Community standards for controlled vocabularies and exchange formats in the field of cultural heritage preservation and management

Standardized exchange formats (e.g. minimal metadata set) and defined technical structures for the development and provision of controlled vocabularies are required in order to make the extensive datasets available in the various heritage agencies, restoration institutions and universities of the federal states more accessible for research, exchange and education and training.

For this reason, the planned TWG will develop uniform content and technical standards for the exchange of data in cooperation with the specialist community. This will be based on the findings of the TWG to analyze the current status quo of research data management in the field of monument preservation and conservation/restoration. The existing standards identified there (e.g. INSPIRE, SKOS, LIDO, etc.) are to be compared and analyzed, discussed and, if necessary, supplemented by missing, demand-oriented new standards within the framework of this TWG on the basis of the subject-specific needs of the community. This way, a solid basis for data exchange between heterogeneous systems is to be created. The interdisciplinary exchange of knowledge on practical experience and new research findings relating to conservation and restoration measures or historical/prehistorical production techniques is also to be improved by formulating uniform technical standards or by expanding suitable existing standards.