CULTURAL LITERACY
Indonesian Literacy Association
Within the CIN initiative, literacy helps people read cultural information in context, understand its sources, and recognize the communities or custodians connected to it.
CROSS-BORDER CULTURAL WORK IDENTIFICATION
Give every cultural work a verifiable identity.
CIN is a public registry designed for worldwide use. Organizations, institutions, agencies, and community representatives from any country can register and submit cultural works using their local or national categories. Records appear only after administrator approval.
✓ Public checks are open to everyone
✓ Members and works are reviewed by administrators
✓ Community involvement and consent
INDONESIAN CIN EXAMPLE
IDN00000120267
Country codeUnique numberYearOPK
07LanguagesIndonesian national category
GLOBALRegistration from countries worldwide
3 + 6 + 4Beginning of the CIN number structure
MEMBERSAdministrator approval before access
QRActive numbers only
ABOUT CIN
Cultural identities open to public checking.
CIN is designed as a cross-border system: each country can register cultural works through verified members. The public can check a number without an account, while numbers not approved by an administrator are not shown as active records.
Who can become a member?
Cultural institutions, educational institutions, public agencies, community organizations, and community/custodian representatives from any country may apply for an account. An administrator reviews each application before activation. Every cultural work also receives a separate review before publication.
THE INITIATIVE
Cultural literacy meets virtual education.
CIN is an initiative of the Indonesian Literacy Association and Virtual Education Academy to connect cultural literacy, verifiable records, and digital learning.
DIGITAL LEARNING
Virtual Education Academy
Within the CIN initiative, virtual education creates a pathway for using cultural records as starting points for online learning and heritage discovery.
RECORDING FRAMEWORK
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Adapting principles of UNESCO’s 2003 Convention.
The Convention describes intangible cultural heritage as practices, knowledge, skills, and expressions recognized and continually recreated by communities. CIN applies that idea to how records are submitted and checked.
Community recognition
Records identify the communities, groups, or individuals connected to a cultural work.
Living heritage
Cultural works are treated as evolving, transmitted practices rather than fixed forms judged from outside.
Participation and consent
Member submissions must describe custodian involvement and confirm consent for the information shown.
Responsible documentation
Do not publish restricted, sacred, or sensitive knowledge. Customary access practices and community rights must be respected.
CIN is an identification and public-checking system. It is not a UNESCO designation, endorsement, or official list, and it does not replace inventories that States Parties are responsible for under the Convention.
Official references: Text of the 2003 Convention · UNESCO ethical principles.
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INDONESIAN CATEGORY REFERENCE
10 Objects of Cultural Advancement.
These ten categories are the national reference for Indonesian works under Law No. 5 of 2017. Members in other countries use their own local or national cultural categories.
Open the OPK Guide: explanations and examples for all Indonesian categories →
0Oral traditionsRead explanation and examples →
1ManuscriptsRead explanation and examples →
2CustomsRead explanation and examples →
3RitesRead explanation and examples →
4Traditional knowledgeRead explanation and examples →
5Traditional technologyRead explanation and examples →
6ArtsRead explanation and examples →
7LanguagesRead explanation and examples →
8Folk gamesRead explanation and examples →
9Traditional sportsRead explanation and examples →