Track 10 – H2IOSC Project Development (H2IOSC SESSION)
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• Riccardo Colella – CNR ISPC, Italy
H2IOSC Project Development
Prototyper: a web3D platform for collaborative design and simulation of hybrid museum
exhibitions
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Marcello Massidda, Bruno Fanini, and Sofia Pescarin
Shaping a Web3D framework for different scientific communities: ATON as a service in H2IOSC
Bruno Fanini, Giorgio Gosti, Chiara Florise Amadei, and Sofia Menconero
The Illuminated Manuscripts pilot project: a hub dedicated to the interdisciplinary study
of ancient codices, integrated into the DigiLab-IT platform
Eva Pietroni, Alessandra Chirivì, Matteo Greco, Andrea Pandurino, Alberto Bucciero,
Alessandro Lupinacci, Romano Aloisi, and Marco Cozza
StoneVerse: Models and Methods in Cultural Heritage. The Open-Science Platform for
Reproducible Modelling of Stone Decay
Elia Onofri, Sofia Bizzarro, Sandro Tassa, Michela Czech, and Gabriella Bretti
Estimating Cultural Heritage Processes Using Approximate Bayesian Computation
Paola Stolfi, Elia Onofri, and Gabriella Bretti
Merging Knowledge and Tools in Heritage Science and Digital Archaeology. Practices from
H2IOSC WP2
Giacomo Mancuso, Alessandra Caravale, Antonio D'Eredità, and Paola Moscati
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Item Prototyper: a web3D platform for collaborative design and simulation of hybrid museum exhibitions(The Eurographics Association, 2025) Massidda, Marcello; Fanini, Bruno; Pescarin, Sofia; Campana, Stefano; Ferdani, Daniele; Graf, Holger; Guidi, Gabriele; Hegarty, Zackary; Pescarin, Sofia; Remondino, FabioHybrid Exhibition Design (HED) involves physical environments and digital layers (e.g. AR/VR, IoT, and web3D), introducing multidisciplinary complexity across curatorial, design, and technological domains. To address the need for flexible, scalable, and accessible Authoring Tools (AT) in this context, we propose a methodological framework based on layered abstraction (components, widgets, templates), aiming to streamline collaborative design and rapid prototyping. Applying this methodology within the ATON framework, we developed ''Prototyper'', a web-based 3D authoring platform that enables non-developers to design, configure, and simulate hybrid museum experiences. The Prototyper Minimum Viable Product (MVP) implements minimal but expandable features, including 3D model integration, semantic interaction mapping, spatial measurements, and viewpoint simulation within a widget-based architecture. Developed as a proof of concept within the H2IOSC Project, this work demonstrates the feasibility of empowering co-design processes, reducing technical bottlenecks, and supporting more iterative, multidisciplinary approaches to exhibition planning in Cultural Heritage (CH) contexts.Item Shaping a Web3D framework for different scientific communities: ATON as a service in H2IOSC(The Eurographics Association, 2025) Fanini, Bruno; Gosti, Giorgio; Amadei, Chiara Florise; Menconero, Sofia; Campana, Stefano; Ferdani, Daniele; Graf, Holger; Guidi, Gabriele; Hegarty, Zackary; Pescarin, Sofia; Remondino, FabioH2IOSC is a pioneering project to create a federated and inclusive cluster of research infrastructures targeting researchers from various disciplines, involved in the humanities and cultural heritage sectors with operating nodes across Italy. Within the project, several tools and services are being redesigned and/or refactored to improve accessibility for targeted communities. Among the solutions offered by E-RIHS infrastructure, the ATON framework - exposed as a service in the H2IOSC federation - was heavily refactored to accommodate the increasing demand of diverse scientific communities and their feedback for the last 10 years. With several H2IOSC pilots depending on ATON, as well as multiple national and international active projects, we discuss how the framework and its architecture evolved to quickly adapt and embrace a variety of scenarios, with a dynamic extensibility model. We report the beneficial impact H2IOSC trans-national and national (TNA/NA) calls had on driving such refactoring, based on concrete scenarios and international/national use cases. Alongside improved scalability, interoperability and mechanisms for integration with external platforms and other ecosystems, we describe plug\&play models for vertical and horizontal extensibility. We illustrate the improved plug\&play architecture for Web3D/WebXR applications, offering an accelerator to easily develop and deploy vertical applications, embracing the progressive web-application (PWA) model. We report and discuss results obtained in the last few years, including a few ongoing H2IOSC pilots and other projects adopting such models on their own instances of the framework. We also present and discuss the new ''flares'' architecture, providing a new way to extend horizontally the functionalities of the framework, able to dynamically equip web applications or extend ATON micro-service architecture. We describe a few notable cases and how flares hugely impact the overall extensibility of the framework (both client and server side). We finally present a discussion with lessons learned and how this new architecture accelerates infrastructural deployment while offering new ways to dynamically shape the operating perimeter of the service for different scientific communities.Item The Illuminated Manuscripts pilot project: a hub dedicated to the interdisciplinary study of ancient codices, integrated into the DigiLab-IT platform(The Eurographics Association, 