monumentsencodes
MonumentsEncodes is a proposed data encoding framework designed to represent the metadata, inscriptions, and contextual information of architectural monuments in digital archives. The goal is to enable interoperability between conservation databases, museum catalogs, and scholarly editions while preserving multilingual inscriptions and precise spatial-temporal data.
Its data model centers on a hierarchical structure that can model a monument as a top-level object,
MonumentsEncodes recommends using established semantic web technologies, including RDF and JSON-LD, and aligns with CIDOC CRM-compatible
History and adoption: the framework emerged in the early 2010s from a consortium of heritage organizations
Applications include robust digital catalogs, supports for virtual restoration planning, multilingual scholarly editions, and data-driven conservation