The Project of the Italian Culture Portal and its Development. A Case Study: Designing a Dublin Core Application Profile for Int

In September 2004 the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities (MiBAC) committed to Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa (SNS) the scientific and technical project for the Italian Culture Portal. The project was delivered during 2005, together with a prototype which had the function to verify and test the project's issues and has been provided as reference for the implementation. In 2006 MiBAC selected, through a public competition, the IT company Reply for developing the Portal and Electa Napoli for providing the editorial office and plan. The Portal is now under development and will be delivered during 2007. SNS is presently working as consultant of MiBAC to give support to the whole staff employed in the fulfilment of the Portal and to help in the difficult activity of the mapping of various resources to be harvested and published in the Portal. This paper illustrates the project of the Italian Culture Portal delivered by SNS, describing in particular the solutions ado...

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2007
• Where: ELPUB
• Authors: Irene Buonazia, Maria Emilia Masci, Davide Merlitti
• Keywords: ELPUB 2007, Information Management, Italian Culture Portal, Scuola Normale Superiore Di Pisa, Un-tangible Cultural Patrimony