Arachne

The iDAI.objects Arachne website operates as a semantic archive managing nearly five million entries, consolidating digitized print publications, spatial drawings, field photographs, and 3D models across major regional departments, including Rome, Athens, Cairo, and Istanbul. A key structural feature is its unified data model mapped to the CIDOC-CRM ontology, which links physical objects or monuments directly to contextual documents and archival images. Serving archaeologists, classical historians, and data developers, the platform provides high practical value by safeguarding fragile heritage media against physical decay, hosting tools for publishing independent datasets, and enabling machine-readable Semantic Web integration for global cultural tracking.