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Culture.si offers information on Slovene cultural producers, venues, festivals and support services, all in one place, in full shape from Autumn 2010. It encourages international cultural exchange in the fields of arts, culture and heritage.

Content

Culture.si offers an up to date Address book that can be searched by the region, discipline or type; as well as image and logo banks for download and use according to their specific licences.

The main content on Culture.si portal represents some 2,400 original and restructured articles on Slovene culture. They are tagged with over 400 different categories so that many useful lists can be obtained, for example: Brass band music, Comic art exhibition organisers, Cultural management web resources, Dance residencies, Embassies and consulates in Slovenia, Film periodicals, Literature venues, Museum libraries, Music festival organisers, New media art festivals, Recording studios, Theatre research, Visual arts awards, etc.

Culture.si publishes a calendar of previously unavailable announcements of cultural events from Slovenia happening around the world and offers information on the main international events in Slovenia with links to relevant articles and selected external links on programmes. The events are displayed selectively on thematic portal pages.

Photos

The photos on Culture.si have been obtained from Slovene producers and institutions, from Slovene photographers via Slovenia Press Photo Festival, while some were found on the Internet (free licences).

Background

Culture.si portal is based on the experience with the Cultural Profiles databases project managed by Visiting Arts. From 2002 till 2008 the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia in partnership with the British Council Slovenia actively supported the establishment and maintenance of the Slovenia Cultural Profile, a comprehensive English-language guide to culture in Slovenia, aimed at both cultural professionals and the general public.

Mission

Culture.si hopes to broaden and promote international cultural cooperation, as well as knowledge and recognition of Slovene culture.

User groups

There are several different groups which can benefit from the information offered by Culture.si. Although primarily designed to meet the needs of culture professionals, Culture.si also caters to researchers, students, artists, tourists and anyone looking for information on Slovene cultural institutions, organisations, producers, venues, festivals, heritage, funding, education, support services, etc. Culture professionals may benefit from thorough and regularly updated address books, timeline charts prepared for research purposes, and image and logo banks for easy incorporation into publications. Students of culture may benefit from lists of educational possibilities in Slovenia. Any material found on this portal may be used based on the specified terms.

Semantic MediaWiki cultural portal

In 2009 the Ministry of Culture initiated its own cultural portal for international cooperation with Slovenia called Culture.si. A flexible public database for the needs of cultural sphere built with semantic web principles, using open source and open formats, has been developed by Ljudmila - Ljubljana Digital Media Lab.

Enhance Wikipedia!

Wikipedia in English has over 3 million articles but not many of them are related to culture in/from Slovenia. Please, contribute! You can copy and adapt facts or texts from Culture.si by simply acknowledging the source (Culture.si, the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia).

External links

Culture.si portal
Slovenia Cultural Profile (2002–2007)

On Semantic MediaWiki:

Impressum

Editors: Helena Pivec, Alenka Pirman
Programming & realisation: Luka Frelih, Žiga Kranjec, Zoran Obradović

Ljudmila - Ljubljana Digital Media Lab at KUD France Prešeren Arts and Culture Association

Design: Atelje.Balant
Language editor: Jana Renée Wilcoxen
Photo editor: Žiga Kranjec
Photo agency: SPP Institute for Promotion of Photography
- Photographers: Edi Einspieler, Miha Fras, Žiga Koritnik, Matej Leskovšek, Borut Peterlin
Writers: Irena Duša Draž (copywriter), Katja Kosi (theatre & dance), Andreja Musar (literature), Alenka Pirman (Admin), Ivan Pirnat (museums), Helena Pivec (Editor), Janez Premk (archives & museums), Tea Pristolič (architecture & design), Maja Škerbot (visual arts & new media arts), Denis Valič (film), Ičo Vidmar (music), Jana Renée Wilcoxen, Miha Zadnikar (music)
Legal advisor: Urša Chitrakar
Founded and managed by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia.

