Digital Heritage

Digital heritage is the use of digital media in the service of preserving cultural or natural heritage [1]. It is defined by the UNESCO as " made up of computer-based materials of enduring value that should be kept for future generations".

This heritage can come from different communities, industries, sectors and regions, cover various resources that are whether cultural, educational, scientific, technical or medical. Many of these resources have a lasting value and should be preserved, as they are part of the heritage for current and future generations. Using computers and related tools, they can be converted into digital form. Some resources are created digitally, such as texts, images, audio, graphics, web pages, among a wide and growing range of formats. They require purposeful production, maintenance and management to be retained. [2]

Digital Heritage is a subset of Digital Humanities that focuses on preserving and exploring our combined cultural heritage. [3]