Interexchange Museum Database via Web Service

Abstract

This paper is a conceptual presentation of a standardized museum database capable of exchanging information across various museum exhibitions in different countries. The design is a result of a study conducted on the database for cultural and artistic museum collections from multiple agencies. The study proposes a standardized database containing a collection of common, required information among museums, as well as additional related information. Implementation of the conceptual database design is expected to ensure important information is not lost during data exchange, allow remote database searches from one museum to another, and enable the exchange of cultural and artistic information internationally between countries that employ the same standard.