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- Title
Digital preservation and access.
- Authors
Julian D. Richards
- Abstract
There is a crisis in the publication and archiving of archaeological field data in Europe. Computerized data are more fragile than paper archives but also more accessible via the Internet. This article explores the role of the Archaeology Data Service and examines some of the issues raised by the collection of digital data and their dissemination online and the implications for the future of archaeological publication. It discusses approaches to digital data preservation, the development of archival standards and ways of encouraging reuse. It explores the development of distributed online catalogues and archives and the need for metadata standards for cataloguing resources. Finally, it considers the role of XML as an emergent technology and introduces the European ARENA project which is developing a digital preservation and access infrastructure.
- Subjects
CARD catalogs; LIBRARY catalogs; CATALOGING; ARCHAEOLOGY
- Publication
European Journal of Archaeology, 2002, Vol 5, Issue 3, p343
- ISSN
1461-9571
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1179/eja.2002.5.3.343