Historical Context gives insights into the designer, culture and design limitations/innovations. Educational Content can assist users in finding new connections and related information. — Institutions of Note:

Discoverability Features such as keyword boxes, faceted

searching image searching, timelines, and related

content help users find information, remain on the

website in order to browse, as well as ensure that all facets of

the institution’s resources are being utilized.—Institutions of

Note:

Collaboration with other institutions local and

international will increase the content and diversity of the

digital archive, as well as result in the efficient and thorough

dissemination of knowledge.—Institutions of Note:

Intelligent Interface Design is necessary in order to draw users to the website. Once there a clean, simple and easy to use interface will encourage users to linger longer, facilitating the dissemination of knowledge and increasing traffic.—Institutions of Note:

•V&A Fashion

•Valentino Museum

•Vogue

•The Costume

Institute

•Kent State

University Museum

•VADS

•André Studios

•Bata Shoe Museum

•Valentino Museum

•V&A Fashion

•VADS

•Kent State University

Museum

•Vogue

•The Costume

Institute

•V&A Fashion

•Valentino

Museum

•VADS

•VADS

•André Studios FIT/NYPL

•Vogue UK

“Fashions fade, style is eternal.” ~YSL

Linked Open Data for Cultural Heritage:

Evolution of an Information Technology

Cultural Heritage: Description & Access

Pratt SILS LIS 670 – Spring 2013

Prof. Cristina Pattuelli

Julia Marden– Carolyn Li-Madeo

Jeff Edelstein – Noreen Whysel

Lola Galla– Alison Rhonemus

Developing DatasetsRelease one or more datasets in linked

open format, expressed as RDF triples,

that others may use.

Projects: Library of Congress; Pan-

Canadian Documentary Heritage

Network

Linking DataCultural heritage institutions link their datasets

to others (e.g., DBpedia, VIAF, GeoNames) to

enhance discovery and reuse of their collections.

Projects: Hungarian National Library;

Civil War 150; Linking Lives;

Bibliothèque national de France

Documenting Processes for

ReuseExplain linked open data and ways

that cultural heritage professionals

can use datasets.

Projects: New York Times;

Deutsche National Bibliothek

Developing User InterfacesInstitutional or collaborative projects use

the datasets to develop applications , including

interfaces, visualizations, and augmented reality.

Projects: Pan-Canadian Documentary Heritage

Network; Agora; Amsterdam Mobile City App; Linked Jazz

Promoting ReuseInstitutions go beyond the creation

of their own test projects, encouraging

users to develop innovative applications.

Projects: Open Cultuur Data, EUScreen

Expanding the Definition

of Cultural HeritageEfforts from outside the cultural

heritage framework, such as

government agencies and

international aid organizations,

can serve to strengthen societies

and their cultural institutions.

Project: Open Data for Resilience

Initiative