Data and research infrastructures for cultural heritage in Europe
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https://doi.org/10.3145/thinkepi.2026.e20a11Keywords:
European infrastructure, Cultural heritage, Digital collectionsAbstract
Data and research European infrastructures for cultural heritage facilitate open science and cloud computing. This work aims to analyze recent initiatives and studies on the use and publication of data in cultural heritage. It presents the initiatives currently being developed. It concludes with an analysis of the opportunities and challenges.
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