https://www.morphosource.org/
"MorphoSource is a publicly accessible 3D data repository where subject
experts, educators, and the general public can find, view, interact with, and
download 3D and 2D media representing physical objects important to the world’s
natural history, cultural heritage, and scientific collections. Media data are
contributed by a community that includes museums, institutions, researchers,
scholars, and other subject experts who use MorphoSource to archive data, share
findings, and increase scholarly impact. Contributed media represent both
biological objects such as fossils and representatives of living species, as
well as artifacts and objects created by humans that are critical to our shared
cultural heritage. Data users can find media through searching and browsing,
and can interact with media directly in the browser through preview tools that
support viewing, inspecting, and measuring 3D models, volumetric CT/MRI scans,
2D images, and videos. Data are commonly viewed or downloaded for research or
education purposes, but there are many other possible usage examples, such as
using data as inspiration for art or for 3D printing replicas of anatomical
elements. Institutions or individual data contributors determine how and for
what purposes their media may be used.
MorphoSource is also used by institutions and individual data contributors as a
resource for full-featured data curation and standardized yet flexible
documentation of the complex workflows typically needed for 3D images. Detailed
metadata, strong discovery tools, and powerful documentation make curated data
more easily findable, interpretable, and usable. There is strong technical
support for 3D media types and file formats, including 3D models with texture
and color, computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
volumetric data image stacks, photogrammetry raw image series, serial section
imagery, and others. The repository also supports 2D images and video (see full
list). Extensive metadata profiles are provided for both media and physical
objects. Further, explicit hierarchical connections can be documented and
tracked to connect the sequence of media produced in a workflow, leading from
raw parent media to derivative child media. Bringing these components together
allows curation, documentation, and communication of the often complex imaging
and processing workflows that produce 3D and/or 2D data (see data vocabulary).
Finally, MorphoSource is increasingly used by institutions to aggregate,
archive and manage digital representations of their collections’ physical
objects. Currently, over half of MorphoSource media are managed by official
teams representing museum staff and curators. The number of management teams is
growing. MorphoSource encourages increasing engagement and participation from
museums as key partners for addressing the long term preservation of its
rapidly growing trove of representational data."
Via Esther Schindler.
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
