This document discusses several key aspects of using linked open data for cultural heritage institutions: 1. Historical context and educational content can provide insights about designers, cultures, and limitations/innovations while assisting users in finding related information. 2. Discoverability features like keyword searching, faceted searching, images, timelines and related content help users find information on the website and ensure all institution resources are utilized. 3. Collaboration with other local and international institutions increases content, diversity, and thorough dissemination of knowledge in digital archives.

1. Historical Context gives
insights into the designer,
culture and design
limitations/innovations.
Educational Content can
assist users in finding new
connections and related
information. — Institutions of
Note:
Discoverability Features
such as keyword boxes, faceted
searching image
searching, timelines, and related
content help users find
information, remain on the
website in order to browse, as
well as ensure that all facets of
the institution’s resources are
being utilized.—Institutions of
Note:
Collaboration with other
institutions local and
international will increase the
content and diversity of the
digital archive, as well as result
in the efficient and thorough
dissemination of knowledge.—
Institutions of Note:
Intelligent Interface Design is
necessary in order to draw users
to the website. Once there a
clean, simple and easy to use
interface will encourage users to
linger longer, facilitating the
dissemination of knowledge and
increasing traffic.—
Institutions of Note:
•V&A Fashion
•Valentino Museum
•Vogue
•The Costume
Institute
•Kent State
University Museum
•VADS
•André Studios
•Bata Shoe Museum
•Valentino Museum
•V&A Fashion
•VADS
•Kent State University
Museum
•Vogue
•The Costume
Institute
•V&A Fashion
•Valentino
Museum
•VADS
•VADS
•André Studios FIT/NYPL
•Vogue UK
“Fashions fade, style is eternal.” ~YSL

2. Linked Open Data for Cultural Heritage:
Evolution of an Information Technology
Cultural Heritage: Description & Access
Pratt SILS LIS 670 – Spring 2013
Prof. Cristina Pattuelli
Julia Marden– Carolyn Li-Madeo
Jeff Edelstein – Noreen Whysel
Lola Galla– Alison Rhonemus
Developing Datasets
Release one or more datasets in linked
open format, expressed as RDF triples,
that others may use.
Projects: Library of Congress; Pan-
Canadian Documentary Heritage
Network
Linking Data
Cultural heritage institutions link their datasets
to others (e.g., DBpedia, VIAF, GeoNames) to
enhance discovery and reuse of their collections.
Projects: Hungarian National Library;
Civil War 150; Linking Lives;
Bibliothèque national de France
Documenting Processes for
Reuse
Explain linked open data and ways
that cultural heritage professionals
can use datasets.
Projects: New York Times;
Deutsche National Bibliothek
Developing User Interfaces
Institutional or collaborative projects use
the datasets to develop applications , including
interfaces, visualizations, and augmented reality.
Projects: Pan-Canadian Documentary Heritage
Network; Agora; Amsterdam Mobile City App; Linked Jazz
Promoting Reuse
Institutions go beyond the creation
of their own test projects, encouraging
users to develop innovative applications.
Projects: Open Cultuur Data, EUScreen
Expanding the Definition
of Cultural Heritage
Efforts from outside the cultural
heritage framework, such as
government agencies and
international aid organizations,
can serve to strengthen societies
and their cultural institutions.
Project: Open Data for Resilience
Initiative