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+   | name        = Helena Pivec
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-   | name        = Helena Pivec
+   | name        = Alenka Pirman
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+   | name        = Jana Renee Wilcoxen
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 {{Teaser|
-[[Culture.si]] offers information on the arts and heritage protagonists in Slovenia. The site's articles focus on [[:Category:Producers|cultural producers]], [[:Category:Venues|venues]], and [[:Category:Festivals|festivals]], [[:Category:Funding|funding]] and [[:Category:Education|education]] opportunities, and [[:Category:Support services|support services]]. The beta version of the portal was launched in [[established::2010]] by the [[Ministry of Culture]] in order to facilitate international cultural exchange.
+[[Culture.si]] offers information on Slovene [[:Category:Producers|cultural producers]], [[:Category:Venues|venues]], [[:Category:Festivals|festivals]] and support services, all in one place, in full shape from Autumn [[established::2010]]. It encourages international cultural exchange in the fields of arts, culture and heritage.
 }}
 ==Content==
-Culture.si offers an up to date [[Address book|address book]] (searchable by the [[Slovenia|region]], discipline or type) as well as [[Image Bank|image]] and [[Logos|logo]] banks for download and further use according to their specific licences.
+Culture.si offers an up to date [[Address book|address book]] that can be searched by the [[Slovenia|region]], discipline or type; as well as [[Image Bank|image]] and [[Logos|logo]] banks for download and use according to their specific licences.
-The main content on Culture.si portal represents some 2,400 original articles on culture in Slovenia. They are tagged with [[Special:Categories|over 400 different categories]] so that many useful lists can be obtained, for example: [[:Category:Brass band music|Brass band music]], [[:Category:Comic art exhibition organisers|Comic art exhibition organisers]], [[:Category:Cultural management web resources|Cultural management web resources]], [[:Category:Dance residencies|Dance residencies]], [[:Category:Embassies and consulates in Slovenia|Embassies and consulates in Slovenia]], [[:Category:Film periodicals|Film periodicals]], [[:Category:Literature venues|Literature venues]], [[:Category:Museum libraries|Museum libraries]], [[:Category:Music festival organisers|Music festival organisers]], [[:Category:New media art festivals|New media art festivals]], [[:Category:Recording studios|Recording studios]], [[:Category:Theatre research|Theatre research]], [[:Category:Visual arts awards|Visual arts awards]], etc.
+The main content on Culture.si portal represents some 2,400 original and restructured articles on Slovene culture. They are tagged with [[Special:Categories|over 400 different categories]] so that many useful lists can be obtained, for example: [[:Category:Brass band music|Brass band music]], [[:Category:Comic art exhibition organisers|Comic art exhibition organisers]], [[:Category:Cultural management web resources|Cultural management web resources]], [[:Category:Dance residencies|Dance residencies]], [[:Categories:Embassies and consulates in Slovenia|Embassies and consulates in Slovenia]], [[:Category:Film periodicals|Film periodicals]], [[:Category:Literature venues|Literature venues]], [[:Category:Museum libraries|Museum libraries]], [[:Category:Music festival organisers|Music festival organisers]], [[:Category:New media art festivals|New media art festivals]], [[:Category:Recording studios|Recording studios]], [[:Category:Theatre research|Theatre research]], [[:Category:Visual arts awards|Visual arts awards]], etc.
 Culture.si publishes a calendar of previously unavailable announcements of cultural events from Slovenia happening around the world and offers information on the main international events in Slovenia with links to relevant articles and selected external links on programmes. The events are displayed selectively on thematic portal pages.
 ==Photos==
-The photos on Culture.si have been obtained from Slovene producers and institutions, from Slovene photographers via [[Slovenia Press Photo Festival]], some were also found on the Internet (free licences).
+The photos on Culture.si have been obtained from Slovene producers and institutions, from Slovene photographers via [[Slovenia Press Photo Festival]], while some were found on the Internet (free licences).
 ==Background==
-Culture.si portal is based on the experience with the ''Cultural Profiles'' databases project initiated and managed by Visiting Arts, conceived by Tim Doling, Managing Editor, and developed by Librios Ltd. From 2002 till 2008 the [[Ministry of Culture]] of the Republic of Slovenia in partnership with the [[British Council Slovenia]] actively supported the establishment and maintenance of the ''Slovenia Cultural Profile'', a comprehensive English-language guide to culture in Slovenia, aimed at both cultural professionals and the general public. The publication ''Slovenia Cultural Profile'', based on the database, was issued in 2004 and 2008. The collection of data that had been developed in the ''Slovenia Cultural Profile'' as a result of inancial support from the Ministry of Culture provided the basis for the newly organised, updated, and redesigned MediaWiki Culture.si database.
