DANS is an institute of KNAW and NWO

Data Archiving and Networked Services

The e-depot for Dutch Archaeology Archiving and publication of archaeological data

Hella Hollander

November 2013

Data Archiving and Networked Services

• Established in 2005 • Institute of the Royal Netherlands Academy of

Arts and Sciences (KNAW) • Co-founded by the Netherlands Organization

for Scientific Research (NWO) • Objective: permanent preservation of, and

enabling access to scientific research data • Scientific digital strategy

E-Depot voor de Nederlandse Archeologie

(E-Depot for the Dutch Archaeology)

https://easy.dans.knaw.nl

• 17.000 reports • 3.000 excavation archives • 1,5 million files photos, GIS, data-tables and drawings

2013:

Digital Collaboratory for Cultural Dendrochronology (DCCD)

• Trees form ring growth patterns

• Build ‘calendars’ from

wood samples

• Date wood samples by matching

against calendars

Deposit Dataset

Title

Alternative Title

Creator

Contributor

Date created

Rights holder

Publisher

Import Archis metadata

Rights

Access

Remarks

Access rights

Date available

Open access Unrestricted access for all registered EASY users Restricted: archaeology group Access restricted for registered group members Restricted: request permission Registered users after depositor permission is granted Other access Data accessible in another way or elsewhere

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2004-2006

• Pilot project EDNA: Universities & DANS-

predecessor NIWI =>Raising awareness and concern for archaeological data preservation, user enquiry =>Inventory of datasets, archiving Selection

2005-2009

• Subsidies Gratama foundation / Leiden University

=>Scanning project ‘grey’ literature

• Subsidy NWO

=>Retrospective archiving of datasets

• Embedding in DANS EASY

• National regulation in KNA

Quality Norm Archaeology

2009-present:

• NWO-subsidised Odyssee-project (2009-2010)

=>Project database for undeveloped research

• Projects improving accessibility

National: KICH, Archis

International: NARCIS, CARARE,

and ARIADNE

• Ongoing archiving and publication

of datasets

• Sharing of good practices: Long-term preservation, preferred formats, Data Seal of approval, Data organisation, Data dissemination

Future steps

• ARIADNE will bring together and integrate existing archaeological research data infrastructures

• Researchers will be able to use the various distributed datasets and new and powerful technologies

• This will allow for e-infrastructures to serve as an integral component of the archaeological research methodology

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