Introducing Scientific Reference Model and Critical Digital Model – Methodological Approach in Hypothetical Source-Based 3D Reconstruction of Built Cultural Heritage
摘要
In 3D digital documentation for Digital Cultural Heritage (DCH), integrating Scientific Reference Models (SRM) and Critical Digital Models (CDM) presents a structured method for managing metadata, paradata, and geometrical data—key components for ensuring high-quality, transparent, and reusable 3D heritage assets. These models directly tackle significant challenges in the DCH community: establishing rigorous documentation standards, promoting scholarly transparency, and aligning with international charters and EU quality standards for 3D digitization. SRM sets up a foundational framework that emphasizes web-based publication, metadata and paradata, and technical reliability based on standardized data exchange formats. It stresses interoperability and FAIR principles (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable), enabling the creation of models that serve as foundational references for ongoing digital heritage research and reusability. CDM explores the interpretive aspect of documentary sources, tracking hypothetical and conjectural decisions while representing uncertainty levels that inform digital heritage models. By integrating documentation and classification standards, CDM guarantees methodological transparency and scholarly credibility in 3D reconstructions. Together, SRM and CDM form a cohesive methodology that improves structure, interoperability, reliability, and interpretive clarity in digital heritage documentation. This methodological framework, rooted in research and educational practices, provides a viable scientific standard for sustainable digital heritage preservation.