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What is Database (DB)

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Handbook of Research on Emerging Digital Tools for Architectural Surveying, Modeling, and Representation
A digital data archive containing categorized information. In the database, data are logically linked to allow information to be managed and organized efficiently. Databases are structured in a way that allows users to access, modify and delete information using dedicated software.
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The SIArch-Univaq: An Architectural Information System for Cultural Heritage
Romolo Continenza (University of L'Aquila, Italy) and Ilaria Trizio (ITC-CNR, Construction Technologies Institute, Italian National Research Council, Italy)
Copyright: © 2015 |Pages: 26
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-8379-2.ch010
Abstract
SIArch-Univaq is a knowledge-based instrument for the cataloging of historical architectural heritage, created to provide a powerful cognitive tool to all operators interested in studies and conservation. The principle characteristic of this architectural Information System is its notable capacity of in-depth analysis, going down to the identification of all the constructive components with simplicity of consultation, activated by one or more three-dimensional models deliberately created. Conceived at the University of L'Aquila (Italy) it was developed in the framework of research financed with funds from the Ministry for University and Scientific Research made available for projects of relevant national interest (PRIN). This article describes its structure, characteristics and functionalities.
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