Turning CHIC into eCHIC

The present contribution does not intend to provide a comprehensive view on the CHIC project; its goal is to outline some relevant aspects to be adequately considered in the design and implementation phases of the project. The set of selected aspects includes: archiving standards and available data, minimum standards ensuring sustainability, interoperability of data, information system architecture, eGovernment basics, and long term preservation of digital content. These aspects do not cover all the key points to be taken into account in setting up the CHIC but may be considered a reminder in order to ease a fruitful implantation of the ID card. The state of art of cultural heritage in Europe is well known and evident, the wealth of artworks and goods, expression of every kind of art from graffiti to frescos and architecture, issued along the centuries care of different people that inhabited the continent from Greeks to Renaissance and over, characterises uniquely the European cultural heritage. It sounds strange but it is this cultural wealth that causes problems that trouble the European Art. The present contribution will mainly focus on “built heritage”, even if major part of the topics may be shared by all kinds of heritage including the intangible one.