ExtendedMatrix: v.1.2.0

Official repository of the Extended Matrix formal language

The Extended Matrix (EM) is a scientific method and formal language for the Cultural Heritage domain. It is based on knowledge graph networks and grounded on FAIR and Open Science principles. EM formalises complex interpretative philological phenomena such as virtual reconstructive hypotheses in a transparent and robust manner; EM enables verifiability of results, reusability of data and collaborative interpretation.

EM allows experts involved in reconstructive processes to: 

• organize the complexity of reasonings behind;

• map the sources employed;

• support the compatibility of reconstructive pipelines with other ontologies;

• declare the reliability of your final proposals;

• present your final results both as a graph-of-knowledge and a series of 3D models;

EM provide also a suite of interoperable open-source software tools, namely the Extended Matrix Framework (EMF), that allows the creation, visualization, exploration and sharing online of cultural heritage 3D models. Examples are the EM-tools, 3DSC and EMviq software tools.

The original GitHub repository of the EM formal language can be found here

Channel to join the community of users Telegram open-group

For more details see the EM website

References

The main bibliographical reference (open access) of this version of the EM (1.2) is:

*Demetrescu, Emanuel, e Daniele Ferdani. 2021. «From Field Archaeology to Virtual Reconstruction: A Five Steps Method Using the Extended Matrix». Applied Sciences 11 (11). https://doi.org/10.3390/app11115206.*

You can find here a selected list of publications where EM was employed in different national and international projects.

Contribute to EM

You are more than welcome to contribute to the project by spotting bugs/issues and providing code or solutions through pull requests to fix or improve EM features. Use the aforementioned original Git Hub repository for collaborative editing.