Alter Heritage: A web app to gather expert knowledge on inclusive cultural heritage metadata

Abstract

In this demo paper, we present the web application Alter Heritage. Its goal is to support researchers in collecting domain experts' knowledge about inclusive cultural heritage metadata. While stakeholders in the cultural sector have been formulating strategies to mitigate biases in metadata, there is little empirical knowledge on how the metadata can be revised for inclusivity by users. With Alter Heritage, researchers can study what kind of alterations users make in artefacts' metadata to make it inclusive, how these alterations differ per artefacts and users. We develop the app's core metadata editing functionality based on requirements elicited from existing practices and guidelines in the cultural heritage domain. The data gathered via Alter Heritage will contribute to understanding of the specific alterations that make digital artefacts' metadata more inclusive