated digitisation processes and workflows, digital restoration and preservation of film and video material, and digital memory management and exploitation

•Focus on structuring new research communities around preservation•Substantially reduce the cost of digitisation•Lower barriers for institutional investment in long-term digital preservation•Provide an industrial platform for film and video restoration and preservation

Advanced tools, platforms and services in support of highly automated digitisation processes and workflows, digital restoration and preservation of film and video material, and digital memory management and exploitation

•Focus on structuring new research communities around preservation•Substantially reduce the cost of digitisation•Lower barriers for institutional investment in long-term digital preservation•Provide an industrial platform for film and video restoration and preservation

Preservation and digitisation Preservation and digitisation

Publication: 17Publication: 17thth Dec. 2002 Dec. 2002

Closing deadline: 24Closing deadline: 24thth April 2003 April 2003

Evaluation: 12-24 May 2003Evaluation: 12-24 May 2003

Hearings: 9-14 June 2003Hearings: 9-14 June 2003

Negotiations: starting July until Sept. 2003Negotiations: starting July until Sept. 2003

Commission decision: from Oct. 2003Commission decision: from Oct. 2003

Projects start: between Dec. 2003 and Projects start: between Dec. 2003 and Feb. 2004Feb. 2004

Schedule of the 1st Call Schedule of the 1st Call

71 proposals received71 proposals received

8 projects selected and running8 projects selected and running

2 Noe’s DELOS and EPOCH2 Noe’s DELOS and EPOCH

2 IP’s BRICKS and PRESTOSPACE2 IP’s BRICKS and PRESTOSPACE

2 Streps TNT and AGAMEMNON2 Streps TNT and AGAMEMNON

2 Ssa’s MINERVA+ and CALIMERA2 Ssa’s MINERVA+ and CALIMERA

Total funding 31 M €Total funding 31 M €

Results of the 1st Call Results of the 1st Call

PrestoSpacePreservation towards storage and access.

Standardised Practices for Audiovisual Contents in Europe

A project to federate Research on Audiovisual Preservation and Digitisation in Europe

Shocking images !Nitrate film

Shellac record

InventoryInventoryA survey of the holdings of ten major European A survey of the holdings of ten major European broadcast archives found the following contents:broadcast archives found the following contents:

1 million hours of film1 million hours of film

1.6 million hours of video1.6 million hours of video

2 million hours of audio recordings2 million hours of audio recordings

Total European holdings of broadcast material are Total European holdings of broadcast material are probably 10 times larger, about 46 million hours probably 10 times larger, about 46 million hours

Total European audiovisual holdings are at least Total European audiovisual holdings are at least double, about 100 million hours !double, about 100 million hours !

Most of this material is :Most of this material is :

1) Analog 2) Original 3) In Danger1) Analog 2) Original 3) In Danger

(Source Richard Wright, Presto Survey(Source Richard Wright, Presto Survey))

Objectives

To offer to televisions, radios, private companies, institutions, small archives, general public; the possibility of developing a patrimonial initiative centred on preservation

and exploitation of their audiovisual archives.

This will be achieved through technological and industrial innovations, and will be implemented by

ensuring the set-up of facilities and services that will provide to these actors an integrated, efficient, scalable

and affordable preservation service.

Storage andArchive management

A small archive !

Storage andArchive management

A digital archive

PrestoSpace TasksPrestoSpace Tasks

- - Conceive a solution for all audiovisual collectionsConceive a solution for all audiovisual collections

- - Identify each user needsIdentify each user needs

- - Improve the technology for video, film and audio extractionImprove the technology for video, film and audio extraction

- - Conceive an efficient work-flowConceive an efficient work-flow

- - Propose an adapted service for each needPropose an adapted service for each need

- - Preserve Preserve betterbetter, , fasterfaster and and cheaper cheaper

A concept : the Preservation FactoryA concept : the Preservation Factory

– Preservation units proposing services for :Preservation units proposing services for :

High quality, fast and affordable preservationHigh quality, fast and affordable preservation

Automation of repetitive tasksAutomation of repetitive tasks

Centralised factories, mobile units ?Centralised factories, mobile units ?

– PrestoSpace ’s commitment : PrestoSpace ’s commitment :

Help the starting-up of these servicesHelp the starting-up of these services– Developing key technologies, publicity, labelling, inciting Developing key technologies, publicity, labelling, inciting

investors, following the process...investors, following the process...

