Presentation by Dr. Felix F. Schäfer, German Archaeology Institute (DAI), Berlin Full-day session on archaeological infrastructures and services at the 18th Cultural Heritage and New Technologies (CHNT) conference Vienna, Austria 11th -13th November 2013

1. Developing a research data centre for Germany:
and its IT-guidelines
Dr. Felix F. Schäfer, German Archaeology Institute (DAI) Berlin
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2. Data processing in archaeology
projects / activities:
(individuals, groups, institutions)
with dynamic data
research data center with
static data
web portal
with shared
data
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3. Stakeholders in archaeology in Germany
(institutes, libraries,
state
archaeology
academies
ARCHAEOLOGICAL
DATA
non-university
research institutes
university
projects)
museums
local
bodies
commercial
archaeology
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4. Stakeholders in archaeology in Germany
(institutes, libraries,
state
archaeology
academies
ARCHAEOLOGICAL
è What do we do with this data in 20 or more years ?
DATA
non-university
research institutes
university
projects)
museums
local
bodies
commercial
archaeology
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5. Actions so far
2007 establishing an expert group by the DFG to evaluate current situation of
archaeological research in Germany, to name challenges and to promote the
speci!c needs
2010 proposal to the DFG for funding the development of a national research
center for archaeological data in Germany
2011 April approval of the proposal
2011 Sept. start of the project IANUS with 2 employes (at the DAI in Berlin) and various
working groups
2011-2014 !rst 3-year funding period for the conceptual work (including testbeds)
2014-2017 2nd (planned) 3-year funding period to implement the concept
2018 targeted independent operation of the center
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6. Beteiligte Institutionen
Project organisation
IANUS
Forschungsdatenzentrum
Archäologie & Altertumswissenschaften
Koordinierung: Deutsches Archäologisches Institut (DAI)
Steuerung: DFG-Arbeitsgruppe
Verband der
Landesarchäologen
in der Bundesrepublik
Deutschland
Basis: Mitglieder (ca. 100) der verschiedenen Arbeitsgruppen aus unterschiedlichen
Institutionen (ca. 40)
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7. Participating and supporting institutions
Beteiligte Institutionen
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8. Future Services
1. Long term preservation
documentation, migration, archiving and bitstream preservation of research data
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9. Future Services
1. Long term preservation
documentation, migration, archiving and bitstream preservation of research data
2. Data Dissemination
Search and download of research data via web-portal, referencing by PIDs
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10. Future Services
1. Long term preservation
documentation, migration, archiving and bitstream preservation of research data
2. Data Dissemination
Search and download of research data via web-portal, referencing by PIDs
3. Central Registry
Catalogue about resources in the IANUS archive, but also in other German institutions
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11. Future Services
1. Long term preservation
documentation, migration, archiving and bitstream preservation of research data
2. Data Dissemination
Search and download of research data via web-portal, referencing by PIDs
3. Central Registry
Catalogue about resources in the IANUS archive, but also in other German institutions
4. Education and Quali!cation
Provision of courses, summer schools, workshops, online-materials for students,
teachers and researchers
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12. Future Services
1. Long term preservation
documentation, migration, archiving and bitstream preservation of research data
2. Data Dissemination
Search and download of research data via web-portal, referencing by PIDs
3. Central Registry
Catalogue about resources in the IANUS archive, but also in other German institutions
4. Education and Quali!cation
Provision of courses, summer schools, workshops, online-materials for students,
teachers and researchers
5. Project Support
Advise in research data management and support with sync-and-share services
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13. Future Services
1. Long term preservation
documentation, migration, archiving and bitstream preservation of research data
2. Data Dissemination
Search and download of research data via web-portal, referencing by PIDs
3. Central Registry
Catalogue about resources in the IANUS archive, but also in other German institutions
4. Education and Quali!cation
Provision of courses, summer schools, workshops, online-materials for students,
teachers and researchers
5. Project Support
Advise in research data management and support with sync-and-share services
6. IT-Recommendations
