02341nas a2200373   4500000000100000000000100001008004100002260005900043653003400102653002300136653002600159653003100185653002400216653002400240653003400264653002300298653002300321653001200344653001500356653002900371653001600400653002200416653002600438653001700464653002700481653001600508100002100524700002600545245009000571856014600661300001200807520112300819020002501942       2016                            d  bInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.10aCultural heritage application10aCultural heritages10aCultural informations10aDesign and implementations10aDigital environment10aHeterogeneous users10aIntangible cultural heritages10aInternet of things10aInternet of things10aPortals10aSmart City10aSmart-phone applications10aSmartphones10acultural heritage10aparticipatory systems10aSmart cities10asmartphone application10aweb portals1 aZois Koukopoulos1 aDimitrios Koukopoulos00aA Participatory Digital Platform for Cultural Heritage within Smart City Environments  uhttps://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85019207288&doi=10.1109%2fSITIS.2016.71&partnerID=40&md5=875697a6009a41272431848f0047bccc  a412-4193 aCultural heritage applications within smart city environments are becoming extremely popular to public authorities. The success of such applications lies on several factors like user-friendliness and data presentation as well as the amount and accuracy of cultural data they can offer to users, static or mobile, on-demand. This paper presents the design and implementation of a multipurpose, multidiscipline digital platform that manages, preserves and disseminates tangible and intangible cultural heritage information, appropriate for the everyday use in smart city digital environments. The platform aims to become a participatory system that addresses not only to experts of cultural heritage and artists, but also amateurs and enthusiasts of cultural heritage. This vast and heterogeneous user base could be the only feasible way to support such data-hungry ecosystems, by providing cultural information at any time and place. The platform integrates a mobile services module that can host and support smartphone applications for the direct collection, digitization and presentation of cultural heritage content.  a9781509056989 (ISBN)