[Wiki Loves Monuments] Connected Open Heritage project started

[Maria Cruz]

Great news, Axel! Looking forward to it =)





On Thu, Jan 21, 2016 at 1:24 PM, Ilya Korniyko <intracer at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> This is very interesting project.
> Are you going to use standarts like CIDOC CRM, International Core Data
> Standard for Archaeological and Architectural Heritage and W3C standarts
> for Linked Data?
> Have you investigated and are you going to reuse tools and experience from
> various existing project like Europeana?
> Are the tools going to be generic enough to support other fields of
> knowledge beyound objects of Wiki Loves Monuments?
> How are you going to plan and implement your tools?
> This details of  are currently missing in your description pages.
>
> Regards,
> Ilya
>

Great questions, Ilya =)

*María Cruz * \\  Communications and Outreach Coordinator, L&E Team \\
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>
> On Thu, Jan 21, 2016 at 5:52 PM, Axel Pettersson <
> axel.pettersson at wikimedia.se> wrote:
>
>> Hi all, (cross posting on purpose, no excuses)
>>
>> Great news for everyone interested in cultural heritage.
>>
>> Wikimedia Sverige, along with partners UNESCO, Wikimedia Italia and
>> Cultural Heritage without Borders, has received a $300,000 grant from
>> Kulturstiftelsen (the Swedish postcode lottery) to work on a project called Connected
>> Open Heritage.[1]
>>
>> The project lasts until July 2017, and during that time we will work on:
>>
>>    -
>>
>>    Migrating the information in the WLM database to Wikidata
>>    -
>>
>>    Updating and adding new data about monuments, including from ten
>>    countries where cultural heritage is at risk
>>    -
>>
>>    Uploading tens of thousands of images and media files from cultural
>>    heritage institutions
>>    -
>>
>>    Increasing awareness about what the Wikimedia movement is doing in
>>    the cultural heritage field, both to the Wikimedia communities, general
>>    public and also to experts in the field
>>    -
>>
>>    Promoting open data and free licenses
>>    -
>>
>>    Organizing a photo exhibition with images of cultural heritage in at
>>    least three countries.
>>
>>
>> All info on the project, including who to contact if you want to get
>> involved, timeplan, activities and such are available on Meta. The talk
>> page on Meta is open for comments and questions, and all input on this is
>> welcome.
>>
>> [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Connected_Open_Heritage
>>
>> Best regards,
>> /axel
>>
>> ====================================
>> Axel Pettersson
>> Projektledare GLAM/Outreach
>> Wikimedia Sverige
>>
>> +46 (0)733 96 55 65
>> axel.pettersson at wikimedia.se
>>
>> Twitter: @Haxpett <https://twitter.com/#%21/haxpett>
>>
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