Mohamed Amer, MA, Global cultures, Bologna University, 2019 There is no doubt that the first step in decolonizing any cultural heritage object is to re-document it in a way that is appropriate to its historical context. Consequently, digital documentation has a significant role in the decolonization process, since historical contexts can be rewritten better during digital documentation. Hence, it comes the vital role of Linked Open Data in recontextualizing the history of heritage belongings by using cultural heritage management software, which is based on LOD. Since culture by nature is a cross border and interlinked, the value of Linked Open Data is very high and also very challenging. Rosetta Stone was a key to deciphering the ancient Egyptian civilization by linking the three writings Ancient Egyptian language, Demotic, and Ancient Greek to each other. Linked Open Data can perform the same function as it connects the different resources, rep...
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