DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13847403
title: Compilation of data collected in surveys on the WissKI-based 3D Repository with DFG 3D-Viewer project partners and architecture students from the Warsaw University of Technology and the Technical University of Łódź

description: The dataset contain the compiliation of responses from users of WissKI-based 3D Repository (https://3d-repository.hs-mainz.de/)., which is the open platform for deposit of 3D models of cultural heritage. The beta version of the WissKI 3D Repository, initiated in June 2022, has been subjected to evaluation by two primary target groups since its launch. The initial group, composed of students in the cultural heritage domain, was tasked with showcasing the importance of documenting and publishing 3D models of digital reconstructions. The survey with sutdents was conducted for three different classes: 

1) In summer 2022 with bachelor architectrue students at Warsaw University of Technology during seminar of choice regarding digital reconstruction of wooden synagogues;

2) In summer 2023 with bachelor architectrue students at Warsaw University of Technology, and master students from Technology University of Łódź during seminar of choice regarding digital reconstruction of wooden synagogues;

3) In autumn 2023 during international workshop about digital 3D heritage of CoVHer project with studnets of architecture from Warsaw Univeristy of Technology, Alma Mater Studiorum – Universita di Bologna, Facoltà di Architettura di Porto and Hochschule Mainz - University of Applied Sciences, as well as archaeology studnets from Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.

The second group, comprising digital 3D cultural heritage professionals, predominantly focused on archiving digital assets. Participants were project partners of DFG 3D Viewer project, which were professionals from the Institute of Archaeology at University Cologne, the Institute of Art History at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich, the Architecture, Civil Engineering and Urban Planning Department of BTU Cottbus Senftenberg, and the Detushce Museum. They were asked for evaluaton of system after three differetn stages of work: at the begging wihtout any introduction to the system, after proivision of intorudctionary materilas and finally at the end of work.

All participants were requested to report their experiences across four categories: metadata form, 3D viewer, provided guidelines, and overall experience. A 5-point rating scale was employed to assess specific issues, with 1 being the most negative and 5 being the most positive. The form length question was an exception, where a median value of 3 was considered ideal, and extreme values indicated either excessive length or brevity.
description: This research was funded by Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation)—DFG-LIS, Förderkennzeichen: MU 4040/5-1, “DFG-Viewer 3D—Infrastruktur für digitale 3D-Rekonstruktionen” (2021–2023), University of Bologna—PhD Scholarship in Architecture and Design Cultures of 37th Cycle (2021-2024), and  European Commission, Erasmus+, KA2 – Capacity building in the Field of Higher Education, project No 2021-1-IT02-KA220-HED-000031190 "Computer-based Visualization of Architectural Cultural Heritage (CoVHer)" (2022-2025).