2025) Pietroni, Eva; Chirivì, Alessandra; Greco, Matteo; Pandurino, Andrea; Bucciero, Alberto; Lupinacci, Alessandro; Aloisi, Romano; Cozza, Marco; Campana, Stefano; Ferdani, Daniele; Graf, Holger; Guidi, Gabriele; Hegarty, Zackary; Pescarin, Sofia; Remondino, FabioThe ''Illuminated Manuscripts Hub'' provides innovative digital services, tools, and VR environments aiming to increase the knowledge of handwritten and decorated ancient codices. A new cross-disciplinary approach is introduced in the study, digital representation, and knowledge transmission of these complex artefacts, going beyond the traditional 2D digitisation and digital catalogues. Manuscripts are presented in their tangible and intangible aspects, including invisible features hidden beneath the surface. A knowledge graph, as well as 2D representations,3D and 4D virtual models integrate and contextualise information related to decorative apparatus, text and writing, structure, execution techniques, materials, state of conservation. These contents adopt standard formats and frameworks such as IIIF and GLTF, and the collections are accessible through the DigiLab-IT, aiming to be the digital access platform to the Italian node of the European Infrastructure for Heritage Science (E-RIHS), financed by the PNRR H2IOSC project (Humanities and Cultural Heritage Italian Open Science Cloud). The ''Illuminated Manuscripts Hub'' is addressed to the research community and integrates widespread open-source frameworks supporting interoperable formats and providing specialised players and tools, such as Mirador and ATON. Common users can access it for consultation purposes only; users logged in as editors can enrich digital collections with additional content stemming from their research.Item StoneVerse: Models and Methods in Cultural Heritage. The Open-Science Platform for Reproducible Modelling of Stone Decay(The Eurographics Association, 2025) Onofri, Elia; Bizzarro, Sofia; Tassa, Sandro; Czech, Michela; Bretti, Gabriella; Campana, Stefano; Ferdani, Daniele; Graf, Holger; Guidi, Gabriele; Hegarty, Zackary; Pescarin, Sofia; Remondino, FabioThe preservation of cultural heritage is increasingly challenged by environmental factors such as weathering and pollutant exposure, which accelerate the deterioration of historic buildings, statues, and architectural elements. Understanding and mitigating these degradation processes require advanced modelling techniques and open access to experimental data. However, until now, a unified platform integrating state-of-the-art simulation models with a structured repository for data sharing is still lacking. In this work, we introduce StoneVerse, a web-based platform designed to support the study of porous material degradation in built heritage. Developed in alignment with the FAIR principles -Findability, Accessibility, Interoperability, and Reusability-, StoneVerse serves as a collaborative environment where researchers can both share experimental data and access simulation algorithms for predicting damage caused by water infiltration. To the best of our knowledge, it is the first digital platform of its kind, providing open-source computational tools for monitoring stone deterioration alongside a cohesive framework for data publication and dissemination. StoneVerse is developed within the European project ''Humanities and cultural Heritage Italian Open Science Cloud'' - H2IOSC - NextGenerationEU.Item Estimating Cultural Heritage Processes Using Approximate Bayesian Computation(The Eurographics Association, 2025) Stolfi, Paola; Onofri, Elia; Bretti, Gabriella; Campana, Stefano; Ferdani, Daniele; Graf, Holger; Guidi, Gabriele; Hegarty, Zackary; Pescarin, Sofia; Remondino, FabioUnderstanding water absorption dynamics in porous materials is crucial for the preservation of cultural heritage artifacts, particularly in assessing the risk of deterioration due to moisture. In this work, we propose a Bayesian framework for parameter estimation of differential models describing imbibition curves---\ie, the amount of water absorbed over time by a material. Due to the complexity of the forward models and the intractability of the likelihood function, we employ the Approximate Bayesian Computation methodology to infer the model parameters based on experimental data. The proposed approach enables a probabilistic characterization of parameter uncertainty. We validate the method using synthetic and real experimental data collected from materials commonly found in historical buildings and artworks. Results show that the inference method accurately captures the underlying absorption dynamics and can serve as a reliable tool to support preventive conservation strategies.Item Merging Knowledge and Tools in Heritage Science and Digital Archaeology. Practices from H2IOSC WP2(The Eurographics Association, 2025) Mancuso, Giacomo; Caravale, Alessandra; D'Eredità, Antonio; Moscati, Paola; Campana, Stefano; Ferdani, Daniele; Graf, Holger; Guidi, Gabriele; Hegarty, Zackary; Pescarin, Sofia; Remondino, FabioAs part of H2IOSC WP2, the Rome UO (CNR-ISPC) contributed to mapping and understanding the Cultural Heritage (CH) and Heritage Science (HS) communities through an integrated strategy. Activities included an exploratory questionnaire, targeted interviews on digital practices, and the development of open access platforms such as DHeLO, BiDiAr, and the Open Digital Archaeology Hub. These initiatives aimed to observe and monitor digital outputs, identify gaps, and foster the aggregation of research projects, datasets, tools, and bibliographic resources. The work reflects a broader effort to build sustainable, community-driven digital infrastructures aligned with the evolving needs of the CH and HS research ecosystems.