The Heritage Digital Twin: a bicycle made for two. The integration of digital methodologies into cultural heritage research

Abstract

The paper concerns the definition of a novel ontology for cultural heritage based on the concept of digital twin. The ontology, called Heritage Digital Twin ontology, is a compatible extension of the well-known CIDOC CRM ISO standard for cultural heritage documentation and incorporates all the different documentation systems presently in use for cultural heritage documentation. In the authors’ view, it supports documentation interoperability at a higher level than the ones currently in use and enables effective cooperation among different users.

Advancements in 3D Heritage Data Aggregation and Enrichment in Europe: Implications for Designing the Jena Experimental Repository for the DFG 3D Viewer

“…Serving heterogeneous user communities: Three-dimensional heritage objects are used in various disciplinary contexts such as art and architectural history studies, museology, archaeology, and heritage conservation for a wide range of purposes in research, education, and heritage management [44]. Several sectoral standards such as IFC for building information modeling [121], GML for geo-and city-scale models [122], and the Digital Twin [123] as a domain overarching paradigm are relevant. In addition to content generated by professionals, there is a substantial amount of 3D heritage content created by enthusiasts.…”