Keeping Data Alive: Supporting Reuse and Repurposing of 3D Data in the Humanities
FAIN: PR-253389-17
University of Nebraska, Lincoln (Lincoln, NE 68503-2427)
Heather Marie Richards-Rissetto (Project Director: June 2016 to May 2019)
A project to develop 3D architectural models of
Mayan cities in an open source database for reuse and repurposing in other architectural
reconstructions, leading to the creation of an open source platform to host,
deliver, and visualize 3D models linked to descriptive data.
The goals of this one year
project are to develop workflows to: (1) generate, store, and make accessible
3D models of architecture in an open source database that scholars can (re)use
and repurpose to create their own multi-scalar reconstructions ranging from
individual buildings to entire cityscapes and (2) host, deliver, and visualize
3D models, linked to metadata, paradata, and descriptive data, in an open
source 3D visualization environment. The project includes front-end and back-end
deliverables that will contribute to data sustainability and accessibility in
the humanities. Front-end deliverables include a project website hosting
workflows with tutorials and a proto-database for beta-testing and capturing
user feedback. Back-end deliverables include "white paper" describing
the initial database design, data structuring, initial findings, ongoing
challenges, and next steps.
Media Coverage
UNL builds powerhouse to store the works of Walt Whitman, Willa Cather and others online (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Rick Ruggles
Date: 2/16/2019
URL: http://https://www.omaha.com/news/education/higher-education/unl-builds-powerhouse-to-store-the-works-of-walt-whitman/article_ae13d4b3-a7a0-58fb-b066-6b645fd26caf.html
UNL anthropologist begins new 3-D visualization research project (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Staff
Publication: The Daily Nebraskan
Date: 1/17/2017
URL: http://http://www.dailynebraskan.com/news/unl-anthropologists-begin-new--d-visualization-research-project/article_e942f004-d7a6-11e6-8a47-6fbba458acc0.html
Anthropological project refines 3-D modeling (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Deann Gayman
Publication: Daily Nebraskan
Date: 1/9/2017
URL: http://https://news.unl.edu/newsrooms/today/article/anthropological-project-refines-3-d-modeling/
Associated Products
Keeping 3D Data Alive (Conference Paper/Presentation)Title: Keeping 3D Data Alive
Author: Heather Richards-Rissetto
Author: Rachel Opitz
Abstract: Poster presented on Keeping Data Alive (KDA): Supporting Reuse and Repurposing of 3D Data in the Humanities.
Date: 2/5/2018
Primary URL:
http://http://gis.wustl.edu/dgs/cs3dp/cs3dp-f1-agenda/Conference Name: CS3DP (Community Standards for 3D Data Preservation) Forum I
Keeping 3D Data Alive (KDA): Developments in the MayaCityBuilder Project (Conference Paper/Presentation)Title: Keeping 3D Data Alive (KDA): Developments in the MayaCityBuilder Project
Author: Heather Richards-Rissetto
Author: Rachel Opitz
Author: Fabrizio Galeazzi
Abstract: Digital humanities brings unique challenges and opportunities to "keeping data alive" that are leading to innovative cross- disciplinary solutions. Data preservation involves standards, guidelines, open-source vs. proprietary software, accessibility, and much more. While establishing best practices, cultivating a community of experts, and developing infrastructure for 3D data used in cultural heritage has been the focus of several coordinated efforts in Europe over the past decade, efforts have been less systematic in the United States. Recently, however, digital humanities practitioners have spearheaded 3D data preservation and sharing in the United States.
While humanities scholarship uses many types of 3D models, the case study focuses on 3D models of ancient Maya architecture generated from multiple data sources including architectural drawings, excavation reports, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), and airborne LiDAR. To contribute to 3D data preservation efforts, while maintaining realistic goals, the MayaCityBuilder Project focuses on procedural modeling—rapid prototyping of 3D models from a set of rules. Procedural modeling is ideally suited for the development of 3D modeling standards that promote data interoperability, dissemination, and reuse because they bring with them the underlying metadata, paradata (information about modeling choices), and descriptive data.
We present an overview of the workflows we are developing to serve our objective of data reuse and more broadly access and preservation of 3D data. Additionally, we discuss how these workflows relate to the next phase of the project, i.e., prototype development. The prototype will take advantage of recent developments in web technology, namely the adoption of WebGL that renders interactive 2D and 3D computer graphics in browsers without plugins.
Date: 6/29/2019
Primary URL:
http://https://dh2018.adho.org/abstracts/Conference Name: Digital Humanities 2018 Puentes-Bridges (Mexico City)
Keeping Data Alive (KDA): Supporting Reuse & Repurposing of 3D Data in the Humanities (Web Resource)Title: Keeping Data Alive (KDA): Supporting Reuse & Repurposing of 3D Data in the Humanities
Author: Heather Richards-Rissetto
Author: Rachel Opitz
Author: Karin Dalziel
Abstract: We created a website with the whitepaper and supplement materials such as python scripts, cga files, and alpha prototype 3D viewer linked to a repository.
Year: 2018
Primary URL:
http://https://cdrhsites.unl.edu/keeping-data-alive/Primary URL Description: This is a website with the KDA whitepaper and supplement materials such as python scripts, cga files, and alpha prototype 3D viewer linked to a repository.
Keeping 3D Data Alive: From MayaArch3D to MayaCityBuilder (Conference Paper/Presentation)Title: Keeping 3D Data Alive: From MayaArch3D to MayaCityBuilder
Author: Heather Richards-Rissetto
Author: Rachel Optiz
Abstract: We presented on the KDA research at the Library of Congress Forum on Born to Be 3D: Digital Stewardship of Intrinsic 3D Data.
Date: 11/2/2018
Primary URL:
http://https://www.loc.gov/preservation/digital/meetings/b2b3d/b2b3d2018.htmlConference Name: Library of Congress Forum on Born to Be 3D: Digital Stewardship of Intrinsic 3D Data