Transcript Julian Richards - Archaeology Data Service

TAG: Transatlantic Archaeology Gateway
Faunal Remains Workshop
York 10 March 2010
Introduction
Julian Richards
Background
Aims
• The TAG project aims to develop an infrastructure
to support, bring together and enhance digital
content funded in the USA & UK
Funding
• JISC/NEH Transatlantic Digitisation Collaboration
Grants – Phase 2
Duration
• Project Start Date: 1 Oct 2009
• Project End Date: 31 Mar 2011
People
Archaeology Data Service:
Julian Richards - ADS Director
Stuart Jeffrey - TAG Project Manager for the ADS
Catherine Hardman - ADS Collections Development Manager
Lei Xia – ADS Applications Developer
Digital Antiquity:
Keith W. Kintigh - Digital Antiquity PI/Prof. of Anthropology
Katherine A. Spielmann - Prof. of Anthropology [fauna]
Matt Cordial - ASU Libraries Cyberinfrastructure Services [Fedora]
Mary Whelan - SU Libraries Cyberinfrastructure Services [Geospatial]
Allen Lee - Research Professional/Software
John Howard - Head Librarian, University College Dublin
Frank McManamon – Executive Director, Digital Antiquity
Workpackage One:
To build upon existing web services registries
maintained by the ADS for the historic environment
sector in Europe and extends these for North
American usage. A web services application will
then be developed to create a standards-compliant
cross-search facility for metadata records held by
ADS (for the UK) and tDAR (for the USA)
Workpackage Two:
In a second stage a richer and deeper web services
cross-search facility will be developed for faunal
remains databases in England (UK) and the USA,
providing an architecture to enable deep data
mining as well as a valuable research tool for
archaeologists in the UK and USA.
Vision
1. User locates digital archives with faunal remains
databases, and which may correspond to specified time
periods and/or locations (WP1)
2. User undertakes a cross-search of those faunal
databases, e.g. by species, bone type, age at death, and
downloads results (WP2)
3. The databases are not held in the same physical
location, and need not be in the same
hardware/software, nor even have the same field names
or attributes
Sustainability & promotion:
• Archaeology Data Service
• tDAR
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Establish TAG web services registry
Draft t-Model for WP2
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Refine & agree t-Model for WP1
Map WP1 dataset to t-Model
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Create project web site
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Circulate t-Model for WP1
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Deposit Project plan with JISC
Add project web page to JISC web site
User consultation for WP2
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Schedule
1. March 2010: Workshop
2. April 2010: Finalise WP2
mapping
3. Aug-Oct 2010: Create
WP2 web service
4. Oct-Dec 2010: Refine
user interface
5. Jan-Feb 2011: User
consultation
Create WP1 web service
Agree t-Model for WP2
Create gateway for WP1
Supply data for interim report
Completion of WP1; Interim report
Create WP2 web service
Create WP2 web service
Refine user interface for WP2
User evaluation & modifications
Supply data for final report
Draft final report
Completion report
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Months
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