Project to Operationalize the Seville Principles
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Date
2025
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The Eurographics Association
Abstract
The Seville Principles (2017), ratified by ICOMOS as a code of best practices in Virtual Archaeology, remain a foundational document in the field of Virtual Archaeology (VA). However, like all such frameworks, their impact depends not only on their content but also on how they are operationalized. This article outlines a new initiative to translate the Seville Principles into concrete, sustainable practice. Drawing on successful models in digital humanities, archival science, and museum ethics, the authors propose a decentralized but credible infrastructure centered on an Oversight Committee and a dedicated website hosted by the Virtual World Heritage Laboratory at Indiana University. This platform will include a document library, a public blog for debate and updates, a voluntary project registration system, and a peer-reviewed compliance process administered via Studies in Digital Heritage. Projects that meet the standards of the Seville Principles will receive a Seal of Compliance, helping to distinguish methodologically rigorous, source-based reconstructions from artistic or speculative renderings. By embedding the code in a transparent, participatory, and evolving framework, this initiative aims to promote ethical rigor, community cohesion, and public trust in scientifically grounded VA work. Finally, we appeal to participants in DH25 to support and volunteer to help this project!
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@inproceedings{10.2312:dh.20253007,
booktitle = {Digital Heritage},
editor = {Campana, Stefano and Ferdani, Daniele and Graf, Holger and Guidi, Gabriele and Hegarty, Zackary and Pescarin, Sofia and Remondino, Fabio},
title = {{Project to Operationalize the Seville Principles}},
author = {Frischer, Bernard and Bendicho, Víctor Manuel López-Menchero},
year = {2025},
publisher = {The Eurographics Association},
ISBN = {978-3-03868-277-6},
DOI = {10.2312/dh.20253007}
}