The Role of Information Management for the Sustainable Conservation of Cultural Heritage

Jaione Korro Bañuelos, Álvaro Rodríguez Miranda, José Manuel Valle-Melón, Ainara Zornoza-Indart, Manuel Castellano-Román, Roque Angulo-Fornos, Francisco Pinto-Puerto, Pilar Acosta Ibáñez and Patricia Ferreira-Lopes
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Jaione Korro Bañuelos: GPAC-Built Heritage Research Group, Laboratory for the Geometric Documentation of Heritage, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Justo Vélez de Elorriaga 1, 01006 Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
Álvaro Rodríguez Miranda: GPAC-Built Heritage Research Group, Laboratory for the Geometric Documentation of Heritage, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Justo Vélez de Elorriaga 1, 01006 Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
José Manuel Valle-Melón: GPAC-Built Heritage Research Group, Laboratory for the Geometric Documentation of Heritage, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Justo Vélez de Elorriaga 1, 01006 Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
Ainara Zornoza-Indart: Department of Painting, Faculty of Fine Arts, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Barrio Sarriena, 48940 Leioa, Spain
Manuel Castellano-Román: Institute of Architecture and Building Science (IUACC), University of Seville, Reina Mercedes 2, 41012 Seville, Spain
Roque Angulo-Fornos: Institute of Architecture and Building Science (IUACC), University of Seville, Reina Mercedes 2, 41012 Seville, Spain
Francisco Pinto-Puerto: Institute of Architecture and Building Science (IUACC), University of Seville, Reina Mercedes 2, 41012 Seville, Spain
Pilar Acosta Ibáñez: Andalusian Institute of Historical Heritage (IAPH), Camino de los Descubrimientos (Carthusian Monastery), 41092 Sevilla, Spain
Patricia Ferreira-Lopes: Andalusian Institute of Historical Heritage (IAPH), Camino de los Descubrimientos (Carthusian Monastery), 41092 Sevilla, Spain

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 8, 1-21

Abstract: Central to the entire discipline of heritage restoration and conservation is the concept of information management. Nevertheless, traditionally, conservation and restoration has been a poorly documented discipline, which has led not only to a lack of standardization and awareness about the processes carried out in the past, but also poses problems both when new restoration works are necessary and for the preventive conservation of the elements of heritage. This study sets out to propose a conceptual framework to explore the relationship between conservation of heritage and information management on the basis of case studies; in particular: a spatial data infrastructure (SDI) of a regional government concerning an endangered plant (wild grapevine) with an important potential for cultural and touristic uses in a wine-making region; an open data guide—the Digital Guide of Andalusian Cultural Heritage; a university repository connected to Europeana, which contains reports and outcomes of projects of geometric documentation of elements of heritage; a repository of an organization in charge of the protection and care of the heritage; and finally, two examples of the use of heritage building information models (HBIM) in complex monuments. After discussing the characteristics of each case, this paper concludes that, although the availability of information and tools is growing, further progress is still necessary concerning the interoperability, outreach and reuse of the different solutions.

Keywords: cultural heritage; conservation; information management; digital preservation; valorization of cultural heritage (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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