[artinfo] digital archives
brian carroll
human@architexturez.com
Sat, 24 Feb 2001 23:57:41 +0100
Digital Archives from Excavation and Fieldwork: Guide to Good Practice
Second Edition ISSN 1463-5194
http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/project/goodguides/excavation/
edited by Julian Richards and Damian Robinson
with additional contributions by
Tony Austin, Adrian Brown, Duncan Brown, Geraint Coles, David Dawson, Anne
Dodd, Kate Fernie, Julie Gardiner, William Kilbride, Gary Lock, Christine
Longworth, Nick Merriman, Paul Miller, Diana Murray, Jez Reeve and Alicia
Wise
Acknowledgements
Section 1: Aims and objectives
1.1 Digital archives from archaeological excavation and fieldwork
1.2 Background
1.3 Resource discovery and re-use
1.4 Other guides in this series
Section 2: The essentials of good digital archiving practice
2.1 What is digital archiving?
2.2 Planning for the collection or creation of digital datasets
2.3 Digital archiving strategies
2.4 Formatting material for digital archiving
Section 3: Levels of digital archiving
3.1 The principles of archiving excavation and fieldwork digital data
3.2 Data in digital archives
Section 4: Documenting the digital archive
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Documentation of project background, methodology and results
4.3 Documenting file types and formats
Section 5: Depositing digital archives
5.1 Standards and guidelines for depositing digital archives in
archaeology
5.2 Archiving requirements in project designs or specifications
5.3 Repositories for archaeological digital archives
5.4 Depositing data with the ADS
Section 6: Copyright and reuse
6.1 General copyright considerations
6.2 The rights management framework of the AHDS
Section 7: Implementing these guidelines
7.1 Recommendations for archive curators, funding agencies and standards
bodies
7.2 Recommendations for archive creators (e.g. contractors, university and
local society projects)
7.3 Recommendations for archive collecting agencies
Section 8: Summary of objectives and principles
8.1 Objectives for digital archives in archaeology
8.2 The principles of archiving excavation and fieldwork digital data
Glossary
Sources for further information
Bibliography
Appendix 1: Documenting digital archives: a case study
Appendix 2: ADS Deposit Licence
Appendix 3: AHDS Common Access Agreement
Appendix 4: Data documentation and content standards in Archaeology