Shared Data, Shared Practice, Shared Knowledge: Insights from Building NFDI4Culture's Federated Research Data Infrastructure for Cultural Heritage
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Date
2025
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The Eurographics Association
Abstract
NFDI4Culture is a consortium within Germany's National Research Data Infrastructure (NFDI), dedicated to the systematic management, preservation, and reuse of research data on tangible and intangible cultural heritage. Emphasising a federated approach and comprehensive implementation of the FAIR principles (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable), NFDI4Culture fosters interdisciplinary collaboration, enhances research opportunities, and connects diverse cultural heritage data from fields such as architecture, art history, musicology, performing arts, and media studies. This article provides a detailed overview of NFDI4Culture's technical infrastructure, with a particular emphasis on the Culture Information Portal and the Culture Knowledge Graph, both of which facilitate data discovery and semantic integration across diverse cultural heritage domains. Furthermore, it discusses collaborative workflows, community engagement approaches such as data stories, and educational measures aimed at enhancing data literacy among digital cultural heritage researchers and practitioners.
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CCS Concepts: Applied computing → Arts and humanities; Theory of computation → Semantics and reasoning Information systems → Data management systems; Information Retrieval Computing methodologies → Artificial intelligence
@inproceedings{10.2312:dh.20253367,
booktitle = {Digital Heritage},
editor = {Campana, Stefano and Ferdani, Daniele and Graf, Holger and Guidi, Gabriele and Hegarty, Zackary and Pescarin, Sofia and Remondino, Fabio},
title = {{Shared Data, Shared Practice, Shared Knowledge: Insights from Building NFDI4Culture's Federated Research Data Infrastructure for Cultural Heritage}},
author = {Schrade, Torsten and Söhn, Linnaea and Büttner, Alexandra and Tietz, Tabea and Steller, Jonatan Jalle and Sack, Harald and Posthumus, Etienne and Bruns, Oleksandra and Fliegl, Heike and Pittroff, Sarah},
year = {2025},
publisher = {The Eurographics Association},
ISBN = {978-3-03868-277-6},
DOI = {10.2312/dh.20253367}
}