Authors:
Filippo Eros Pani
;
Simone Porru
and
Simona Ibba
Affiliation:
University of Cagliari, Italy
Keyword(s):
Content Management, Digital Libraries, Taxonomy, Metadata Standards.
Related
Ontology
Subjects/Areas/Topics:
Artificial Intelligence
;
Biomedical Engineering
;
Collaboration and e-Services
;
Complex Systems Modeling and Simulation
;
Data Engineering
;
Digital Libraries
;
e-Business
;
Enterprise Information Systems
;
Health Information Systems
;
Information Systems Analysis and Specification
;
Integration/Interoperability
;
Interoperability
;
Knowledge Engineering and Ontology Development
;
Knowledge Management
;
Knowledge Management and Information Sharing
;
Knowledge-Based Systems
;
Ontologies and the Semantic Web
;
Ontology Engineering
;
Sensor Networks
;
Simulation and Modeling
;
Society, e-Business and e-Government
;
Software Agents and Internet Computing
;
Software and Architectures
;
Symbolic Systems
;
Web Information Systems and Technologies
;
Web Interfaces and Applications
Abstract:
Digital libraries work in complex and heterogeneous scenarios. The quantity and diversity of resources, together with the plurality of agents involved in this context, and the continuous evolution of user-generated content, require knowledge to be formally and flexibly organized. In our work, we propose a library management system - which specifically addresses the Italian context - based on the creation of a metadata taxonomy that analyses the existing management standards, connects them, and associates them with the multimedia content, through a comparison with popular metadata standard employed for User-Generated Content. The approach is based on the conviction that cultural heritage should be managed in the most flexible way through the use of open data and open standards that promote knowledge interoperability and exchange. Our management model for the proposed metadata aims to be a useful instrument for the greater sharing of knowledge in a logic of reuse.