Archaeology Data Service (ADS)
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ARIADNE: Examples of Archaeological
Data Online
EAA Pilsen 4 September, 2013
h7p://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk
Holly Wright holly.wright@york.ac.uk
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Introduc<on to the ADS
The Archaeology Data Service • Set up in 1996 • Based at the University of York, UK
Mission SupporKng research, learning and teaching with free, high quality and dependable digital resources • Digital preservaKon • Free access to data via the Internet • Guidance and support for data creators
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Why is it so important to preserve archaeological data? • Archaeology is destrucKve! • The documentaKon archaeologists
create becomes the main resource for future interpretaKon
• Archaeological resources are unique • When data is digital, it is subject to
rapid change to both soWware and hardware formats
Preserva<on
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Preserva<on
8" Floppy 3.5" Floppy
5.25" Floppy
12" Optical Disk
5.25" Optical Disk
CD-ROM
Sparq Disk Cartridge
Zip Disk
Click! DVD-ROM
Jaz Disk
Floptical Disk
Punch Tape
Rectangular Hole Punch Card
IBM 3480
DLT Tape
DG90M Tape
DC4_120
8mmD-eight
QIC DC600
G2000 Tape
4mm Tape
Ditto Max
9-Track Reel
Cassette tape
Memory Stick
MultiMedia Card SD Memory Card
xD Picture Card
Smart Media
CompactFlash
Travan
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How do you know you can trust the way we preserve our data? • We hold a Data Seal of Approval • We follow the Open Archival InformaKon System (OAIS) reference model
Preserva<on
Datasealofapproval.org
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Dissemina<on
How do we disseminate our data? All of our holdings are freely available through a tradiKonal Web interface and some as Linked Open Data
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Archsearch • Basic: Keywords • Browser: What,
Where, When, Which Resource
• Map: Bounding Box • Advanced:
Specialised Terms • External:
Experimental Portals for searching across European and UK/US datasets
How do you search?
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Archsearch Holds over a million records, and allows searching across our archives alongside records held at the local and naKonal level
What do we hold?
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What do we hold?
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External
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Archives • 18 Journals and Series • 20,000+ Grey Literature reports • 400+ Project Archives • Six specialist Bibliographies • 19 Doctoral Theses
Specialised Websites • England’s Rock Art • Image Bank
What do we hold?
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Journals and Series
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Grey Literature
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Grey Literature
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Project Archives
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Project Archives
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Project Archives
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Bibliographies
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Theses
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Websites
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Websites
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Who is using the ADS?
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What is our data used for?
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Linked Open Data
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Further Informa<on hOp://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk
Follow us on Twi7er: @ADS_Update
Friend us on Facebook: hOp://www.facebook.com/archaeology.data.service
holly.wright@york.ac.uk
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