Collaborative access through semantically enhanced distributed & diversified cultural content

This paper reports specifically on the architectural and design issues associated with the development of web portal that will act as a conceptual platform of online utilities that enable users to collaboratively author and manage cultural resources in the globally distributed environment, featuring a web-based portal with multifaceted interfaces that can additionally be utilised as an educational and pedagogical tool delivering a virtual expedition. The project combines in a novel manner the research and exploitation of cutting edge technologies of ontology engineering for semantic web and distributed content management.