Experts willen samenwerking op ICT gebied bij bewaren cultureel erfgoed verbeteren (en)

Conclusions of the Budapest DC-NET Conference

In June 2011 at the Budapest DC-NET Conference of EU experts coming from the field of cultural

heritage and e-Infrastructure the following issues were discussed:

  the rapid development  of information and communication technology(including the cloud)

thatopens a window of opportunity for e-Infrastructure to serve Cultural Heritage and at the

same time raisese-infrastructure needsof the memory institutions to be met;

  the global nature of  the development of  e-Infrastructure’s  tools and resources to support

Digital Cultural Heritage (DCH) researchers’ global endeavours;

  long term preservation that is among the highest priorities of DCH researchers and users;

  legal aspects of long term preservation  that are to be brought in conformity with the

requirements of the information society;

  the launch of a Joint Activities Plan to promote coordinated effort for more tailored e-

Infrastructure services for DCH sector.

The participants of the conferenceagreed upon:

  the importance of  cooperation between  the  digital cultural heritage community  and e-

Infrastructure providers;

  the evidence of  benefits of a common e-Infrastructure for  cultural heritage researchers and

users;

  that e-infrastructures must develop to meet the evolving needs of the DCH sector, and theDCH

and its users must engage actively in this process;

  that collaboration between  DCHsector  and e-infrastructureproviders  should be actively

supportedat all levels, to their mutual benefit. This collaboration can be facilitated by the

emergingfocus on service-oriented delivery models that encourage the creation of well-

definedservices that can be exploited and developed at the same time;

  thenecessity  to develop Virtual Research Communities  for DCH  to  allow a group of

geographically dispersed researchers to work together through the use of information and

communications technologies.

The participants stressed the need to raise awareness of:

  the need of stronger collaboration  among  computing service providers, researchers and

cultural institutions;

  liaison with other communities with similar needs for e-infrastructure services;

  the improvement of national infrastructures and their alignment with agreed standard

procedures for identity management and assurance;

  the challenges of data infrastructures and persistent data storage;

  the dependence of Europe’s leading role and global contribution on the ability to provide DCH

researchers and users with access to the very best scientific and research tools  of  e-

Infrastructure.

The participants will be informed by the DC-NET ERA-NET about the implementation of these

conclusions in the DC-NET Joint Activities Plan.

Budapest, 24 June 2011