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Seminar over het semantische web voor erfgoedprofessionals.

Op 21 januari organiseert Erfgoedplus.be een studiedag met het thema ‘The Digital Future of Cultural Heritage; Access to Enriched Cultural Heritage Information Using Semantic Web Technology’. De dag vindt plaats in Leuven.

Programma

09:30 Welcome and Registration
10:00 Introduction
10:15 The semantics of Digital Heritage | Marco de Niet (Director of DEN, The Netherlands)
Evolution of the role of ICT in and its impact on digital Heritage services, coupled with a vision
of future developments
11:15 The Semantic Web | Paul Hermans (Amplexor, Belgium)
Concepts of Web 3.0 and the Semantic Web, standards, technologies, advantages of
using semantic technologies, potential issues and bottlenecks, examples and demos
12:15 Lunch
13:15 Content enrichment | Jef Malliet (Erfgoedplus.be, Province of Limburg, Belgium)
Role of thesauri and ontologies, state of the art in the cultural heritage domain, need for
ongoing maintenance and participation of the heritage sector
14:15 Case: Erfgoedplus.be | Marcel Roofthoofd (IT Management and Consulting Services, Belgium)
Design and development, implementation experience, products and processes, spin-off processes, current results, future developments
15:15 Coffee break
15:30 Case: Europeana / EuropeanaLocal | Stein Runar Bergheim (Managing Director Avinet, Norway)
Concept of Europeana, Rhine and Danube releases, towards the Semantic Web, data aggregation model, content networks, specific issues related to ”local„ content
 
Each speech will be followed by a Q&A session.
16:30 Conclusion
16:45 Reception
18:30 Guided tour of M, Museum of Leuven (optional)
This tour (duration about 1 1/2 hours) will offer visitors insight into the imposing architecture of
the new M Museum, which was inaugurated in September 2009. 

Deelname is gratis.