Expertise and promotion of the web-sites of cultural heritage:
current proposals and possible decisions

A. Lagutin, D. Luchkin
Development and International Co-operation
Russian Cultural Heritage Network (RCHN)
Adress:103074, Russia, Moscow, Kitaigorodsky proezd, 7-2
Phone: (095) 135 33 85
e-mail: dimluch@rchn.org.ru
http:// www.rchn.org.ru

There's a huge quantity of the different interactive sources of cultural heritage information in the internet realm. Though the diversity is taken as a positive feature it's not when a lot of above mentioned sources is under the eligible quality and others aren't popular having very small traffic but people would be very delighted to get known them. This means that two real problems are existing in the area concerned. The first problem refers to low promotion of the web-sites and new interactive initiatives of cultural heritage in general due to the underestimation and poor motivation. The second one adheres to the absence of unified standards to deliver an expertise.

These problems are badly elaborated and thus there's a very slight movement to the point of resolution. The Russian Cultural Heritage Network puts forward proposal to create the mechanism for performing expertise of the interactive cultural heritage web-sites. The expertise can be conducted of whatever web-sites which are having no restrictions to be examined. This project could involve a lot of international participants via information technologies due to the complexity of this mission. In case of the implementing of the initiative a great positive output would be obtained. We're the efficient is easier to reached when work engages a international participation.