The LOD-LAM Summit is a biennial meeting that brings together the community of researchers involved in the development and application of Linked Open Data (LOD) technology for the publication of the cultural heritage on the Web. In line with the previous summits, the fourth edition in 2017 takes the form of a two-day workshop. At the end of the workshop, awards will be given to the best projects presented and discussed during the two days.

LOD is the latest, most promising semantic Web technology for the publication of online archives, capable of transforming and structuring information and enhancing its search methods, analysis and visualisation. One peculiar feature is the capacity to relate data of various types and from different institutions, creating a kind of virtual global network. The Summit provides the opportunity for discussions and exchanges of experiences thus making an important contribution to scientific research in the sector. It has been organized by the Fondazione Cini together with a group of leading international cultural institutions: Europeana of King’s College London, the Getty Institute, the University of Houston, the Metropolitan New York Library Council (METRO), Cornell University Library, CNR, the Public Record Office, Victoria, the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA), New York Public Library (NYPL), DigitalNZ, the National Library of Colombia, North Rhine-Westphalian Library Service Center hbz Germany, the University of Bologna, the Institute of Information Science – Academia Sinica, Taipei Taiwan, the National Institute of Informatics Japan, OCLC, Kent State University Ohio, Istituto per i beni artistici, culturali e naturali Regione Emilia-Romagna, Regesta.exe, and the Pratt Institute, New York. Organising this event confirms the important role assumed by the Fondazione Cini over the last three years, following the launch of major projects, such as Replica, the Atlante Linguistico del Mediterraneo, and the digitisation of Institutes’ archives.

For more information visit www.summit2017.lodlam.net