TY - BOOK AU - Ronchi,Alfredo M. TI - eCulture: cultural content in the digital age SN - 3-540-75273-0 PY - 2009/// CY - Dordrecht PB - Springer KW - Industria cultural KW - Internet KW - Tecnología de la información KW - Web semántica N1 - Índice; Bibliografía: p. 437-451 N2 - Do virtual museums really provide added value to end-users, or do they just contribute to the abundance of images? Does the World Wide Web save endangered cultural heritage, or does it foster a society with less variety? How can information technology help to preserve the diversity of cultures in our fast-changing world? These are the questions that are raised and answered in this book, the result of a long path across the digital heritage landscape. Alfredo M. Ronchi, Secretary of the EC MEDICI Cooperation Framework, gives a broad overview of eCulture and digital heritage. His presentation is divided into three main sections: the first one devoted to the main issues and general guidelines, the second to technological fundamentals and the main solutions, and the third to applications and services; Índice: Chapter 1: The role of content and the general backround.- Chapter2: General Technological Framework.- Chapter 3: Exploitation, applications and services ER -