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Presentations, Articles; Project Proposal & Final Report
Project presentations, published articles, as well as original proposal and final reports to funding agency, the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS).Article
Int'l. Journal of Digital Curation, UKOLN University of Bath
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Smith, MacKenzie. "Curating Architectural 3D CAD Models." International Journal of Digital Curation, 4(1). December 2008.
Abstract
Increasing demand to manage and preserve 3-dimensional models for a variety of physical phenomena (e.g., building and engineering designs, computer games, or scientific visualizations) is creating new challenges for digital archives. Preserving 3D models requires identifying technical formats for the models that can be maintained over time, and the available formats offer different advantages and disadvantages depending on the intended future uses of the models. Additionally, the metadata required to manage 3D models is not yet standardized, and getting intellectual proposal rights for digital models is uncharted territory.The FACADE Project at MIT is investigating these challenges in the architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) industry and has developed recommendations and systems to support digital archives in dealing with digital 3D-related data. These results can also be generalized to other domains doing 3D modeling.
Presentation
Open Repositories 2009 (OR09), May 2009
Presentation by William Reilly to the 4th Annual Conference on Open Repositories, held in Atlanta, Georgia, May 2009.
- "Crossing the Curatorial Chasm", 12Mb PDF of PPT presentation.
Abstract (3 pp. PDF)
FACADE (“Future-proofing Architectural Computer-Aided DEsign”) - a two-year IMLS grant funded research project undertaken by MIT Libraries, along with the School of Architecture and Planning, was charged with investigating how best to archive the highly proprietary, internally complex, and potentially short-lived digital artifacts of contemporary 3D CAD modeling tools. The methodology was strenuously empirical, rather than theoretical: real, unfiltered, building project datasets from prominent architectural firms were used to define the scope and direction of the work. This lead to challenges both anticipated and unanticipated. This presentation will share analytical results, demonstrate tools developed in the course of the project, and discuss both lessons learned and future directions.
