The Open Memory Apulia platform. How Open Data turns in Digital Heritage (DH)

In 2020, the EU proclaimed the need to turn the digitization processes to create and manage records related to the identities of European Communities, transforming data into historical sources of the present time for future generations. In this scenario, the Open Data paradigm plays a decisive role in creating and managing innovative models of digital libraries (DLs). In this paper, we describe the current state-of-the-art of this paradigm, showing how Open Data are essential for communities and discussing the issues that this argument could generate. Afterwards, the research on pilot Open Data DL Open Memory Apulia is presented, focusing on an innovative approach to managing the resources. The digital asset’s metadata includes information on digital records’ content, their relations with context, and their provenance, according to a dynamic path compliant with quality and certification requirements. The aim is to foster active interaction of users with the collection, linking the datasets enclosed within the DL by relationship metadata.