Germany secures cultural data
A Joint Science Conference (GWK) in Germany has decided to fund a consortium to set up a national research data infrastructure. The data to be secured also includes music and stage performances.
The consortium called "NFDI4Culture" will establish a demand-oriented infrastructure for digital research data on tangible and intangible cultural assets in the NFDI. This data includes 2D digital copies of paintings, photographs and drawings as well as digital 3D models of culturally significant buildings and monuments or audiovisual data from music, film and stage performances.
The concept and structure of the consortium were developed over two years in close cooperation between 11 specialist societies, 9 supporting institutions and 52 partners; the Academy of Sciences and Literature Mainz is in charge. Within the consortium, the Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz will in particular support the work of the specialist disciplines in the production and enrichment of digitized material of all kinds (2D, 3D, but also audio and video) and organize the nationwide coordination between digitization centers.
More info: https://nfdi4culture.de/
