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(g)
Acknowledge the sensitive nature and meaning of heritage assets and
apply ethical guidelines, such as the CARE Principles for Indigenous Data Governance,
to ensure that the digitalization process does not distort or misrepresent heritage assets;
(h)
Take all necessary measures to counter the digital divide by improving
access to the Internet and digital literacy, in particular for marginalized parts of the
population;
(i)
Build and implement scalable, sustainable approaches to developing
advanced technology skills within organizations that manage digital collections with a
view to effectively preserving digital heritage;
(j)
Invest in the transfer and sharing of digital knowledge and skills in order
to empower sources and heritage communities to maintain their agency concerning
their digitalized heritage assets;
(k)
Implement, where full openness is not feasible, contractual practices that
balance commercial interests with public access;
(l)
initiatives;
Promote national investment in interoperability and data-sharing
(m) Focus on safeguarding digital collections against technological
obsolescence and change by investing in long-term infrastructure for data preservation;
(n)
Support the revision of international documents in which the cultural
rights approach in digitalization has been neglected and fund the revision of handbooks,
tools and policies to ensure that they conform with the cultural rights approach in
digitalization.
85.
To align their practices in the field of digitalization of heritage with the cultural
rights approach, public and private cultural institutions, heritage professionals and
professionals in the field of digitalization should:
(a)
Regularly review their practices in the light of the cultural rights
standards elaborated, inter alia, in the reports of the special procedure mandate holders
in the field of cultural rights, in order to ensure respect for the rights of all concerned
rights holders;
(b)
Adhere to the FAIR and CARE principles for cross-border usability and
Indigenous data governance;
(c)
Conduct pre- and post-assessments to measure the cultural, social and
economic impacts of digital collections through community engagement;
(d)
Prioritize open access to digitalized heritage assets;
(e)
Ensure that platforms are accessible to all, including neurodivergent
persons, persons with disabilities and persons without digital skills, through a
user-centred approach.
86.
In order to strengthen the coherence of international law frameworks that have
an impact on digital heritage, Governments and relevant international organizations,
such as UNESCO and WIPO, should:
(a)
Give priority, to the extent possible, to the use of open access and the
public domain for digitalized heritage assets and require open licensing for future
digital collections research;
(b)
Ensure that no new rights arise from the non-original reproduction of
public domain works;
(c)
Initiate changes in copyright law frameworks to support equitable access
to digital heritage;
(d)
Ensure that common standards and legislation safeguard digital heritage
and their digital infrastructures from security risks;
(e)
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Improve dissemination of data standards and content aggregators;
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