The common use by archaeologists of ubiquitous technologies such as computers and digital cameras means that archaeological research projects now produce huge amounts of diverse, digital documentation. However, while the technology is available to collect this documentation, we still largely lack community accepted dissemination channels appropriate for such torrents of data. Open Context (http://www.opencontext.org) aims to help fill this gap by providing open access data publication services for archaeology. Open Context has a flexible and generalized technical architecture that can accommodate most archaeological datasets, despite the lack of common recording systems or other documentation standards. Open Context includes a variety of tools to make data dissemination easier and more worthwhile. Authorship is clearly identified through citation tools, a web-based publication systems enables individuals upload their own data for review, and collaboration is facilitated through easy download and other features. While we have demonstrated a potentially valuable approach for data sharing, we face significant challenges in scaling Open Context up for serving large quantities of data from multiple projects.
1. An Open Context for Archaeology Publishing Research Data on the Web Eric Kansa UC Berkeley School of Information Unless otherwise indicated, this work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/>
24. Records in Open Context Contextual relationships: (Spatial containment)
25. Records in Open Context Contextual relationships: (Stratigraphy)
26. Ownership in Open Context Copyright ownership and Creative Commons license information, including metadata Internet-wide standard metadata, links ownership & permissions
27. Ownership in Open Context Citation information with stable URL direct to the item being cited.
28. Ownership in Open Context Zotero (www.zotero.org) uses COinS (a micro-format) metadata to make bibliographic references
50. Records in Open Context XML data output, enables: (1) Sharing between web resources (2) Custom presentation (Brown University-specific style templates, etc.)
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59. Special Thanks University of Chicago: OCHRE Project The Electronic Frontier Foundation Doris and Donald Fisher Presidio Archaeology: NPS, Golden Gate National Rec. Area Science Commons Internet Archive (media repository services) “ Friday Afternoon Seminar” “ Friday Afternoon Seminar”
60. Special Thanks University of Chicago: OCHRE Project The Electronic Frontier Foundation Doris and Donald Fisher “ Friday Afternoon Seminar” Presidio Archaeology: NPS, Golden Gate National Rec. Area Science Commons Internet Archive (media repository services)
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