Electronic Catalogue of Bulgarian Cultural Historical Heritage

1. Electronic Catalogue of Bulgarian Cultural Historical Heritage S.Stoyanov, Distributed eLearning Center, University of Plovdiv

2. Project Aims • Research • New software architectures • Electronic services • Intelligent agents • Collaboration • Prototype system • Electronic presentation of the main cultural & historical objects • Access to the catalogue • Fixed • Mobile • Standard CCO • Intelligent modules • Cultural routes generation • CBR-based search machine

3. Three Catalogue Versions • First version • Cultural objects identification • Catalogue data base creation • Different thematic catalogues • Site architecture • Second version • CCO standard • Portal architecture • Intelligent agents • Third version • Intelligent agents • CBR-based search machine • E-Services • Development environment • Agent-based

13. Standards • CDWA • CCO (Cataloging Cultural Objects) • CDWA Lite • VRA 4.0 XML • MARC/AACR • MODS • Dublin Core • EAD • Object ID • CIMI • FDA Guide

14. CCO Catalogue Architecture

15. Example: Gothic church • [Note: This example illustrates CCO creator display option 3 for unknown creators (CCO page 92). In this example, the "Creator" field is linked to a Name Authority record for unknown. The "Culture" field provides context .] • Work RecordClass [controlled]: architecture  • European art*Work Type [link]:  • basilica  • cathedral*Title/Name: Chartres Cathedral Title Type: preferred*Title/Name: Cathedral of Notre-Dame Title Type: alternate*Title/Name: Notre-Dame de Chartres Title Type: alternate*Creator Display: unknown*Role[link]: architects  *Controlled Creator[link]: unknown  *Role[controlled]: architects [link]: unknown *Creation Date Display:  construction was begun in 1194, consecrated in 1260; parts of earlier Romanesque building remain[controlled]• Earliest:  1194  • Latest: 1260*Subject [link to authorities]:  • architecture  • religion and mythology  • Virgin Mary (Christian iconography)  • worship  • cathedrals buttressesStyle [link]: • Gothic  • RomanesqueCulture [link]: French*Current Location[link]: Chartres (Eure-et-Loir, Centre region, France)*Measurements: height: 34 m (112 feet); length: 130 m (427 feet)[controlled] Value: 34  Unit: m Type: height | Value: 130 Unit: m Type: length*Materials and Techniques:  bearing masonry construction, limestoneMaterial [links]:  • masonry  • limestone Technique[links]: • load-bearing wallsDescription: Noted for innovations in architectural construction and large number of sculptures and much-stained glass windows. The present cathedral was constructed on the foundations of the earlier church; the oldest parts of the cathedral are the crypt and Royal Portal (West Portal), remnants of a Romanesque church destroyed by fire in 1194. • Required and recommended elements are marked with an asterisk.

16. Example: Mannerist portrait • Work RecordClass [controlled]: • paintings  • European art*Work Type [link]:  • painting*Title: Portrait of a Young Man*Creator Display:  Agnolo Bronzino (Italian, 1503-1572)*Role[link]: painter  [link]: Bronzino, Agnolo    *Creation Date Display: 1530s  [controlled]: •Earliest: 1530  • Latest: 1539*Subject [links]:  • portrait  • figure  • male  • Medici court  • literatureStyle[link]: ManneristCulture [link]: Italian*Current Location Display[link]: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, New York, United States)  • ID: 29.100.16*Measurements: 95.6 x 74.9 cm (37 5/8 x 29 1/2 inches)[controlled]:  • Value: 95.6 Unit: cm Type: height  |  • Value: 74.9 Unit: cm Type: width*Materials and Techniques:  oil on panelMaterial [links]:  • oil paint  • panel (wood)  Technique[links]: • painting Description: The style is typical of Medicean Florence, with the self-possessed aloofness of the sitter and the austere elegance of the interior. The attributes would suggest that the sitter is a cultivated member of society and has literary interests.Description Source[link]: Hibbard, Howard. Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York: Harrison House, 1986. • Required and recommended elements are marked with an asterisk.

17. CCO Record of the Rila Monastery • [for a monastery complex in Bulgaria] • Rila Monastery • Cloisters • Church of the Birth of the Blessed Virgin • Dome • Façade • Tower of Hrelio • ……

18. Development environment BECC

19. CBR-based Local & Global Search • Distributed Catalogue Architecture • Local Search in a Single Authority Local Queries • Global Search in the whole Catalogue Global Queries • Defining Tourist Route Structure • Complex Problem Solving Activity : Route – concept that lacks a commonly agreed definition CHO-Cultural Historical Objects Tourist Route Global Search Global Queries CHO,CHO,CHO… CHO CHO CHO CHO CHO CHO BULCHINO Portal Single CHI CHO Local Queries Local Search ….. • CHO-Structure • Type • Creator • DateofCreation • Subject • Title • …………… • Creator Description • Name • DateOfBirth • DateofDeath • Gender • Nationality • Role • …………….. • Personal • Characteristics • Travel Charecteristics Tourist Route – a Set of Culture-Historical Objects CHO CHO CHO

20. Our Approach Global Queries Local Queries PersonExample BULCHINO Portal ` Intelligent SearchEngine CBR-Based Reasoner jCOLIBRI Framework GUI Search Layer Task/Method Ontology Shared BD Case Base Personal&Corporate Geographic Concept Subject Word Personal& Place Record Corporate CHO- Cultural Historical Object Person Description CHO CHO CHO

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