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Each Designated Community is characterised by its own knowledge base, that is the
set of concepts which the community is able to understand.
According to the CASPAR conceptual model, characterisation of Designated
Community is done through the Designated Community Profile (i.e. DCProfile)
which contains the set of Modules (i.e. RIModules). Both concepts are focus of the
research activities and are handled by the Semantic Web Knowledge Middleware
(SWKM) and the Gap Manager.
In this section each Designated Community within the UNESCOWorld Heritage
Scenario is characterised.
Figure
21.1
shows the hierarchy of the potential identified users within the
UNESCO testbed scenario. According the CASPAR terminology, the four identified
actors involved in the CASPAR scenario were classified as data curators, provider
and consumer. More specifically:
•
World Heritage UNESCO committee member
•
World Heritage Site Responsible
•
World Heritage UNESCO expert
•
Student
Each type of use is a DCProfile: the first three profiles are generically conservation
authorities, that, informally, comprise such persons with a common background that
allows them to be involved in the UNESCO submission procedures [
217
]. While,
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WH UNESCO
committee
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RepInfo
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WH site
responsible
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Fig. 21.2
Relationship between UNESCO use cases
