Interoperability and service provision centres Working group
Technical Guidelines
for Digital Cultural Content Creation Programmes
Version 1.0: Revised 08 April 2004
This document has been developed on behalf of the Minerva Project by UKOLN, University of Bath, in association with MLA The Council for Museums, Libraries & Archives
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Credits & Acknowledgements
General co-ordination
Rossella Caffo (Minerva Project Manager), Antonella Fresa (Minerva TechnicalCoordinator)
Editors
Pete Johnston (UKOLN, UK) and David Dawson (MLA, UK)
European Editorial Committee
EelcoBruinsma, Consultant, NL Rob Davies, MDR Partners / PULMAN Project, UK David Dawson, MLA, UK Bert DegenhardDrenth, Adlib Information Systems / EMII-DCF Project, NL Giuliana De Francesco, Ministero per ibeni e le attivitàculturali, IT Muriel Foulonneau, Relais Club Europe / EMII-DCF Project, FR Gordon McKenna, mda / EMII-DCF project, UK Paul Miller, UKOLN, UK Maureen Potter, ERPANET Project, NL JosTaekema, Digital Erfgoed Nederland, NL Chris Turner, MLA, UK
Secretariat
Marzia Piccininno (Ministero per i beni e le attività culturali, Italy)
Web version
Maria Teresa Natale and Andrea Tempera
This document is based primarily on four sources.
- the NOF-digitise Technical Standards and Guidelines (Version 5, February 2003), that were developed on behalf of the UK New Opportunities Fund (NOF), by UKOLN, University of Bath, in association with Resource: The Council for Museums, Archives & Libraries
- additional information provided to NOF-digitise projects in support of the Standards and Guidelines by the NOF-digitise Technical Advisory Service, operated for NOF by UKOLN and the Arts and Humanities Data Service (AHDS), in the form of the programme manual, briefing papers and FAQs
- the Framework Report (September 2003), published by the European Museums’ Information Institute – Distributed Content Framework (EMII-DCF) project, particularly the Data Capture Model in Chapter 16
- the Good Practice Handbook (Version 1.2, November 2003), developed by the Minerva project (Working Group 6).
NOF-digitise Technical Standards and Guidelines
http://www.mla.gov.uk/action/pn/digi_tech_standards.asp
NOF-digitise Technical Advisory Service Programme Manual
http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/nof/support/manual/
NOF-digitise Technical Advisory Service FAQ
http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/nof/support/help/faqs/
EMII-DCF Framework Report
http://www.emii-dcf.org/dokument/frame.pdf
Minerva Working Group 6: Good Practice Handbook
http://www.minervaeurope.org/publications/goodhand.htm
It also draws on a number of other sources:
The Institute of Museum and Library Services’ Framework of Guidance for Building Good Digital Collections
http://www.imls.gov/pubs/forumframework.htm
The NINCH Guide to Good Practice in the Digital Representation and Management of Cultural Heritage Materials
http://www.ninch.org/programs/practice/
Research Libraries Group Cultural Materials Initiative: Recommendations for Digitizing for RLG Cultural Materials
http://www.rlg.org/en/page.php?Page_ID=220
Research Libraries Group Cultural Materials Initiative: Description Guidelines
http://www.rlg.org/en/page.php?Page_ID=214
Canadian Heritage Standards and Guidelines for Digitization Projects
http://www.pch.gc.ca/progs/pcce-ccop/pubs/ccop-pcceguide_e.pdf
Working with the Distributed National Electronic Resource (DNER): Standards and Guidelines to Build a National Resource
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/index.cfm?name=projman_standards
JISC Information Environment Architecture Standards Framework
http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/distributed-systems/jisc-ie/arch/standards/
The Public Libraries Managing Advanced Networks (PULMAN) Guidelines
http://www.pulmanweb.org/DGMs/DGMs.htm
UKOLN is funded by the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council, the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) of the Higher and Further Education Funding Councils, as well as by project funding from the JISC and the European Union. UKOLN also receives support from the University of Bath where it is based.
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