Electronic Catalogue of Bulgarian Cultural Historical Heritage

S.Stoyanov,Distributed eLearning Center,

University of Plovdiv

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

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

Standards

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

CCO Catalogue Architecture

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.

Example: Mannerist portrait • Work Record

Class [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.

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– ……

Development environment BECC

CBR-based Local & Global SearchCBR-based Local & Global Search

Distributed Catalogue ArchitectureLocal Search in a Single Authority Local QueriesGlobal Search in the whole Catalogue Global Queries

Defining Tourist Route StructureComplex Problem Solving Activity :

Route – concept that lacks a commonly agreed definition

BULCHINO Portal

CHO

CHO CHO CHO

CHO CHO

CHO-Cultural Historical Objects Tourist Route

CHO,CHO,CHO…

CHO

Single CHI

Local Querie

s

Global

Queries

…..

Global

Search

Local Searc

h

Tourist Route – a Set of Culture-Historical Objects

CHO-Structure Type Creator DateofCreation Subject Title……………

Creator Description Name DateOfBirth DateofDeath Gender Nationality Role……………..

Personal

Characteristics

Travel Charecteristi

cs

CHO

CHO

CHO

Our ApproachOur Approach

Global Queries

Local Queries

BULCHINOPortal

Search Layer

Shared BD

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Intelligent SearchEngi

ne

CBR-Based Reasoner

Geographic Concept Subject Word Personal& Place Record Corporate

PersonExample

jCOLIBRI

Framework

Personal&Corporate

GUI

Task/Method Ontology

Case Base

CHO- Cultural Historical Object

Person Description

CHO CHO CHO

Thank you !