Cultural heritage organisations face the challenge of preserving vast digital and physical collections while making them accessible in modern, engaging ways. Data and metadata standards and interoperability are essential for ensuring long-term access and reuse.
We work with institutions such as The National Archives and the BBC to design data platforms, catalogues, and metadata systems. Our consultancy includes ontology development, data integration, and advice on sustainable digital preservation.
Whether improving internal data governance, linking collections for public access, or designing services that open up archives for new uses, we help cultural organisations realise the full value of their data.
Common challenges we solve:
- Digital preservation: ensuring collections are stored and accessible for the long term.
- Inconsistent metadata: archives and collections described differently, making discovery hard.
- Opening collections: balancing public access with rights management and security.
- Interoperability: linking heritage datasets across institutions and platforms.
- Service design: moving from static catalogues to user-centred, engaging digital services.
See Our Projects pages for examples of our work.
The National Archives
BBC
Working with Epimorphics
If your institution is rethinking how collections can be linked, discovered, reused (internally or externally) – let’s work together on a strategy and platform to make your heritage‑data fully connected, future‑ready and digitally innovative.
