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PERICLES Extraction Tool
No full textThe PERICLES Extraction Tool (PET) is an open source (Apache 2 licensed) Java software for the extraction of significant information from the environment where digital objects are created and modified. This information supports object use and reuse, e.g. for a better long-term preservation of data. The Tool was developed entirely for the PERICLES EU project http://www.pericles-project.eu/ by Fabio Corubolo, University of Liverpool, and Anna Eggers, Göttingen State and University Library
PERICLES Deliverable 4.4: Modelling Contextualised Semantics [Elektronisk resurs]
No full textThe current deliverable summarises the work conducted within task T4.4 of WP4, presenting our proposed models for semantically representing digital content and its respective context – the latter refers to any information coming from the environment of the digital object (DO) that offers a better insight into the object’s status, its interrelationships with other content items and information about the object’s context of use. Within PERICLES, we refer to the content semantics enriched with the contextual perspective as “contextualised semantics”. The deliverable presents two complementary modelling approaches, based respectively on (a) ontologies and logics, and, (b) multivariate statistics.</p
PERICLES Deliverable 4.4: Modelling Contextualised Semantics
No full textThe current deliverable summarises the work conducted within task T4.4 of WP4, presenting our proposed models for semantically representing digital content and its respective context – the latter refers to any information coming from the environment of the digital object (DO) that offers a better insight into the object’s status, its interrelationships with other content items and information about the object’s context of use. Within PERICLES, we refer to the content semantics enriched with the contextual perspective as “contextualised semantics”. The deliverable presents two complementary modelling approaches, based respectively on (a) ontologies and logics, and, (b) multivariate statistics.PERICLE
Training material : Deliverable 7.2 - PERICLES
No full textThe objective of this document is to provide background information relating to the production of training material and the training page hosted as part of the PERICLES website. The rationale behind this process is also described and justified.The production of the training material is based on aligning the outputs of the project’s research with a user-friendly design. This process helps to determine the topics and types of material to be created and collected that will most efficiently and appropriately serve the needs and abilities of the target groups. This involves an analysis of the target group that might be both interested in and have the necessary background to understand the research topics and tools developed and examined during the project. Other considerations include the way the material could be used and how the use can be supported through the look and feel of the material.The design of our modular training page is based on a format that has been proven successful in other settings (e.g. at the Swedish National Agency for Education). Within this online training package each module is self-explanatory and can be used without the need for additional input or explanation from the content authors. The information provided within each module helps the user to identify whether the module and its contents are of relevance. The underlying structure also helps the authors to cover the topics that need to be covered and provide the content in a way that will fit with the pedagogical ideas embedded in the design of the package.The choice of material and format used in the training material is strongly linked to the nature of the topic, be it demonstrations, screencasts and user guidelines for tools, presentations and short texts for more overview and introductory material, or articles and videos for more theoretical topics requiring a more descriptive, narrative type of communication.The creation of modules is a work-in-progress, as many of the results are still to be finalised. Currently, we have completed two modules that are representative of the research and development outcomes.- “Dynamics of knowledge organisation” studies the involvement and application of semantics in Digital Preservation and focuses on two different but potentially interrelated approaches: (a) vectors, matrices, and vector fields; (b) graph-based structures and ontologies. This module clearly belongs in the category of theoretical research; therefore, a lot of effort has been made to communicate this in an attractive way, with webcast seminars for example.- “Sheer curation” is a good example of a technical development outcome. The module provides the context that leads to demonstrating the tools (PET and PeriCAT). This context has been presented in a way that can be used without the tools, as it provides high-level introductions to related topics, state of the art in the related research and practice, and overviews of current technologies etc.Other modules are in development on topics including Appraisal; Digital Ecosystem Models; Recent Developments in the Conservation of Digital Art; Policies & Policy Creation and management using the Policy Editor; Earth and Space Data for the Future; and Modelling and Planning Repository systems.This collection of modules forms a repository of useful learning material for students and trainers and fosters long-term use of PERICLES results for training purposes in a self-learning environment. In parallel to this, other suitable materials are presented in tutorials and in current and upcoming academic programmes as exemplified below.</p
Report on policy related aspects of the demonstrations
