Specification for the Europeana Semantic Elements ver 3.1, 25 Feb 09

This document provides the specification of the Europeana Semantic Elements, including
their properties, XML syntax, usage in the Europeana portal, obligation, occurrence and
examples. The Europeana Semantic Elements are used in the Prototype portal, which was
launched on 20 November 2008 at http://www.europeana.eu/.

Technical Primer

Overview of EuropeanaLocal implementation steps

by Stein Runar Bergheim with contributions from Gordon McKenna, Gunnar Urtegaard, Mary Rowlatt, Rastislav Rehak, Rob Davies and Robina Clayphan

Revised version, 16/12/2008

MINERVA Technical Guidelines for Digital Cultural Content Creation Programmes

developed on behalf of the Minerva Project by UKOLN, University of Bath, in association with MLA The Council for Museums, Libraries & Archives.

i2010: DIGITAL LIBRARIES

COM(2005) 465 final, Brussels, 30.9.2005.

Europe’s cultural heritage at the click of a mouse. Progress on the digitisation and online accessibility of cultural material and digital preservation across the EU.

COM(2008) 513 final, Brussels, 11.8.2008.