Project Partners

Coordinateur : Ina

Executive Board : BBC, Rai, Ina

Steering Board: BBC, Rai, Ina, ORF, Joanneum Research (Austria), B&G (NL), University of Sheffield

(GB)

Other Partners : CTM Debrie, ACS, Media-Matters, CRCDG-CNRS, Centrimage, Vectracom, SWR, Hi-

STor, CubeTec, LIMSI-CNRS, Snell&Wilcox, TI Partners, Universities…

34 partners, 8 European countries + USA

DELOS NoEDELOS NoEon Digital Librarieson Digital Libraries

CoordinatorsCoordinators

AdministrativeAdministrative ERCIMERCIM

ScientificScientific ISTI-CNRISTI-CNR

DELOS MissionDELOS Mission

DELOS mission is to significantly contribute to the delivery DELOS mission is to significantly contribute to the delivery of the Grand Vision: “Digital Libraries should enable any of the Grand Vision: “Digital Libraries should enable any citizen to access all human knowledge any time and citizen to access all human knowledge any time and anywhere, in a friendly multimodal, efficient and effective anywhere, in a friendly multimodal, efficient and effective way, by overcoming barriers of distance, language and way, by overcoming barriers of distance, language and culture, and by using multiple Internet-connected devices.”culture, and by using multiple Internet-connected devices.”– First phase: research and cross fertilization between research First phase: research and cross fertilization between research

and developmentand development– Second phase: buiding of large scale testbeds and prototypesSecond phase: buiding of large scale testbeds and prototypes– Third phase: building of industrial-strength generic DL Third phase: building of industrial-strength generic DL

technologiestechnologies

DELOS aims at bringing together the major European teams DELOS aims at bringing together the major European teams (research, users, industry) interested in DL-related areas, (research, users, industry) interested in DL-related areas, with the goal of developing the next generation DL with the goal of developing the next generation DL technologiestechnologies

Focus of the NoEFocus of the NoE

To network and structure European research teams To network and structure European research teams working on DL technologies in order to consolidate working on DL technologies in order to consolidate an emerging communityan emerging communityTo disseminate knowledge and awareness of DL To disseminate knowledge and awareness of DL technologies into many diverse application technologies into many diverse application domainsdomainsTo develop generic DL technologies to be To develop generic DL technologies to be incorporated into industrial strength Digital Library incorporated into industrial strength Digital Library Management Systems offering advanced Management Systems offering advanced functionality through reliable and and extensible functionality through reliable and and extensible services services To become the reference point in Europe for DL-To become the reference point in Europe for DL-related activities related activities

ConsortiumConsortiumEuropean Research Consortium for European Research Consortium for Informatics and Mathematics (ERCIM)Informatics and Mathematics (ERCIM)Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (ISTI-Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (ISTI-CNR)CNR)Swiss Federal Institut of Technology ZurichSwiss Federal Institut of Technology ZurichUniversity of BathUniversity of BathUniversity of AthensUniversity of AthensTechnical University of CreteTechnical University of CreteUniversità degli Studi di FirenzeUniversità degli Studi di FirenzeFraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.angewandten Forschung e.V.University of GlasgowUniversity of GlasgowUniversität Duisburg-EssenUniversität Duisburg-EssenStichting Centrum voor Wiskunde en Stichting Centrum voor Wiskunde en InformaticaInformaticaRisoe National LibraryRisoe National LibraryFoundation for Research and Technology – Foundation for Research and Technology – HellasHellasUniversità degli Studi di Roma "La Università degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza"Sapienza"Brunel UniversityBrunel UniversityNational Technical University of AthensNational Technical University of AthensUniversità degli Studi di PadovaUniversità degli Studi di PadovaUniversità degli Studi di MilanoUniversità degli Studi di MilanoUniversity for Health Informatics and University for Health Informatics and Technology TyrolTechnology TyrolMax-Planck-Ges.z.F.d.W.vertr. d. MPI fuer Max-Planck-Ges.z.F.d.W.vertr. d. MPI fuer InformatikInformatik

Kuratorium OFFIS e.V.Kuratorium OFFIS e.V.Queen Mary & Westfield CollegeQueen Mary & Westfield CollegeUniversity of StrathclydeUniversity of StrathclydeIonian University, Archive and Library Ionian University, Archive and Library Science DepartmentScience DepartmentUniversité Paris-Sud XIUniversité Paris-Sud XIUniversity of SouthamptonUniversity of SouthamptonUniversity of EdinburghUniversity of EdinburghInstitute for Information Processing and Institute for Information Processing and Computer Supported New Media Computer Supported New Media Vienna University of TechnologyVienna University of TechnologyUniversità di UrbinoUniversità di UrbinoNorwegian University of Science and Norwegian University of Science and TechnologyTechnologyLund UniversityLund UniversityInstitut National de Recherche en Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en AutomatiqueInformatique et en AutomatiqueAristotelio Panepistimio ThessalinikisAristotelio Panepistimio ThessalinikisNational ArchiefNational ArchiefUniversität BremenUniversität BremenPhonogrammarchiv der Osterreichischen Phonogrammarchiv der Osterreichischen Akademie der WissenchaftenAkademie der WissenchaftenUniversity of LeedsUniversity of LeedsUniversität zu KölnUniversität zu KölnConsorzio FormaConsorzio Forma

