Culture Knowledge Base

The service is aimed at researchers as well as memory institutions who identify missing authority records of the arts in the Integrated Authority File (GND) as part of cataloging and research projects, but do not have access to edit the GND themselves.

CDWA provides easy-to-understand and clear guidelines for structuring information when cataloging art and other cultural heritage objects in collections. It is supplemented by many examples.

An introduction to digitization for cultural heritage collections. It focuses on digital collection management and explains all the steps involved in the computer-assisted documentation of a collection and the subsequent networking of the data in comprehensive portals.

CCO is a handbook of guidelines for documenting cultural heritage objects and the visual resources they represent. The focus is on art and architecture, but many other types of culturally relevant objects are also considered.

The LIDO Handbook is dedicated to objects of the genres painting and sculpture and is an application profile of the internationally established metadata standard LIDO, which serves as a guide for structuring information in local collection management systems.

The handbook provides graphic collections with guidance on cataloguing their objects and integrating data into cross-collection contexts. It considers both the scholarly description of the objects and the informational organisation of the data.

ISIL records identifiers for libraries, archives, museums and related institutions within the globally applied ISIL identification system. The German ISIL agency is the Berlin State Library. The data are provided with addresses and georeferenced.

The LIDO Primer provides a sound introduction to the metadata schema LIDO (Lightweight Information Describing Objects) and contains illustrative XML examples for describing objects with LIDO.

This analysis describes the complex legal situation of 3D reproductions, sheds light on the question of the level of creation and discusses the legal implications for copyright and licencing of 3D reproductions.

Virtual and augmented reality offer immersive experiences in digital or augmented spaces. At the same time, VR and AR technologies raise new copyright issues. This analysis examines key legal challenges. (Part 1 of 2)

Virtual reality and augmented reality make it possible to incorporate third-party copyright-protected works into virtual environments. This analysis explains how licences apply in this case. (Part 2 of 2)

The CARE Principles were formulated to complement the FAIR Principles with an important research ethics aspect. The topic is explained in an introductory way and via the page one can obtain both a summary and a detailed presentation (each as a PDF).

This 2021 guide from the German Museums Association provides important guidance for collections dealing with issues related to the management, presentation, and restitution of human remains.

The guideline of the German Museums Association on dealing with collections from colonial contexts provides information and working aids for collections in researching, documenting and presenting objects and in cooperating with societies of origin.