Digital Applications for Cultural and Heritage Institutions : The Selected Papers from EVA Conferences Book

1	Introduction and international overview	1
2	DigiCULT : unlocking the value of Europe's cultural heritage sector	17
3	Culture as a driving force for research and technology development : a decade's experience of Canada's NRC 3D technology	27
4	The information society and technology (IST) in Russian culture : strategic review and new initiatives	39
5	ArchTerra : an EU project to promote cultural cooperation among Eastern and Western European archaeological communities	51
6	CHIMER - a cultural heritage application for 3G environment developed by European children	59
7	The German-Japanese project for virtual reconstruction of two valuable destroyed buildings	67
8	German historical buildings in 3D : from cathedral to synagogue and Jewish quarter	79
9	Image-based object reconstruction and visualization for inventory of cultural heritage	89
10	A virtual open air museum in three dimensions in Latvia	97
11	The virtual Dead Sea Scrolls and the electronic art garden	103
12	The production of conservation facsimiles : the tomb of Seti I	109
13	Digital image picture archives : theory and practice in Switzerland	123
14	Museum and archive software for the BMW corporate archives	133
15	The ICCD catalogue's general information system : a tool for knowledge, preservation and valorization national cultural heritage	143
16	The Cleveland special exhibitions tool - an elegant solution to a common requirement	149
17	Prometheus : the distributed digital image archive for research and academic teaching	161
18	HITITE : IST-2000-28484 : the Heritage illustrated thesaurus : an on-line resource for monument identification	167
19	An approach to adding value while recording historic gardens and landscapes (Valhalla)	175
20	Copyright protection and exploitation of digital cultural heritage	189
21	Protection of intellectual property : a must in digital content exploitation	197
22	On-line access to cultural and educational resources for disabled people : an international challenge	207
23	Web access to cultural heritage for the disabled	215
24	Accessible Internet applications : principles and guidelines	227
25	Evaluating Websites for accessibility	233
26	Breaking down barriers - electronic aids for non-speaking people	237
27	New media art and the contemporary museum environment : a case study based on the NMPFT's award-winning gallery	245
28	MuseumNet : reactivity - a new application metaphor	257
29	Design of a hand-held interactive support for museum visitors	267
30	The impact of haptic 'touching' technology on cultural applications	273
31	The Gulliver project : performers and visitors	285
32	Conclusions and future trends	295