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News Search Using Discourse Analytics
(The Eurographics Association, 2013)The vast numbers of digitised documents containing historical data constitute a rich research data repository. However, computational methods and tools available to explore this data are still limited in functionality. ... -
Building Information Modeling and real world knowledge
(The Eurographics Association, 2013)Building Information Modeling is considered by the scientific literature as an emerging trend in the architectural documentation scenario, as it is basically a digital representation of physical and functional features of ... -
Revealing shape semantics from morphological similarities of a collection of architectural elements. The case study of the columns of Saint-Michel de Cuxa.
(The Eurographics Association, 2013)Over the last three decades, the introduction of digital technologies in the field of architectural documentation has profoundly changed the tools and the acquisition techniques. Most of the developments concerns metrical ... -
When script engravings reveal a semantic link between the conceptual and the spatial dimensions of a monument: the case of the Tomb of Emperor Qianlong.
(The Eurographics Association, 2013)Like most Chinese imperial tombs, the tomb of Emperor Qianlong consists of a suite of four rooms forming a underground space of 372 m2. Its originality lies in the inscriptions which are engraved on the walls and vaults ... -
New Media Technology and Interpretation of Asian Art: Yuan Ming Yuan: Qing Emperors' Splendid Gardens
(The Eurographics Association, 2013)''Yuan Ming Yuan: The Qing Emperors' Splendid Gardens'' is the first episode of the ''Three Hills and Five Gardens [1]'' world touring exhibition. Yuan Ming Yuan is also known as the Garden of Gardens. By integrating ... -
Documentation and dissemination of Cultural Heritage: current solutions and considerations about its digital implementation
(The Eurographics Association, 2013)Dissemination of architectural and archaeological Cultural Heritage is a relevant task in the process of its documentation and has to reach the wider audience possible. Digital implementation is today a must, and is more ... -
Application of Near Infrared Reflectance Spectroscopy (NIRS) technology in the characterisation of construction materials in exceptional buildings: first results.
(The Eurographics Association, 2013)This work discusses the use of Near Infrared Reflectance Spectroscopy (NIRS) analysis with the object of studying the degree of degradation of stone material and other elements in cultural heritage monuments, as an alternative ... -
Building Information Modelling and the Documentation of Architectural Heritage: between the typical and the specific
(The Eurographics Association, 2013)One of the greatest challenges to using Building Information Modelling (BIM) for the documentation of architectural heritage is in overcoming the propensity of the software toward standardization. Most BIM applications are ... -
An easy-to-use multi-dimensional database for the management of cultural heritage buildings
(The Eurographics Association, 2013)Multidimensional databases constitute a handy solution to store and display data collected in the fields of conservation and restoration. However, knowledge on the current state of monuments depends on a heterogeneous ... -
A Model to anticipate and analyse Requirements of Heritage Organisations wishing to actively participate in Europeana
(The Eurographics Association, 2013)Heritage organisations wishing to participate in open and public aggregators such as Europeana, need to review and revise their own digital curation workflow processes in order to tackle both the technical integration as ... -
The virtual concreteness of the architectural project. Ideas and experimentations for a digital archive of the Italian Masters work of the 20th century
(The Eurographics Association, 2013)We propose to illustrate a methodological approach aimed to establish a "Digital archive of the Italian Masters work in the second half of the 20th century". To this end, we consider the architectural project from its ... -
Linking 3D Digital Surface Texture Data with Ancient Manufacturing Procedures
(The Eurographics Association, 2013)Surface texture is a key parameter in archaeological materials, where its study has been central to use-wear research, as well as in the understanding of manufacturing processes. Nowadays, 3D digital surface textures can ... -
The Late Medieval Street Layout of Vienna
(The Eurographics Association, 2013)The present day street layout in Vienna's historical center is a product of the construction boom in the 13th Century, being the city's most present and also unnoticed medieval heritage. At the end of the 12th Century the ... -
The Cathedral of Palermo: from survey to historic interpretation
(The Eurographics Association, 2013)The Norman kings built the Cathedral of Palermo at the end of the XII century, in the same place where an older Christian church and then a mosque were sited. Many features of the Cathedral echo the Norman churches in ... -
Web Visualization of Complex Reality-Based 3D Models with Nubes
(The Eurographics Association, 2013)This paper discusses the fundamental issues of the real-time web-based visualization of complex reality-based 3D models. As web platform, we use NUBES, an innovative and powerful tool for sharing and analyzing reality-based ... -
Aspects of the Digitalisation of the Documentation and Research of Lithuanian Historical Organs
(The Eurographics Association, 2013)About 450 historical organs have survived to the present day in Lithuania. Some of them are almost completely authentic instruments which constitute valuable heritage and have been recognised as being unique in European ... -
Investigating a multi-paradigm system for the management of archaeological data: Corpus Lapidum Burgundiae
(The Eurographics Association, 2013)Scientific Information Systems (SIS) must move beyond data repositories and closed systems, to allow collaborations among different research disciplines, to include new types of data, to control data quality, and to enable ... -
Portrait Sculptures of Augustus: Categorization via Local Shape Comparison
(The Eurographics Association, 2013)3D shape comparison with digital copies draws increasing attention in modern culture heritage studies. In this paper, we focus on analyzing portrait sculptures of Augustus with 3D scanned data. A feasible framework of ... -
Placing Intangible Cultural Heritage
(The Eurographics Association, 2013)Over the last decades, the concept of Cultural Heritage has included Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH), mainly due to UNESCO's initiatives. ICH is in danger of disappearance or degradation due to globalization, immigration, ... -
Tracing provenance of lost and found Cypriot Byzantine icons
(The Eurographics Association, 2013)This paper presents an ongoing research on the development of a WebGIS tool, based on a formal knowledge representation, able to trace the spatio-temporal paths of Cypriot Byzantine icons. Many were looted in the past, ...