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Open access book on paradata

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M. Ioannides, D. Baker, A. Agapiou, & P. Siegkas (Eds.), 3D Research Challenges in Cultural Heritage V: Paradata, Metadata and Data in Digitisation. Springer Nature Switzerland. Open Access. https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-78590-0

I have a chapter in there.

Champion, E. (2025). Usable, Useful, Reviewable and Reusable Metadata. In M. Ioannides, D. Baker, A. Agapiou, & P. Siegkas (Eds.), 3D Research Challenges in Cultural Heritage V: Paradata, Metadata and Data in Digitisation (pp. 176-183). Springer Nature Switzerland. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-78590-0_15. Open Access.

Defining Paradata, Metadata and Data (free webseminar)

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I was invited to present online my thoughts on paradata and metadata in digital heritage today, a free webinar run by the UNESCO chair of digital cultural heritage staring 2PM Central European Time. More details are here. Talks are 10-15 minutes each…  


1st Webinar on Defining Paradata, Metadata & Data for Documenting 2D/3D Digital Cultural Heritage (DCH) [yes if you miss this there will be another one]…

14:00-14:10  Harry Verwayen  DG. Europeana Foundation. NL 
Opening remarks 
14:10-14:20 Marinos Ioannides, et al UNESCO Chair on DCH at Cyprus University of Technology. CY 
Paradata, Metadata & Data for a digital #MemoryTwin 
14:20-14:35  Isto Huvila Invited KEYNOTE Uppsala University. SE 
Datafication of archaeological archiving and the preservation of what? 
14:35-14:50  Luisa Ammirati, et al UNOSAT/UNITAR. CH, UNESCO WHC, FR 
Paradata and metadata in an immersive digital heritage experience 
14:50-15:05  Erik Champion University of South Australia. AU 
Usable, Useful, Reviewable and Reusable Metadata 
15:05-15:20  Carla Schroer, et al Cultural Heritage Imaging (CHI). US 
Building Reliable and Reusable Complex Digital Representations: The Digital Lab Notebook 
15:20-15:35 Daniel Pletinckx Visual Dimension bvba. BE 
3D Heritage is Heritage, we should treat it as such 
15.35-15:50 Tony Cassar, et al Heritage Malta. MT 
Challenges of 3D Digitisation of Cultural Heritage 
15:50-16:05 Shuyi Yin, et al Columbia University. US 
Blockchain Technology for Enhanced Documentation and Management of Built Heritage in Historic Cities 
16:20-16:35 Jean-Baptiste Barreau Archéologie des Amériques (ArchAm), CNRS. FR 
Three-Dimensional Reconstruction of an Egyptian Saqiya: A Computational Approach to Preserving Cultural Heritage and Water Management Systems 
16:35-16:50 Antoine Isaac, et al Europeana Foundation. NL 
Making the Europeana Data Model a better fit for documentation of 3D objects
16:50-17:05 Raffaella Brumana, et al Politecnico di Milano. IT 
HBIM quality information model to manage surveying, stratigraphic units and transformations into paradata. The mausoleum of Cecilia Metella and the Castrum Caetani 
17:05-17:30 Discussion Session & Closing Remarks