Australian Poetry: Production, Distribution and Reception. This project will promote a greater appreciation and understanding of Australian poetry by providing electronic access to a wide and reliable range of poetic texts as well as to extensive critical and other material relating to them. It will encourage teachers to use more Australian material in their English classes as well as making Australian poetry much more available to readers in remote and regional areas and overseas. It will also ....Australian Poetry: Production, Distribution and Reception. This project will promote a greater appreciation and understanding of Australian poetry by providing electronic access to a wide and reliable range of poetic texts as well as to extensive critical and other material relating to them. It will encourage teachers to use more Australian material in their English classes as well as making Australian poetry much more available to readers in remote and regional areas and overseas. It will also help Australian poets by increasing awareness of their work; involvement of the collaborating organisation CAL will ensure that writers receive payment for use of copyright material.Read moreRead less
The application of concept lattices to digital museum collection management and access. The project provides Australia access to, and champions for, leading-edge, content-based multimedia management and retrieval. For the past two decades, Australia has been a world leader in museum management, particularly in the areas of collection access and digitisation. This project will assist one of the nation's most significant museums to maintain a competitive edge nationally and internationally throu ....The application of concept lattices to digital museum collection management and access. The project provides Australia access to, and champions for, leading-edge, content-based multimedia management and retrieval. For the past two decades, Australia has been a world leader in museum management, particularly in the areas of collection access and digitisation. This project will assist one of the nation's most significant museums to maintain a competitive edge nationally and internationally through new approaches to annotating, searching and navigating digital collections. Trialled in this major institution, the project outcomes have great potential for dissemination and application throughout the collections sector.Read moreRead less
Structured natural language descriptions for semantic content retrieval of visual data. The richness of visual data complicates the task of indexing their content for database retrieval. Retrieval based on semantic content is more natural than retrieval based on textures or colours but the most common approach - keyword search - lacks precision, while a newer approach - automatic parsing of free-text descriptions - lacks accuracy. We propose a system of metadata and content descriptions, where c ....Structured natural language descriptions for semantic content retrieval of visual data. The richness of visual data complicates the task of indexing their content for database retrieval. Retrieval based on semantic content is more natural than retrieval based on textures or colours but the most common approach - keyword search - lacks precision, while a newer approach - automatic parsing of free-text descriptions - lacks accuracy. We propose a system of metadata and content descriptions, where content descriptions must be phrases composed of basic grammatical terms. Description components may be elements from external resources such as thesauri and databases, providing a rich superstructure for meaningful retrieval of visual data by semantic content.Read moreRead less
Strategies for Sustaining Aboriginal Song and Dance in the Modern World: the Mowanjum and Fitzroy River Valley communities of WA. This project makes a major contribution to the community in which it is based by developing an appropriate and efficient model for cultural maintenance and regeneration through repatriation, recording, documentation, and digital dissemination. National benefit derives from the development of a model to preserve and sustain endangered cultural knowledges associated wit ....Strategies for Sustaining Aboriginal Song and Dance in the Modern World: the Mowanjum and Fitzroy River Valley communities of WA. This project makes a major contribution to the community in which it is based by developing an appropriate and efficient model for cultural maintenance and regeneration through repatriation, recording, documentation, and digital dissemination. National benefit derives from the development of a model to preserve and sustain endangered cultural knowledges associated with song and dance, and a pre-emptive strategy for the recovery of almost extinct traditions. National benefit also derives from establishing Australia at the forefront of international efforts to safeguard intangible cultural heritages, by revealing how access to recordings via digital platforms contributes to cultural maintenance and regeneration.Read moreRead less