Open Access to Data about Silk Heritage: A Case Study in Digital Information Sustainability

Jorge Sebastián Lozano (), Ester Alba Pagán (), Eliseo Martínez Roig, Mar Gaitán Salvatella, Arabella León Muñoz, Javier Sevilla Peris, Pierre Vernus, Marie Puren, Luis Rei and Dunja Mladenič
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Jorge Sebastián Lozano: Department of Art History, Universitat de València, Av. de Blasco Ibáñez, 28, 46010 València, Spain
Ester Alba Pagán: Department of Art History, Universitat de València, Av. de Blasco Ibáñez, 28, 46010 València, Spain
Eliseo Martínez Roig: Department of Art History, Universitat de València, Av. de Blasco Ibáñez, 28, 46010 València, Spain
Mar Gaitán Salvatella: Department of Art History, Universitat de València, Av. de Blasco Ibáñez, 28, 46010 València, Spain
Arabella León Muñoz: Department of Art History, Universitat de València, Av. de Blasco Ibáñez, 28, 46010 València, Spain
Javier Sevilla Peris: Institute of Robotics and Information and Communication Technologies (IRTIC), Universitat de València, 46980 Paterna, Spain
Pierre Vernus: Laboratoire de Recherche Historique Rhône-Alpes (LARHRA), Université Lumière Lyon 2, 14, Avenue Berthelot, F-69363 Lyon, France
Marie Puren: Laboratoire de Recherche Historique Rhône-Alpes (LARHRA), Université Lumière Lyon 2, 14, Avenue Berthelot, F-69363 Lyon, France
Luis Rei: Jožef Stefan Institute, Jamova Cesta 39, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
Dunja Mladenič: Jožef Stefan International Postgraduate School, Jamova Cesta 39, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia

Sustainability, 2023, vol. 15, issue 19, 1-30

Abstract: This article builds on work conducted and lessons learned within SILKNOW, a research project that aimed at enhancing the preservation and digital dissemination of silk heritage. Taking the project and this heritage typology as a case study in the digital transformation of cultural heritage institutions, it illustrates specific challenges that these institutions must face and demonstrates a few innovative answers to meet those challenges. The methodology combines approaches typical of the humanities and others usual in ICT, being inductive regarding materials and methods (consisting of a detailed review of existing online repositories and research projects devoted to textile heritage) and descriptive for the results and discussion (which explain at length the development of some tools and resources that responded to the needs detected in the previous analysis). The article reports on the state of the art and recent developments in the field of textile heritage, the tools implemented to allow the semantic access and text analysis of descriptive records associated with silk fabrics, and the spatiotemporal visualization of that information. Finally, it argues that institutional policies, namely the creation and free dissemination of open data related to cultural heritage are just as important as technical developments, showing why any future effort in these areas should take data sustainability, both in its technical and in institutional aspects, into account, since it is the most responsible and reasonable approach in terms of efficient resource allocation.

Keywords: silk; cultural heritage; museums; open-access data; information sustainability (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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