ABSTRACT

This paper illustrates an Internet hypermedia application for the preservation and enjoyment of cultural resources, in this case sculptured monuments and accessories which have been the object of surveys at the Monumental Cemetery of Milan. The application is part of a project conceived for the use in public institutions in Italy: consequently, this first version is in Italian. Its users are a complex community where people with different functions and specific tasks interact in the management and utilisation of cultural resources. The problem in developing an application of this kind is twofold involving on one side, the definition of community's problems and the definition of support they can hope to obtain from computer science: and on the other, the implementation of that support in integrated tools that can supply the desired functions. The paper also discusses the implications of the technological situation today when the rapid transformation of communication in the management of cultural resources calls for careful thinking about the new tools available and their reliability. about training requisites and possibilities, and about the times and resources required to develop and mantain innovative, useful applications.