The department store metaphor: Organizing, presenting and accessing cultural heritage components in a complex framework

We present a part of a wider research activity carried on within the CNR Interdepartmental Project named "Cultura e Territorio". The project considers the interaction between culture and territory, this interaction determines co-evolving processes to which social, economic and knowledge phenomena are associated. Considering this very complex context we develop information management tools aiming to organize, present and access the CNR's research components in the field of cultural heritage fruition, monitoring and conservation in a adaptive and dynamic way. The Department Store metaphor to organize, present and access research components in a complex framework can be usefully adopted as a guide line to define components characteristics and clustering, adaptive and dynamic presentation and accessing strategy. © 2009 The authors and IOS Press. All rights reserved. All rights reserved.