Get PDFPERICLES is an EU-funded research and innovation project running from 2018-2021. PERICLES promotes sustainable, participatory governance of cultural heritage in European coastal and maritime regions, intending to develop and demonstrate a comprehensive framework to understand, preserve and utilise maritime cultural heritage for societal good. PERICLES is exploring the integration of cultural heritage into maritime and coastal policies. In doing so, PERICLES seeks to understand how cultural heritage is understood by policymakers and practitioners, and what institutional, cultural, knowledge or professional obstacles prevent more integrated policies and practices. PERICLES aims to use this information to determine how policymaking might be improved for more effective preservation and sustainable exploitation of cultural heritage.Activities in PERICLES case regions are operationalized through region-wide activities and local and regional demonstrators (‘demos’) that focus on specific themes or issues, linking research and innovation. This report summarises the policy-related aspects of PERICLES demos in Northern Ireland, Scotland, Portugal, Denmark, Estonia, Malta, France and the Netherlands. Each contributing case region has reported on policy themes, policy implementation and the recommendations that have resulted from one or more of their demos. The report also outlines planned work in the demos that will further contribute to our understanding of coastal and marine cultural heritage policy issues and the development and transfer of good practice across the PERICLES regions
The Pericles Space Case: Preserving Earth Observation Data for the Future
No full textPERICLES (Promoting and Enhancing the Reuse of Infor-mation throughout the Content Lifecycle exploiting Evolv-ing Semantics) is an FP7 project started on February 2013. It aims at preserving by design large and complex data sets. PERICLES is coordinated by King's College London, UK and its partners are University of Borås (Sweden), CERT (Greece), DotSoft(Greece), GeorgAugustUniversität, Göt-tingen (Germany), University of Liverpool (UK), Space Application Services (Belgium), XEROX France and Uni-versity of Edinburgh (UK). Two additional partners provide the case studies: Tate Gallery (UK) brings the digital art and media case study and B.USOC (Belgian Users Support and Operations Centre) brings the space science case study
A participatory risk assessment and sustainable use framework for maritime cultural heritage
Get PDFThis deliverable, D4.4, describes the "participatory framework for sustainable management, conservation and use of European coastal and maritime cultural landscapes" of the PERICLES project. It is the final deliverable for WP4, based on the four tasks carried out in this and other work packages. It brings together a synthesis of information already communicated in other reports (e.g. D4.1; D4.2; D4.3), and examples from the PERICLES case regions. In doing so, this deliverable presents the PERICLES participatory framework as practice-informed approach to understand, assess and enact sustainable management, conservation and use of European coastal and maritime cultural landscapes.In the PERICLES participatory risk assessment framework, defining risks and threats is seen as an important starting point because this enables clearer communication and therefore to create a common understanding among those stakeholders who are affected by threats, and those who are affecting andgoverning risks to coastal and maritime cultural heritage. In the PERICLES project, a distinction is made between natural/environmental and human-induced threats as captured in the first phase of the framework. At the same time, it is highlighted that such distinction can be artificial and should beconsidered with care, as represented in the two-layered design of the framework. Every step goes with questions for reflection for those using the framework, and the iterative loops contained within it. Governance, is seen as a process of steering at a strategic level in which a variety of actors can beinvolved yet not affected, can be affected yet marginalized or excluded, or anything in between. Risk management takes place at the more operational level but the power dynamics of a governance process are still important. As such the second phase of the risk assessment framework seeks to suggest participatory ways to assess, decide and evaluate risks.PERICLES partners had the ambition to test the framework in demo-specific risk assessment processes in the PERICLES case regions. This testing was planned at the case-region level between January 2020 and January 2021. However, due to pandemic related restriction (ban of meetings and curfews) it proved to be impossible to realise the testing and implementing of the framework in the way envisioned. As an alternative approach, PERICLES partners have looked at their demo work through the lens of the assessment framework and discussed this in four joint sessions. This led to enhanced, practice-informed insights on how the different steps worked out in several specific case regions. Furthermore, thepartners jointly reflected on the impact of COVID-19 on their own participatory strategies. It has been clear that the pandemic has hampered participation in demo activities and has also brought some to a stand-still. Mitigating measures were mainly through online activities, which allowed for opening up to new audiences but also brought forward forms of exclusion because of a digital divide
An internal report as input for the participatory governance framework
Get PDFThis document describes deliverable D2.2 “an internal report as input for the participatory governance framework”. This report is based on the task work conducted in PERICLES Work Package 2 on the second and third PERICLES pillars (Resilience and Adaptation; and Deliberative and Participatory Governance). It thus particularly builds on the review of both academic and policy perspectives of the concepts of resilience and adaptation and the overview of deliberative and participatory governance for sustainable management and conservation of European coastal and maritime CH and landscape.Coastal and marine changes are experiencing periods of intense change due to poor governance and increased exploitation. These changes include increasing urbanization, population changes, and the rapid industrialisation of coastal areas. All these changes have the potential to have positive and negative impacts on coastal cultural heritage. For example, the rapid rise in Blue Growth industries may fundamental alter seascapes and may supplant traditional