ECHOLOT

ECHOLOT will support the development of the European Collaborative Cloud for cultural heritage (ECCCH) by developing an interoperability hub which facilitates the exchange of cultural heritage data between systems. The hub will allow cultural heritage institutions to publish their data to multiple aggregators, for example, to the common European data space for cultural heritage and open knowledge platforms from the Wikimedia ecosystem. It will also enable the curation and enrichment of cultural heritage data through AI-enhanced workflows which combine automated processing with human input, while preserving the value and integrity of cultural heritage data sets by embedding metadata and provenance. The work of the project will enhance existing practices across the cultural heritage sector, and, ultimately, increase the availability of cultural heritage data for reuse and collaboration across institutions and sectors.

ECHOLOT’s solutions will be validated and tested in five case studies featuring a variety of cultural heritage institutions. The project will also develop innovative business models, training resources, interactive workshops and open source software best practices to support capacity building and long-term sustainability.