The construction of a Chinese rubbings digital library: an attempt in preserving and utilizing Chinese cultural heritage materials

The construction of a Chinese rubbings digital library: an attempt in preserving and utilizing Chinese cultural heritage materials

China is a country with an ancient civilization going back 5,000 years. Keeping records on inscriptions is an important method of preserving the memory of Chinese history and culture. Rubbings are important components of ancient Chinese books, and are the main source for people to learn, study, and research history. The construction of a Chinese rubbings digital library is an attempt to solve the problems of preserving and utilizing cultural heritage materials. This poster will discuss the following topics: (1) technical process of constructing a Chinese rubbings digital library; (2) formulating principles and designing metadata standards for the Chinese rubbings digital library; (3) introduction of four prototype databases; and (4) analysis of existing problems in building a rubbings digital library such as data capacity, system functions, metadata standards, and international cooperation.

Li, Guohui

Huang, Michael Bailou

Research and Advanced Technology for Digital Libraries: 9th European Conference, Proceedings/ECDL 2005, Vienna, Austria, September 2005; Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 3652

2005

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