This is the homepage of Maritime Archaeological Society of Finland (MAS) UNESCO NGO program "Baltic Sea 3D Wreck Ontology". The program aims at a Baltic Sea wide interlinked wrecksite ontology, which would enable quantitative research on shipwreck typologies of various historical periods and wrecksite locations. The program does not advocate yet another monolithic database, but instead a distributed model, in which the various local databases would be compatible with a common datamodel and share the same typologies, as well as methodologies for defining them. All deliverables and resulting information would be published online according to Open Science and Open Data principles...   .

Join us in online Baltic Sea 3D Wreck Ontology workshop 24.04.2025 at 5 PM CET

AGENDA

- Short introductions
   - Who's who on the call

- Why we're here?
   - Definition of the "3D wreck ontology" and what is it good for

- Horisontal vs. vertical research
   - Short introduction to ontological i.e. horisontal research

- Why and how is it done?
   - Survey process and proof of concept by MAS

- Where shall we go next?
   - Short discussion on strategic goals of the Baltic wreck research

- What do we need?
   - A round table discussion on what we need to get going.

- How are we going to organize?
   - Should we get organized or is it just communication?

- Next steps?
   - Next meeting, collaboration platform etc.

     (Our ISBSA poster can be downloaded here)

Microsoft Teams 26.11.2024 at 5 PM CET (16:00 EET)

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Meeting ID: 394 975 131 601, Passcode: WM62Fc

Short videos from the preliminary workshop

Maritime Archeological Society of Finland (mas.fi)

By cliking the image on the left, you can view a video introducing the MAS in just 90 seconds. The picture itself can be downloaded separately.

Definition of "3d wreck ontology"

By cliking the image on the left, you can view a video defining "3D wreck ontology" and the benefits thereof in abut 6 minutes. The picture itself can be downloaded separately.

Horisontal vs. vertical research

By cliking the image on the left, you can view a video describing the differences between "horizontal" and "vertical" research in abut 5 minutes. The picture itself can be downloaded separately.

The ontology process and stakeholders

By cliking the image on the left, you can view a video explaining the proof of concept MAS has done. The picture itself can be downloaded separately.

Additional resources

Explore the mas.fi website in english - click here.

Take a look at the 160+ 3D models of the shiwrecks in the Baltic sea at Sketchfab - click here.

Need to know more: mas@mas.fi

Download the flyer ATTN! wrong dates!!! (pdf here):