Release of guidelines and minimal standards about the sustainable use of IT in
archaeology
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14. Existing guidelines
• guidelines for the application of IT
in archaeological research
• in cooperation with the DFG
• de!nition of minimal standards on
the basis of existing guides
• short and long version
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15. Existing guidelines
Appraisal:
• static, only available as pdf-download
• not up-to-date, last changes in 11/2011 and 07/2009
• many aspects not covered
• due to a lack of responsibilities further development uncertain
• acceptance and relevance not clear:
„ ... IT-guidelines by the DAI for the DAI ... ?“
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16. Existing guidelines
Appraisal:
• static, only available as pdf-download
• not up-to-date, last changes in 11/2011 and 07/2009
• many aspects not covered
• due to a lack of responsibilities further development uncertain
• acceptance and relevance not clear:
„ ... IT-guidelines by the DAI for the DAI ... ?“
è IANUS takes over the responsibility for the IT-guidelines
and implements it as one of its future services
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17. New guidelines: general aims
• content should be dynamic via an online-portal and static via downloads
• cover the whole data life cycle of research data
• provide additional information, e.g. technical background,
tools to use, best-practice examples,
• content written by external experts
• IANUS provides only coordination, quality control
and technical plattform
• de!ne work"ow for regular updates and alignments with other guides
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18. New guidelines: general aims
• content should be dynamic via an online-portal and static via downloads
• cover the whole data life cycle of research data
• provide additional information, e.g. technical background,
tools to use, best-practice examples,
• content written by external experts
• IANUS provides only coordination, quality control
and technical plattform
• de!ne work"ow for regular updates and alignments with other guides
è Recommendations to improve the re-usability of digital data
by documenting its creation and analysis processes
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19. IT-Empfehlungen
New guidelines
IT-Empfehlungen
Für den nachhaltigen Umgang mit digitalen Daten in den Altertumswissenschaften
Three main sections:
• project phase
• data formats
• research methods
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20. IT-Empfehlungen
AG Archivierung der Kommission „Archäologie und Informationssysteme“
im Verband der Landesarchäologen der Bundesrepublik Deutschland
Ratgeber zur
rchivierung digitaler Daten
T r i t tsteine au f dem Weg zum Di g i talarch iv
Vorabversion 0.07
Die AG Archivierung der Kommission „Archäologie und Informationssysteme“ im Verband der Lan-desarchäologen
Deutschlands verfolgt das Ziel, allgemein verfügbare methodische und technische
Ansätze zur Archivierung digitaler archäologischer Daten zu begutachten sowie praxisorientierte Emp-fehlungen,
Vorschläge und Tipps zu geben. Die Ergebnisse dieser Arbeit münden in diesen Ratgeber.
Sind auch noch einige Themenbereiche in Arbeit, so sind doch wesentliche Teile schon verfügbar und
werden in dieser Vorabversion vorgestellt
New guidelines
Minimal standards on the basis of existing guidelines
• regarding technical aspects, e.g. !le formats
• regarding documentary aspects, e.g. research methods
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21. IT-Empfehlungen: Inhalt
Introduction
Project phases
New guidelines
File formats
Research methods
è Highligthed are textblocks
from the old guidelines
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22. IT-Empfehlungen
Each topic contains:
• overview
• background
• practice
• sources
• discussion
PDF-Version
New guidelines
IT-Empfehlungen
Für den nachhaltigen Umgang mit digitalen Daten in den Altertumswissenschaften
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23. IT-Empfehlungen
PDF-Version
New guidelines
IT-Empfehlungen
Für den nachhaltigen Umgang mit digitalen Daten in den Altertumswissenschaften
static PDF-version
dynamic online-version
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24. New guidelines
Links for further reading
and tools for using
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25. New guidelines
Alphabetical Index
with common
technical terms
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26. c/o Deutsches Archäologisches Institut
Podbielskialle 69-71
14195 Berlin
http://www.ianus-fdz.de
project leader
Prof. Dr. Ortwin Dally, DAI
Prof. F. Fless, DAI
project coordination
Dr. Felix Schäfer
Maurice Heinrich
funding
Forschungsdatenzentrum
Archäologie &
Altertumswissenschaften
Forschung
Nachnutzung
Datenerhaltung
Digitale Daten
Dokumentation
Archivierung
Planung
Austausch
Metadaten
IT-Empfehlungen
Homepage & contact
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