The research of the project has identified six areas of investigation to create a holistic approach to the digital documentation of cultural heritage:
1 How data is acquired and the quantification of the complexity and quantity of the digitization effort,
2 How data is processed to provide enriched metadata, paradata and the objects memory, as well as to increase Data Quality based on the Complexity in Data Acquisition,
3 How data is modelled with specific interest in Building Information Systems for Heritage (HBIM and its extension to Holistic HBIM - HHBIM),
4 How knowledge is used, managed and interpreted,
5 How digital data can be prepared for reuse and reinterpreted across different social, economic and intellectual sectors to maximize its impact and return on investment,
6 How digital assets can be preserved for long-term accessibility and exploitation.
To achieve this, the project has formed key strategic partnerships with the diverse stakeholders required in this multilayered domain. This has been undertaken not only to understand what each sector requires for digital cultural heritage, but also to identify areas of strength within the sector can be built upon and gaps which require bridging to enable the potential of digital cultural heritage to be realized.
The project has therefore been involved in developing policies in digital cultural heritage standards, approaches, best practice and deployment at a national and European level (see for example the results of the EU VIGIE2020/654 Study on quality in 3D digitisation of tangible cultural heritage). The project has been privileged to work with stakeholders at all levels from communities, young citizens, non-governmental agencies and policy makers at a local national, regional, European and International level to train, advise and make recommendations in digital cultural heritage documentation.