+Culture.si portal is based on the experience with the ''Cultural Profiles'' databases project managed by Visiting Arts. From 2002 till 2008 the [[Ministry of Culture]] of the Republic of Slovenia in partnership with the [[British Council Slovenia]] actively supported the establishment and maintenance of the ''Slovenia Cultural Profile'', a comprehensive English-language guide to culture in Slovenia, aimed at both cultural professionals and the general public.
+==Mission==
+Culture.si hopes to broaden and promote international cultural cooperation, as well as knowledge and recognition of Slovene culture.
 ==User groups==
-Several different groups can benefit from the information offered by Culture.si. Although primarily designed to meet the needs of culture professionals, Culture.si also caters to researchers, students, artists, tourists and anyone looking for information on Slovene cultural institutions, organisations, producers, venues, festivals, heritage, funding, education, support services, etc. Culture professionals may benefit from thorough and regularly updated address books, timeline charts prepared for research purposes, and image and logo banks for easy incorporation into publications. Students of culture may benefit from lists of educational possibilities in Slovenia. Any material found on this portal may be used based on the specified terms.
+There are several different groups which can benefit from the information offered by Culture.si. Although primarily designed to meet the needs of culture professionals, Culture.si also caters to researchers, students, artists, tourists and anyone looking for information on Slovene cultural institutions, organisations, producers, venues, festivals, heritage, funding, education, support services, etc. Culture professionals may benefit from thorough and regularly updated address books, timeline charts prepared for research purposes, and image and logo banks for easy incorporation into publications. Students of culture may benefit from lists of educational possibilities in Slovenia. Any material found on this portal may be used based on the specified terms.
 ==Semantic MediaWiki cultural portal==
-This flexible public database for the needs of the cultural sphere is based on the principles of semantic web, using open source and open formats, and has been developed by [[Ljudmila - Ljubljana Digital Media Lab]].
+In 2009 the [[Ministry of Culture]] initiated its own cultural portal for international cooperation with Slovenia called ''Culture.si''. A flexible public database for the needs of cultural sphere built with semantic web principles, using open source and open formats, has been developed by [[Ljudmila - Ljubljana Digital Media Lab]].
 ==Enhance Wikipedia!==
-Wikipedia in English has over 3 million articles but not many of them are related to culture in/from Slovenia. Please, contribute! You may copy and adapt facts or texts from Culture.si by simply acknowledging the source (Culture.si, the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia).
+Wikipedia in English has over 3 million articles but not many of them are related to culture in/from Slovenia. Please, contribute! You can copy and adapt facts or texts from Culture.si by simply acknowledging the source (Culture.si, the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia).
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 * [[Site:Contact|Contact Culture.si]]
 * [[Sector for European Affairs and International Co-operation, Ministry of Culture]]
-* [[Culture.si:Press_clipping|Culture.si press clipping]]
+* [[Ministry of Culture]]
 ==External links==
 * [http://culture.ljudmila.net/ Culture.si portal]
 * [http://www.culturalprofiles.net/slovenia/Directories/Slovenia_Cultural_Profile/-1.html Slovenia Cultural Profile] (2002&ndash;2007)
 On Semantic MediaWiki:
 * [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/How_does_MediaWiki_work%3F About MediaWiki]
 * [http://semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Introduction_to_Semantic_MediaWiki About Semantic MediaWiki]
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 * Design: [[atelje.Balant]]
 * Language editor: Jana Renée Wilcoxen
-* Infobox editor: Živa Zupan
 * Photo editor: Žiga Kranjec
 * Photo agency: [[SPP Institute for Promotion of Photography]]
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 *Legal advisor: Urša Chitrakar
 * Founded and managed by the [[Ministry of Culture]] of the Republic of Slovenia.
+[[Category:Support services]]
+[[Category:Web resources]]
+[[Category:General web resources]]
+[[Category:Funding web resources]]
+[[Category:Design web resources]]
+[[Category:Architecture support services]]
+[[Category:Design support services]]
+[[Category:Architecture web resources]]
+[[Category:Literature web resources]]
+[[Category:Literature support services]]
+[[Category:Film web resources]]
+[[Category:Film support services]]
+[[Category:Music web resources]]
+[[Category:Music support services]]
+[[Category:Theatre web resources]]
+[[Category:Theatre support services]]
+[[Category:Dance web resources]]
+[[Category:Dance support services]]
+[[Category:Visual arts web resources]]
+[[Category:Visual arts support services]]
+[[Category:New media art web resources]]
+[[Category:New media art support services]]
+[[Category:Media support services]]
+[[Category:Museum web resources]]
+[[Category:Museum support services]]
+[[Category:Archive web resources]]
+[[Category:Archival support services]]
+[[Category:Library web resources]]
+[[Category:Library support services]]
+[[Category:Cultural management web resources]]
+[[Category:Cultural management support services]]