Semantic annotation of 3D digital representation of cultural artefacts

This paper is an extended abstract that describe the significance of the 3D Semantic Annotation research project and its up-to-date result. The paper shows a brief understanding of how annotation service was recognised by the cultural heritage institutions and some major problems that exist in current 3D annotation services. Several possible solutions are documented such as allowing attaching annotations to meaningful parts (3D regions or segments) and ontology-based annotations (Folksonomy and taxonomy hybrid), which potentially can enhance the ability to index and search in a large digital repository. In the later section, this paper will mention the current progress of the research--algorithms that make possibility to attach annotation and migrate between 3D format and a 2.5D format. This paper also defines the methodology and plan about this project.