DC-NET: The Establishment of the Digital Cultural Heritage Network

Abstract

Core concern of the DC-NET project is to develop and to strengthen the coordination of public research programmes in the sector of Digital Cultural Heritage across Europe and to raise awareness of the possibilities offered by e-Infrastructures to help carry out advanced research programmes. The Network of Common Interest established by DC-NET will provide the forum for coordination. DC-NET Network will agree a set of common priorities for digital cultural heritage research and will work with e-Infrastructures providers to identify how best to carry out this research using the National Research and Education Networks, GRID and other eInfrastructures. A Joint Activities Plan for e-Infrastructure-enabled research in digital cultural heritage will be generated and initiated. This work will pave the way to a series of innovative initiatives and the creation of Virtual Research Communities active in the digital cultural heritage research, powered by access to e-Infrastructures