Enabling the creation, provision and reuse of high-quality, semantically rich, interoperable cultural data

Vision

ECHOLOT revolutionizes the provision and reuse of high-quality, interoperable Cultural Heritage data with AI-powered enrichment, integrating seamlessly in the European Collaborative Cloud for Cultural Heritage (ECCCH) and empowering the research and creative sectors. Bringing together major initiatives, such as Europeana and the Wikimedia movement, alongside key EU-infrastructure projects, including ECHOES, EOSC, and the Data Space for Cultural Heritage (DS4CH), ECHOLOT contributes innovative, easy-to-use and accessible technical solutions and collaboration models.

Foundation

To ensure that the next generation of cultural data tools meets real needs and reflects real capabilities and values, the activities and goals of ECHOLOT are based on four main pillars.

Integration & Interoperability

Development of the software and interoperability models to be seamlessly integrated as a service in the Cultural Heritage Cloud infrastructure.

Workflows & Enrichment

Development of hybrid curation workflows based on AI-enhanced processing and human input, including quality checking, provenance and rights management.

Innovation & Sustainability

Development of innovative collaboration and business models driving the necessary long-term social and organisational changes.

Collaboration & Communities

Validation and engagement with diverse CHIs across Europe through a series of five distinct case studies, in addition to capacity building activities and training modules.

Case studies

ECHOLOT is validated through five real-world case studies, each of which ad dresses a different CH-related challenge and demonstrates the project’s impact across the sector.