An Integrated Workflow Management Solution for Heritage Information Mashups

Abstract

This paper outlines the process of developing and deploying an integrated workflow management solution for our system that uniquely integrates heritage data mashups whose digital content is derived from social network repositories and a specific museum digital collections repository and presentation system called ARCO. This workflow solution accommodates a number of integration techniques, based on social networking with user defined content, and using virtual and augmented reality in a Web 2.0 mashup to dynamically present digital heritage content. Other technologies exploited in this scenario include a web service based Grid solution for generating 3D virtual reconstruction animations. The implementation of the workflow solution is based on the Windows Workflow Foundation while the adoption of the multi-tiered human workflow architecture leads to a fully integrated workflow management engine.2009 Advances in Social Network Analysis and Mining 978-0-7695-3689-7/09 $25.00

Reanimating Cultural Heritage through Service Orientation, Workflows, Social Networking and Mashups

“…We can see that such an approach maps onto the architecture depicted in Figure 1. Further, the concept of workflows in our architecture is discussed more fully in [8].…”

“…The DHR is implemented through a service orientated architecture (SOA) based on set of services (i.e. content creation, archival, exposition, presentation and interaction services) that communicate with each other through predefined workflows [8] to implement all the DHR functionalities.…”

“…Our basic idea, loosely described above, is embodied in a concept called Digital Library Services for Playing with Shared Heritage (DISPLAYS), and a more detailed discussion on this architecture can be found in previous work [6,7,8]. The work described in this paper is part of this larger DISPLAYS project, and is concerned with creating tools for a serviceoriented approach for implementation of a digital library system focused on allowing heritage amateurs and professionals to create, archive and share digital heritage content with other people in interesting visualization and interaction environments using web technologies based on social networking, see Figure 1.…”