Constructing the monument from the record: archaeological experience with data facets
Stuart Jeffrey, ADSStuart Jeffrey, ADSe-Science Institute, Edinburgh, e-Science Institute, Edinburgh,
September 30September 30thth 2009. 2009.
Discovery
Construction
1,000,000 “thin” records= basic site information= links to other data sources
Several hundred “thick” archives, 1000’s of complete publications 400 or so digital research archives and supporting material
ArchSearch II
• Work package 1 - Advanced Faceted Classification /Geo-spatial browser – 1m+ Work package 1 - Advanced Faceted Classification /Geo-spatial browser – 1m+ records; 4 primary facets (What, Where, When).records; 4 primary facets (What, Where, When).
• Work package 2 – Natural language processing /Data-mining of Grey Literature; Work package 2 – Natural language processing /Data-mining of Grey Literature; plus taggingplus tagging
• Work package 3 – Data-mining of Historic Literature; plus geoXwalkWork package 3 – Data-mining of Historic Literature; plus geoXwalk
A very quick overview of Archaeotools………..A very quick overview of Archaeotools………..
University Researchers
Local authority curators
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OASIS - Grey Literature Library
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EH and University of Glamorgan SKOS browser project.
University of Edinburgh,Edina - GeoXwalk service.
“Where” – WP3, PSAS
• KT/AT extraction and CDP matching
• After lookup using EDINA’s geoXwalk – ‘Unlock’
Records (3991)
3388 records (85%) – cp. (85%) for WP2, Grey Lit.
Records (3991)
268 (6.7%) – only 30 with unresolved placenames
Constructing the monument from the record: archaeological experience with data facets
Stuart Jeffrey, ADSStuart Jeffrey, ADSe-Science Institute, Edinburgh, e-Science Institute, Edinburgh,
September 30September 30thth 2009. 2009.
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