Figure 6: Latest feature of KultuNaut - service by way of cellular phones (WAP)
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Figure 6: Latest feature of KultuNaut - service by way of cellular phones (WAP) |
At a very early stage, before Internet and Web were really known, a
student assistant in Dina (M. Gudmand-Høyer) became, through his work,
aware of the technology and the opportunities of collaboration over
the Internet, and he used this experience to develop a web calendar:
www.KultuNaut.dk.
Over the years 1995-99 the calendar has become the largest event
database in Denmark. Based on software technology from Dina, the
calendar allows for a collaboration and exchange of data with other
cultural promoters. Local authorities, counties and tourist bureaus
support the system, and today the calendar system is used in adjusted
versions that may easily be integrated into other home pages, among
these several of the largest Danish web-portals.
KultuNaut - which is not a Dina product, merely a spinoff - combines
the Internet database with other media; for example the newspaper
Politiken's weekly "In-Town" section is printed from the KultuNaut
database and more than 50 websites make their own calendar from
KultuNaut. Besides being a successful website, KultuNaut is
distinguished by exploiting the Internet for a new type of
collaboration to maintain and distribute data between organizations in
different parts of Denmark.