Dear Martin, that is very good to hear! Not all institutes and directors are sensitive to the importance of this kind of (mostly 'invisible') research support, and the need to have long-term security for it. Just out of interest, what are examples of the 'other organizations and enterprises, which benefit economically from the CRM'? I could imagine that organizations are not really aware of these benefits, or have not translated them into economic terms... Best regards,
Martijn On Tue, Jun 11, 2024 at 6:48 PM Martin Doerr via Crm-sig < crm-sig@ics.forth.gr> wrote: > Dear All, > > Since the conception of the CIDOC CRM, FORTH as an institution is > supporting the maintenance of the CIDOC CRM actively by providing > labour, IT infrastructure and travel budgets, as a considerable > voluntary offer to ICOM-CIDOC. Technically responsible for supporting > the CIDOC CRM within FORTH is the staff of the Center for Cultural > Informatics, an activity of FORTH's Institute of Computer Science. > > The Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas (FORTH) is a public, > non-profit research institution of private law of Greece, and one of its > largest research institutions. FORTH reports to the General Secretariat > for Research and Innovation of the Ministry of Development. > > The main income of FORTH constitute competitive international, national > and private research grants. The support for the maintenance of the > CIDOC CRM by FORTH has typically been financed by research grants > managed by the Center for Cultural Informatics that support and allow > for justifying such expenses. In 2023, the Board of Directors of FORTH > decided to support the maintenance of the CIDOC CRM in addition as > general FORTH internal project for at least another two years to > safeguard the activity against possible financial shortcomings with the > current practice. > > As chair of CRM-SIG, I therefore suggested in 2023 the SIG to consider > models by which other organizations and enterprises, which benefit > economically from the CRM, may also contribute with some resources to > the maintenance of the CIDOC CRM, in their own interest in the longevity > of the standard and as a sort of moral obligation, receiving however no > practical proposals so far. This should not have been interpreted as an > intention by FORTH to discontinue its support. > > I am glad to announce that the Board of Directors of FORTH has recently > confirmed its generous continued interest and ability of FORTH in the > maintenance of the CIDOC Conceptual Reference model in long terms. > Financially, this is currently secured for at least another five years. > In addition, there is permanent staff of the Center for Cultural > Informatics that engages in the maintenance of the CIDOC CRM explicitly > as part of their job description. > > Looking forward to many more years of fruitful and pleasant > collaboration between FORTH and CIDOC, > > Martin Doerr > > chair, CRM-SIG > > -- > ------------------------------------ > Dr. Martin Doerr > > Honorary Head of the > Center for Cultural Informatics > > Information Systems Laboratory > Institute of Computer Science > Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas (FORTH) > > N.Plastira 100, Vassilika Vouton, > GR70013 Heraklion,Crete,Greece > > Email: mar...@ics.forth.gr > Web-site: http://www.ics.forth.gr/isl > > _______________________________________________ > Crm-sig mailing list > Crm-sig@ics.forth.gr > http://lists.ics.forth.gr/mailman/listinfo/crm-sig > -- Dr. Martijn van Leusen Associate Professor, Landscape Archaeology, Groningen Institute of Archaeology Poststraat 6, 9712ER Groningen (Netherlands) / phone +31 50 3636717 / +31 6 18798873 Chair, GIA Advisory Board - Chair, Teaching Committee for the Research Master Program - Convenor, International Mediterranean Survey Workshop Academia page <https://rug.academia.edu/MartijnvanLeusen>
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