EROS: an open source database for museum conservation restoration
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| Format: | Book Chapter |
| Language: | English Slovak |
| ISBN: | ISBN 1-84407-253-3 |
| Online Access: | http://www.viks.sk/chk/14tmh_5.doc |
| Abstract: | SUMMARIES. The EROS database was developed internally to manage all manner of digital documentation. It was designed to handle museum collection analytical data from the laboratory as well as from museum conservation/restoration workshops. The information is focused on scientific and technical data. This includes indexing vocabularies, study reports, restoration reports, digital data from quantitative analysis, spectra, graphs, chemical formulae, ultraviolet, infrared, raking light photography and scanning electron microscopy images. The database also includes administrative information such as inventory tracking and the restoration history of the works of art as well as periodic surveys of the collection. New features include automatic content recognition of objects, geographical location display, panoramic viewing, multi-spectral image and threedimensional model display. CONCLUSIONS. Information technology is allowing research to be conducted far more openly and internationally than ever before. Multilingual Internet access, the ontological classification of scientific vocabularies and remote image viewing allow research centres to work together on a global basis. To further this, interoperable standards and formats are essential. These include image formats (quality and compression), colour management (calibration, gamut mapping, colour transformations), archiving system security (watermarking, data hiding), computer management systems and applications, language exchange formats, multilingual vocabularies for indexing, and so on. Access to the Internet is also transforming the relationship between people in the world. The cultural field must be open to the need of users and contribute strongly to the education of new generations. Data entry and digitization within the C2RMF of the documentation produced over 70 years has required over 10 years of effort. The database is unique not only in the sheer volume of data (15 TB online), but also in the diversity of its content. It is currently available online through a high bandwidth line (via the 100 Mbps French academic network). A network of cooperation has established itself around EROS to develop new features. One such is the 3D visualization of paintings that have been digitized by laser in partnership with the Canadian National Research Centre (Art3D Project). |
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| ISBN: | ISBN 1-84407-253-3 |
