Cultural Heritage (CH) is a testimony of past human activity, and, as such, Cultural Objects exhibit great variety in their nature, size and complexity; from small artefacts and museum items to cultural landscapes, from historic buildings and ancient monuments to city centres and archaeological sites.
ENIGMA aimed to achieve excellence in the protection of CGs and artefacts from man-made threats by contributing to identification, traceability, and provenance research of CGs as well as by safeguarding and monitoring of endangered heritage sites. ENIGMA objectives are designed to help the involved stakeholders better respond to this complex, and multi-dimensional problem, and leverage active collaboration by fostering and enabling interlinking of databases, and evidence-based deployment of preventative measures.
ENIGMA had the following concrete objectives, which are categorized in three types Scientific & innovation objectives, Technical Objectives, and Demonstration, Dissemination & exploitation objectives.
The Scientific and Innovation objectives were: SO1) Co-Desing of the novel concept of a Unique Authenticity Identifier (UAI), SO2) Mitigate anthropogenic threats of heritage sites by integrating earth observation techniques and GIS to produce remote sensing tools, and SO3) Develop an advanced decision-support and communication platform.
The Technical objectives were: TO1) Co-creation, development, and testing/validation of UAI tools, TO2) Advanced machine-learning for CH object clustering and stratification, and TO3) Advanced metadata analysis for interlinking existing disparate data sources. Finally, the Demonstration, Dissemination & exploitation objectives were: DO1) an innovative and effective communication/dissemination tool for stakeholders’ liaison, DO2) Implementation of the ENIGMA tools/application in realistic environment, DO3) Validation of tools through pilot cases- Policy brief, and DO4) Disseminate and communicate the technological, conceptual, and practical outcomes for raising awareness amongst the wider community of CH professionals and public and exploit synergies with other EU projects, enhancing societal impact.
