The South Korean government is opening high-value public data in the cultural sector to enhance its content industry.
The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism announced on September 3 that it will actively pursue the 'Cultural Sector AI and High-Value Public Data Opening Project' in response to the rapidly increasing demand for artificial intelligence (AI).
This year, the ministry will first release five types of AI and high-value public data from four institutions: the National Gugak Center, the National Sejong Library, the Korea Tourism Organization, and the Korea Cultural Information Service. The goal is to make this data available on the Public Data Portal as a national priority by December.
The National Gugak Center will process and open digital audio and image data of traditional Korean music for use in AI training. It plans to enhance research and education, as well as the production of AI-based traditional music content, by adding specialized information on genres, instruments, rhythms, and expressive techniques.
The National Sejong Library will systematically compile and open policy information collected from domestic and international government agencies, public institutions, research organizations, and international bodies. It aims to create a question-and-answer dataset for AI training based on available policy materials, providing tailored information on major policy, social, and economic issues, as well as national agenda items.
The Korea Tourism Organization will continuously update national tourism information in Korean and multiple languages while expanding the release of regional and thematic tourism video content. This initiative is expected to enhance the utilization of public data in various tourism services, including travel platforms, multilingual tourism guidance, and tourism content production, accelerating the AI transformation of the tourism industry.
The Korea Cultural Information Service will open 3D cultural resources, traditional Korean clothing, and traditional pattern data in a format suitable for AI learning and application. It plans to improve the reliability of cultural context and historical facts through expert review, while also building ontology-based information on the meanings and relationships among cultural resources to support more accurate AI learning of Korean culture. Ontology refers to a knowledge model that specifies concepts in a particular field and their relationships in a form that computers can understand and process.
For the first time, a Model Context Protocol (MCP) based linkage method will also be introduced. MCP is a common communication rule that allows AI models to understand and utilize external materials and tools.
* This article has been translated by AI.
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