European Collective MemoryEuropean Collective Memory

The IP IST Project BRICKSThe IP IST Project BRICKS

Digital European MemoryDigital European Memory is an is an open source architecture where open source architecture where share knowledge and contentshare knowledge and content

Digital European MemoryDigital European Memory is is reuse of other project results by reuse of other project results by modern SW technologiesmodern SW technologies

Digital European Memory Digital European Memory is is interoperability, not just for interoperability, not just for Content, but also for the services Content, but also for the services (with Web Services approach)(with Web Services approach)

Integration of services to develop a sizeable integrated platform for

DIGITAL EUROPEAN MEMORYDIGITAL EUROPEAN MEMORY

““Greek TempleGreek Temple” ” metaphormetaphorIn order to illustrate these three areas and In order to illustrate these three areas and account for their interrelationships, account for their interrelationships, throughout this proposal the well-known throughout this proposal the well-known metaphor of the Greek temple will be usedmetaphor of the Greek temple will be used: : – the the infrastructureinfrastructure area will be equated to area will be equated to

the foundations of the temple;the foundations of the temple;– the the application servicesapplication services area will be area will be

equated to the pillars of the temple; equated to the pillars of the temple; – the the sustainabilitysustainability area will be equated to area will be equated to

the roof of the temple. the roof of the temple.

““Greek TempleGreek Temple””

the sustainability area

the application services

the infrastructure area

Test bedsTest beds

Four main application scenarios have Four main application scenarios have been defined together within the been defined together within the Bricks Constituency and user groupsBricks Constituency and user groups– Access to CultureAccess to Culture, reconstruction of , reconstruction of

KnowledgeKnowledge– Management of CultureManagement of Culture: Small and : Small and

Medium MuseumsMedium Museums– Creation of CultureCreation of Culture: living memory: living memory– Digital TextsDigital Texts: scriptorium: scriptorium

Integrated ProjectIntegrated ProjectBRICKS aims at BRICKS aims at integratingintegrating many European Cultural Objects and many European Cultural Objects and

Content from different countries, in the same timeContent from different countries, in the same time it willit will integrate integrate different typologies of competencies and background (research, different typologies of competencies and background (research, business, technology, art and culture).business, technology, art and culture).

BRICKS is BRICKS is integrationintegration of concrete objectives (four main user of concrete objectives (four main user applications) with a ambitious vision of the future use of applications) with a ambitious vision of the future use of technologies in the Digital Cultural Heritage.technologies in the Digital Cultural Heritage.

BRICKS aims to design and develop an advanced infrastructure BRICKS aims to design and develop an advanced infrastructure to to

integrateintegrate resources and services for cultural heritage users resources and services for cultural heritage users..BRICKS is the BRICKS is the integrationintegration between national funded projects and between national funded projects and

results already achieved in the EC IST projectsresults already achieved in the EC IST projects..

Open ProjectOpen ProjectBRICKS will use of BRICKS will use of open standardsopen standards and and the open source software development the open source software development approachapproach

BRICKS is based on an BRICKS is based on an open communityopen community to enlarge and enforce its resources and to enlarge and enforce its resources and input from researchers, scientists, art input from researchers, scientists, art professionals and usersprofessionals and users

BRICKS is BRICKS is open to expansionopen to expansion, by inserting , by inserting new application scenarios and other project new application scenarios and other project results in a "plug and play" manner.results in a "plug and play" manner.

Innovative ProjectInnovative ProjectBRICKS employ a BRICKS employ a service-oriented approachservice-oriented approach, focusing on the , focusing on the

right added value for the user, in contrast to the traditionalright added value for the user, in contrast to the traditional content-oriented approachcontent-oriented approach

BRICKS relies on a BRICKS relies on a distributeddistributed open infrastructureopen infrastructure, in order to , in order to reduce the cost of development and deployment of new services reduce the cost of development and deployment of new services by maximising the re-use of existing results, and to reduce by maximising the re-use of existing results, and to reduce maintenance costs by eliminating the need for a centralised maintenance costs by eliminating the need for a centralised organisational and/or technical infrastructure.organisational and/or technical infrastructure.

BRICKS sees BRICKS sees global semanticsglobal semantics as an as an evolutionary processevolutionary process, , emerging from local interactions and agreements in order to emerging from local interactions and agreements in order to overcome linguistic and ontological barriers and realise a shared overcome linguistic and ontological barriers and realise a shared knowledge space.knowledge space.

For more informationFor more information

claude.poliart@cec.eu.intclaude.poliart@cec.eu.int

eEurope

• http://europa.eu.int/information-society/eeurope/index_en.htm

IST in the Framework Programme

• http://www.cordis.lu/ist/fp6/fp6.htm

Cultural Heritage in IST

• http://www.cordis.lu/ist/ka3/digicult

• Culture in the EU

• http://europa.eu.int/culture/index_en.htm

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