coastal industries. There is a critical need, therefore, to develop strategies and practices that enhances the resiliency and adaptability of coastal and marine cultural heritage. Resilience and adaptation strongly relate to the first PERICLES pillar of Space, Place, and Identity. The development of a common sense of space, place, and identity can enhance the resilience of coastal areas as it can support the development of strong social ties. However, in globalised society it cannot be assumed that all inhabitants of an area will share in this common identity, the mobilisation of which may be used to exclude or marginalise particular groups. If this mobilization and strategies and practices aimed for enhancing resilience are carried out purposefully, the third PERICLES pillar Deliberative and Participatory Governance comes into play. Participatory and deliberative forms of governance can enhance the resilience of particular areas. By engaging with a broad community of actors, deliberative governance mechanisms can reveal subjective understandings of resilience, can foster common strategies and develop more inclusive action.In this report, it is suggested to use a typology of ‘Survival Resilience’ and ‘Transformative Resilience’ to define the steering efforts that are to be identified, described and analysed in the PERICLES governance framework. Survival Resilience is defined as the deliberate efforts to reduce harm to particular groups and ensure their own interests are met within any resilience-building process; transformative resilience is defined as a “dynamic process in which change and constant re-invention provide the grounds for social, economic, and/or environmental strength” (Raco & Street, 2012, p. 1069). In operationalizing governance, it is deemed important to recognize similarities, differences and overlap between participatory and deliberative modes, for example in terms of legitimacy (input, output, throughput), and of rights and capabilities of those who engage in participation and deliberation (and who do not). It is also suggested that strategies for or enactment of modes of governance is to be sought in practices of social learning, allowing to work through mechanisms relevant for the adoption of (new) values and practices, and foster co-management, co-creation and/or social transformation
An internal report as input for the participatory governance framework
Get PDFThis document describes deliverable D2.2 “an internal report as input for the participatory governance framework”. This report is based on the task work conducted in PERICLES Work Package 2 on the second and third PERICLES pillars (Resilience and Adaptation; and Deliberative and Participatory Governance). It thus particularly builds on the review of both academic and policy perspectives of the concepts of resilience and adaptation and the overview of deliberative and participatory governance for sustainable management and conservation of European coastal and maritime CH and landscape.Coastal and marine changes are experiencing periods of intense change due to poor governance and increased exploitation. These changes include increasing urbanization, population changes, and the rapid industrialisation of coastal areas. All these changes have the potential to have positive and negative impacts on coastal cultural heritage. For example, the rapid rise in Blue Growth industries may fundamental alter seascapes and may supplant traditional coastal industries. There is a critical need, therefore, to develop strategies and practices that enhances the resiliency and adaptability of coastal and marine cultural heritage. Resilience and adaptation strongly relate to the first PERICLES pillar of Space, Place, and Identity. The development of a common sense of space, place, and identity can enhance the resilience of coastal areas as it can support the development of strong social ties. However, in globalised society it cannot be assumed that all inhabitants of an area will share in this common identity, the mobilisation of which may be used to exclude or marginalise particular groups. If this mobilization and strategies and practices aimed for enhancing resilience are carried out purposefully, the third PERICLES pillar Deliberative and Participatory Governance comes into play. Participatory and deliberative forms of governance can enhance the resilience of particular areas. By engaging with a broad community of actors, deliberative governance mechanisms can reveal subjective understandings of resilience, can foster common strategies and develop more inclusive action.In this report, it is suggested to use a typology of ‘Survival Resilience’ and ‘Transformative Resilience’ to define the steering efforts that are to be identified, described and analysed in the PERICLES governance framework. Survival Resilience is defined as the deliberate efforts to reduce harm to particular groups and ensure their own interests are met within any resilience-building process; transformative resilience is defined as a “dynamic process in which change and constant re-invention provide the grounds for social, economic, and/or environmental strength” (Raco & Street, 2012, p. 1069). In operationalizing governance, it is deemed important to recognize similarities, differences and overlap between participatory and deliberative modes, for example in terms of legitimacy (input, output, throughput), and of rights and capabilities of those who engage in participation and deliberation (and who do not). It is also suggested that strategies for or enactment of modes of governance is to be sought in practices of social learning, allowing to work through mechanisms relevant for the adoption of (new) values and practices, and foster co-management, co-creation and/or social transformation
Planetary protection: the search for life in protected regions
No full textThis short paper introduces lessons learnt from the PERICLES and ForgetIT projects in terms of data storage and transmission of significant data in the space science domain. The publication was prompted by a series of discussions, which took place in 2016 within the PERICLES Community of Practice related to the Reuse of Science Data
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