Cloud Computing for Cataloguing and valorization of the Cultural Heritage
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CLOUD COMPUTING FOR CATALOGUING AND VALORIZATION OF THE CULTURAL HERITAGE
Experimentation of the Livebase platformfor fast development of cataloguing applications
Research Group:Dr. Chiara Feriotto
Arch. Michela BiancardiDr. Ursula Thun Hohenstein
Ing. Antonio LeonforteDr. Marzia Breda
DIGITAL HERITAGE INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS 2013 – MARSEILLE, 28 OCT. – 01 NOV. 2013
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International exhibition on Industrial Researchin Bologna Fair District, Italy
CLOUD COMPUTING FOR CATALOGUING AND VALORIZATION OF THE CULTURAL HERITAGE – DIGITAL HERITAGE 2013
SAMPLE STUDYGeological Museum Giovanni Capellini
(University of Bologna, Italy) www.museocapellini.it
CLOUD COMPUTING FOR CATALOGUING AND VALORIZATION OF THE CULTURAL HERITAGE – DIGITAL HERITAGE 2013
• Cataloguing standards
• Problems:1. The absence of
cataloguing practice 2. Different
cataloguing software• ARTVIEW;• Artin XML;• Sigec
catalogatore;• SIGEC Web;• Other software
used at regional level.
3. Structure of the ICCD catalogue datasheets
STATUS QUOGuariniSIRBeCSamiraSICAPWebSIRPaCICBCCartCRBCSICPACPA.CU.S.
CLOUD COMPUTING FOR CATALOGUING AND VALORIZATION OF THE CULTURAL HERITAGE – DIGITAL HERITAGE 2013
BNP CATALOGUE DATASHEET
CLOUD COMPUTING FOR CATALOGUING AND VALORIZATION OF THE CULTURAL HERITAGE – DIGITAL HERITAGE 2013
Mene rhombea
Eolates gracilis
Pycnodus platessa
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SAMPLE COLLECTIONThe fossils collections of Bolca (Vicenza, Italy) from the middle Eocene
CLOUD COMPUTING FOR CATALOGUING AND VALORIZATION OF THE CULTURAL HERITAGE – DIGITAL HERITAGE 2013
• Livebase is a web platform to quickly create and managecomplex database applications in the cloud
• Safe, robust applications are generated & updated automaticallyfrom high-level (conceptual ) data models
• No hardware to purchase / no software to installThe small monthly fee includes upgrades, hosting & backups
THE LIVEBASE PLATFORM
CLOUD COMPUTING FOR CATALOGUING AND VALORIZATION OF THE CULTURAL HERITAGE – DIGITAL HERITAGE 2013
100+ main concepts150+ associations & compositions 12 diagrams (one for each functional area)
LIVEBASE MODEL OF A BNP CATALOGUE
CLOUD COMPUTING FOR CATALOGUING AND VALORIZATION OF THE CULTURAL HERITAGE – DIGITAL HERITAGE 2013
Six macro-areas• Intrinsic data
• Management data
• Data related to the attachements
• Data regarding the filling of the form
• Links among datasheets
• Additional annotations
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APPLICATION GENERATED BY LIVEBASE
CLOUD COMPUTING FOR CATALOGUING AND VALORIZATION OF THE CULTURAL HERITAGE – DIGITAL HERITAGE 2013
Closed and open dictionaries
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CLOUD COMPUTING FOR CATALOGUING AND VALORIZATION OF THE CULTURAL HERITAGE – DIGITAL HERITAGE 2013
APPLICATION GENERATED BY LIVEBASE
Tooltips & contextual help
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APPLICATION GENERATED BY LIVEBASE
Advanced filters
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CLOUD COMPUTING FOR CATALOGUING AND VALORIZATION OF THE CULTURAL HERITAGE – DIGITAL HERITAGE 2013
APPLICATION GENERATED BY LIVEBASE
Other features
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On all catalogs• Multilevel grouping • User-defined calculated columns• Statistics (count, sum, average, standard deviation)
• Can also appear within other web sites
(optional)
On each catalogued item• Deep clone (duplicates the entire item’s structure)
• PDF printout
CLOUD COMPUTING FOR CATALOGUING AND VALORIZATION OF THE CULTURAL HERITAGE – DIGITAL HERITAGE 2013
APPLICATION GENERATED BY LIVEBASE
• Applications can be created in days/weeks instead of months
• Applications can be modified /extended quicklyby just modifying their model
• Strong data-integrity and data-quality constraints included in the model are automatically enforced
• The end-user experience is intuitive and consistent across the whole application
• Application can be easily modeledto be compliant with ICCD rules
• Cloud computing platform: small monthly fee, nothing to purchase/install (just use a web browser)
CONCLUSION
CLOUD COMPUTING FOR CATALOGUING AND VALORIZATION OF THE CULTURAL HERITAGE – DIGITAL HERITAGE 2013