A modification on existing cultural metadata management system to accommodate community-driven and holistic cultural metadata

Abstract

Preservation of cultural data is a process that is not only the duty of the government, library, or museum but also needs to involve the community as the main actor of culture itself. Involvement of cultural communities in the preservation process is important because the community has the complete cultural information and is a part in the process of cultural change itself. One aspect that determines data structure in the data management system is the metadata structure. Therefore, a specific cultural metadata management system to determine the cultural data structure and its changes mechanism. Cultural metadata management can be used to determine the depth and structure of data needed in storing cultural data process. Because culture changes over the time, then the metadata should be able to evolve in facing any changes. Various experts have carried various studies related to the cultural metadata management system but do not involve cultural members and cover all cultural elements. Therefore, this paper tries to analyse several studies regarding the process of managing cultural metadata and proposes modifications to existing processes with a community-driven approach and the ability to manage holistic cultural elements.