02068nas a2200313   4500000000100000000000100001008004100002260004500043653002600088653002100114653001800135653002200153653002300175653003300198653003400231653002100265653002200286653001400308653002000322100002700342700001400369700002000383700002100403245011700424856014800541300001200689520102800701020002501729       2019                            d  bAssociation for Computing Machinery, Inc10aCollaborative systems10aContent curation10acrowdsourcing10acultural heritage10aCultural heritages10aIntangible cultural heritage10aIntangible cultural heritages10aLinked open data10aLinked open datum10aOpen Data10aPlants (botany)1 aMarcela Mauricio Yagui1 aLuis Maia1 aJonice Oliveira1 aAdriana Vivacqua00aA Crowdsourcing Platform for Curating Cultural and Empirical Knowledge. A Study Applied to Botanical Collections  uhttps://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85074319964&doi=10.1145%2f3358695.3360920&partnerID=40&md5=2d5a6d9bb3616bce9a554edaa83541ed  a322-3263 aEmpirical and Traditional knowledge is part of the concept of intangible cultural heritage, which represents immaterial cultural heritage items such as facts, stories, and traditions that are part of local culture. However, this knowledge might be lost over time. Encouraging public participation to record empirical knowledge is a way to preserve the culture of a region and make it known to others. This paper presents a web system that aims to record and to preserve empirical knowledge data. To achieve this goal, the tool uses three combined approaches: (i) crowdsourcing calls oriented to content creation by visitors; (ii) collaborative curation among experts for selection, evaluation, and publication of content; and (iii) interconnection between user contributions and data already available in open repositories on the web (in LOD format). The tool was applied in the Botany domain to curate empirical and cultural data about medicinal plants, where experts from the Rio de Janeiro Botanical Garden evaluated it.  a9781450369886 (ISBN)