Taiwan e-Learning and Digital Archives Program (TELDAP) and Getty Research Institute (GRI) Announce Collaborative Relationship
PM, TELDAP Main Office/Shu-Jiun(Sophy)Chen
Dr. Der-Tsai Lee, the deputy Director of Taiwan e-Learning & Digital Archives Program, also Director and Distinguished Research Fellow from the Institute of Information Sciences, Academia Sinica, led the members of TELDAP to the Getty Research Institute in Los Anegles to arrange research cooperation a few days ago.
Both sides discussed cooperation regarding the translation of “Art and Architecture Thesaurus, AAT” into Chinese, and also themes such as orientation, contents, methods, procedure, technology and authorization. Dr Lee delivered a lecture on the “National Digital Archives Program of Taiwan: Past, Present and Future” in the Getty Research Institute. Meanwhile, members of TELDAP also gave specific addresses regarding the project. At this meeting, MAAT published “MuseFusion Platform: Application of CDWA Lite / OAI-PMH among Digital Museum Archives,“ constructed by both MAAT and Standards SIG.
The Getty Research Institute values this cooperation and hopes that, as a result, the Asian cultural contents of AAT can be promoted and the translation into Chinese of AAT can be carried out.
Digital content is generally defined as digitized spoken language, text, graphics and videos which have by means of information technology added value for use as products or services. Taiwan digital archives program is a government-sponsored science and technology program, and one of its main goals is "to digitize our national collections and cultural heritage, and create a national digital archives".
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TELDAP e-Newsletter (August, 2008) Publish Date:
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