Semantic Kompakkt

Semantic Kompakkt is a free and open source toolchain for the viewing and annotation of 3D models, and other visual media within a linked open data (LOD) environment.

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Semantic Kompakkt is a free and open source toolchain for the viewing and annotation of 3D models, and other visual media within a linked open data (LOD) environment. Consisting of Wikibase (for metadata storage as LOD) and Kompakkt (for publishing and annotating 2D, 3D and AV media), Semantic Kompakkt offers a range of functionalities via user-friendly graphical interfaces and open APIs. It is developed by the Open Science Lab at TIB Hannover.

Semantic Kompakkt

Use Cases

Use Case #1 Semantic Kompakkt in University Research

Context: Large research project on digital art history and architecture involving multiple specialist teams

User Groups:

  • 3D capture and modeling experts;
  • Architects and/or architectural reconstruction researchers;
  • Art historians;

Key requirements:

  • Support for heterogeneous media files;
  • Collaborative annotation features;
  • Support for controlled vocabularies and authority control files (e.g. Getty AAT, Iconclass, GND, etc);

Use Case #2 Semantic Kompakkt in Museum Exhibition Research

Context: A research project connected to an exhibition on digital art history and architecture at a museum

User Groups:

  • 3D capture and modeling experts;
  • Architects and/or architectural reconstruction researchers;
  • Museum curators;
  • General public;

Key requirements:

  • Support for heterogeneous media files;
  • Collaborative annotation features;
  • Curated digital collections;

Use Case #3 Semantic Kompakkt in Universtity Teaching

Context: Digital humanities courses for art history students

User Groups:

  • University lecturers;
  • Art history and/or digital humanities students;

Key requirements:

  • 3D object sharing;
  • Collaborative annotation features;
  • Curated digital collections;
  • User-friendly, learning environment with LOD and SPARQL interfaces;

Service Architecture

Software Stack:

Data model:

Infrastructure Options:

  • Free and open public instance on the web
  • Self-hosted private instance, deployed via Docker
  • Hosted instance maintained at TIB, deployed via Docker

Code Repository:

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