Digital preservation of
architectural 3D data
Rosetta in the context of the DURAARK project
IGeLU Conference
Oxford, September 17th 2014
Michelle Lindlar (LUH)
Michael Panitz (LUH)
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German National Library of Science and Technology…
• … for engineering, architecture, chemistry, computer science,
mathematics and physics
• founded in 1959
• around 400 members of staff
• Holdings in shelf length of 125 km with:
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5.6 million books
16.800 printed journals
64.000 electronic journals
17 million patents and standards
• Goportis digital preservation system since 2010
Rosetta
• OPF member and nestor cooperation partner
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Metadata 
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3D-objects
scientific films
software
TIB
simulation
research data
text
Metadata 
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Agenda
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Digital Preservation
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The DURAARK project…
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…and Rosetta
What a digital preservation system should do:
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respect technical and human requirements from institutional
intrinsic and extrinsic views
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archive the data with additional and sufficient information
(metadata)
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save the data on three layers:
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(1) Digital Preservation
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DURAble ARchitectural Knowledge – DURAARK
funded by the European Union within the 7th Framework Programme
February 2013 – January 2016
Goal & Scope:
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develop methods and tools for sustainable long-term
preservation of building data (3D formats, metadata, related
knowledge and Web data)
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analysis of potential stakeholders (architects, building owners,
researcher, cultural heritage institutions etc.)
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address all layers of digital preservation (bit, logical, semantic)
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interlinked curation and preservation workflow
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establish a competence center for archiving of 3D data at the
TIB in Hannover
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NOT: develop a new digital preservation system
(2) The DURAARK project...
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(2) The DURAARK project...
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Plan
Building Information Model
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with the help of software (“CAD-System”) constructed model of a
building
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geometric visualization of a building
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it must not fit into the real building
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enriched with (semantic) information from different sources (e. g.,
vendor databases)
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usage through different actors (e. g., architects, building engineers etc.)
Scan
Point Cloud Scan
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special 3D scanner analyzes real world objects and are able to construct
a digital 3D model – a point cloud
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represents the constitution of an “is-built”-building
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could differ from the plan but requires an existing building
Photo
How does it look?
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real representation of the archived object
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metadata about it should be captured as well
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plan and scan are associated over the real world representation
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State of the Art (on preservation of architectural 3D data):
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various, established formats, but no standards
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nearly no suitable metadata format
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missing compatibility of existing preservation tools
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few experiences / projects
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not any experiences on the preservation planning
http://duraark.eu/wpcontent/uploads/2014/02/duraark_d6.6.1_final.pdf
(Accessed 09/05/2014)
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First results
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recommendations for open,
standardized and archival formats:
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IFC-SPF (BIM)
E57 (point cloud)
metadata schema “buildm” for
content related description of the
archived objects
first prototype of a DURAARK
workbench with following
functionalities:
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semantic enrichment of 3D data
identification of 3D formats
preperation for preservation
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Next steps
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establishment of the
recommended formats
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stakeholder survey for acceptance
of our project(-results)
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digital preservation of 3D data in
our digital preservation system
 Rosetta
What we are doing with Rosetta:
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we preserve digital materials on all three layers of preservation
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for our library, we have established and are establishing
standards and workflows towards the goal of digital preservation
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we enrich our digital material with metadata of our library
catalogue
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and we are able to deal with a large
amount of data.
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(3) ...and Rosetta
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(3) ...and Rosetta
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Existing tools for various file
formats:
Jhove, Tika, fido, fits,
DROID, …
Few existing tools for
Building Information Models
(IFC-SPF) and point clouds
(E57):
DROID signature pattern
extension, E57 validator, IFC
validator, …
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Digital Preservation of architectural 3D data – an outlook:
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DURAARK workbench to aid producers in the preparation of
objects for the delivery to a digital preservation system
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file format identification, technical metadata extraction, file
format validation for IFC-SPF and E57 within Rosetta
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sample preservation planning for content types BIM & 3D scan
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curational tools to aid archives and libraries in appraisal and
selection processes outside of the digital preservation system
Do you have architectural 3D data?
We are interested in your requirements!
For more information, visit www.duraark.eu
Conclusion
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michael.panitz@tib.uni-hannover.de
Thank you. Questions? Suggestions?
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