Study on quality in 3D digitisation of tangible cultural heritage.

Pritchard, Douglas; Rigauts, Thomas; Ripanti, Francesco; Ioannides, Marinos; Brumana, Raffaella; Davies, Robert; Avouri, Eleanna; Cliffen, Harriet; Joncic, Nenad; Osti, Giulia; Toumpouri, Marina

Abstract

Following the implementation of the Virtual Multimodal Museum (ViMM) project, which finished in March 2019, the European Commission issued a Declaration on Cooperation on Advancing Digitisation of Cultural Heritage during the Digital Day in April 2019. One year later, in April 2020, the European Commission (EC) launched a commercial call for tenders to develop a study on quality in 3D digitisation of tangible cultural heritage ("the study"). The tender theme is to acknowledge the increasing demand for internationally recognised standards for the holistic 3D documentation of Europe's rich cultural heritage (CH) and address the lack of standards. The study aims to map parameters, formats, standards, benchmarks, methodologies and guidelines relating to 3D digitisation of tangible cultural heritage, the different potential purposes or uses by type of tangible cultural heritage, and the degree of complexity of tangible cultural heritage. A team of researchers at the Cyprus University of Technology (CUT) leads a consortium of partners from industry and academia across Europe to conduct this unique study. This work-in-progress paper introduces the research's objectives and methodology, and presents some of its first results.

Citation

PRITCHARD, D., RIGAUTS, T., RIPANTI, F., IOANNIDES, M., BRUMANA, R., DAVIES, R., AVOURI, E., CLIFFEN, H., JONCIC, N., OSTI, G. and TOUMPOURI, M. 2021. Study on quality in 3D digitisation of tangible cultural heritage. In Proceedings of the 9th International congress on archaeology, computer graphics, cultural heritage and innovation (Arqueológica 2.0 2021) and 3rd Geomatics and preservation (GEORES 2021), 26-28 April 2021, [virtual event]. València: Universitat Politècnica de València [online]. Available from: https://doi.org/10.4995/arqueologica9.2021.12113

• Conference Name: 9th International congress on archaeology, computer graphics, cultural heritage and innovation (Arqueológica 2.0 2021) and 3rd Geomatics and preservation (GEORES 2021)
• Conference Location: [virtual event]
• Start Date: Apr 26, 2021
• End Date: Apr 28, 2021
• Acceptance Date: Mar 20, 2021
• Online Publication Date: Apr 26, 2021
• Publication Date: Apr 26, 2021
• Deposit Date: Jan 31, 2023
• Publicly Available Date: Oct 16, 2023
• Publisher: Universitat Politècnica de València
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4995/arqueologica9.2021.12113
• Keywords: Digital humanities; Digitisation; Cultural heritage
• Public URL: https://rgu-repository.worktribe.com/output/1759839
• Related Public URLs: https://rgu-repository.worktribe.com/output/2113482 (Final Report)