About INFINITY
INFINITY is a pioneering Research and Innovation Action (RIA) funded under the European Union’s prestigious Horizon Europe Programme. Our work is dedicated to overcoming the challenges of semantic fragmentation and ethical ambiguity that plague vast digital collections of Cultural Heritage Digital Objects (CHDOs) across Europe.
Our ultimate goal is to actively support the political and technological advancement of the European Collaborative Cloud for Cultural Heritage (ECCCH), positioning our outputs directly within the emerging Data Space for Cultural Heritage.
/ OUR MISSION
Granting memory perpetual relevance
The mission of INFINITY is to fundamentally transform the digital identity of Cultural Heritage assets. We move beyond static data points to create living, interconnected Knowledge.
We are driven by a commitment to ethical digital stewardship: ensuring that every cultural asset is described, shared, and reused with its complete narrative intact. This includes its provenance, comprehensive historical context, and critical legal compliance (IPR – Intellectual Property Rights).
Our work guarantees that Europe’s digital heritage is not only preserved, but is sustainably positioned for an ethical and creative future.
/ OUR CORE APPROACH
The multidimensional knowledge architecture
The engine of our methodology is the Multidimensional Knowledge Graph (mKG). This technical framework is our key tool for contextualization and trust:
- Semantic Enrichment & AI: we leverage advanced AI tools (such as Natural Language Processing and Computer Vision) to automatically extract, annotate, and link diverse historical, ethical, and socio-political perspectives directly to CHDOs.
- Contextual Transparency: the mKG structure ensures full traceability and provenance of all metadata. This creates a transparent, auditable digital identity for every object.
- FAIR Compliance: all INFINITY outputs adhere strictly to the FAIR principles (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable), guaranteeing maximum utility and sustainability within the ECCCH.
- Validation through Pilots: our architecture is rigorously validated across five complex Use Cases, proving its practical applicability and scalability across manuscripts, geospatial data, archives, and audiovisual collections.
/ OUR TARGET AUDIENCE
Who we empower
Our project is designed to deliver high-impact solutions to strategically defined target audiences, enabling ethical and data-driven innovation:
- Cultural Heritage Institutions (CHIs): providing curators, archivists, and librarians with cutting-edge AI-tools for automatic annotation, semantic enrichment, and efficient IPR management within their Collections Management Systems (CMS).
- Researchers (Digital Humanities & IT): Delivering enriched, FAIR-compliant datasets and open ontologies, fostering cutting-edge research in fields from art history and computational linguistics to AI development.
- Policymakers & Strategic Initiatives: Directly supporting the integration efforts of the ECCCH and the Data Space for Cultural Heritage by providing validated technical standards and ethical compliance frameworks.
- Creative & Educational Industries: Unlocking new exploitation models by offering context-rich, legally transparent data for the development of innovative cultural experiences and educational resources.
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