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DANS/eDNA, 24h April 2012 http://www.ianus-fdz.de
Deutsches Archäologisches Institut
The new Research Data Centre for Archaeology and Ancient Studies in Germany: IANUS
Dr. Felix F. Schäfer, DAI BerlinMaurice Heinrich, DAI Berlin
Prof. E. Pernicka, REM Mannheim & Uni Tübingen
IANUS. Research Data Centre for Archaeology and Ancient Studies
DANS/eDNA, 24th April 2012 http://www.ianus-fdz.de
» Excavations (stratigraphie, tombs etc.) & documentation of architecture
» Prospections/Surveys (inspections, test excavations, collections of pottery
» analysis of finds/findings (e.g. pottery analysis)
» Photogrammetry (e.g. buildings)
» Chronology (different science and art based methods of dating objects)
» climate and landscape history (geology, geomorphology, hydrology)
» Anthropological investigations (skeletons; food pattern; diseases; genetics [living environment; affinities])
Archaeological fields of activity
IANUS. Research Data Centre for Archaeology and Ancient Studies
DANS/eDNA, 24th April 2012 http://www.ianus-fdz.de
Characteristics of archaeology and classics: high complexity and diversity of data
Results
IANUS. Research Data Centre for Archaeology and Ancient Studies
DANS/eDNA, 24th April 2012 http://www.ianus-fdz.de
» context of objects
» overarching concepts (e. g. space, memory and oblivion, landscape, power, innovations)
» anthropological questions which relate to the whole of humankind (e.g. cluster projects of the DAI)
» geographical/regional research projects (South East Asia; Africa; Celts; Germans etc.)
» points of contact between classics, archaeology, anthropology and natural sciences < -> ethnology, social sciences, historical sciences
Consequence
» Data is very heterogenous due to generic differences, different stakeholders and different approaches
» need for an integrated and synchronized IT infrastructure which helps crossing the traditional borders between libraries, archives, publications, large scale excavations etc. and disciplines
Actual interests of archaeological research projects
IANUS. Research Data Centre for Archaeology and Ancient Studies
DANS/eDNA, 24th April 2012 http://www.ianus-fdz.de
Modern research in Ancient Studies and Archaeology is faced with a growing amount of data, which in many cases is
» produced by different, thematically interrelated disciplines like archaeology, philology, anthropology, ancient history, geography, archeobiology
» owned by and kept in heterogeneous infrastructures and projects like museums, universities, academies, national cultural bodies and research institutions
» stored with various technical formats, metadata standards, archiving problems and legal issues
» stuck in local systems and thus not interoperable and accessible for other humans and machines
» lacking a sustainable storage and archiving strategy
Archaeological work requires an exact documentation of research, because excavations and surveys destroy unique contexts and archaeological evidence
lost documentation cannot repeated
data have a singular character; they have to be preserved
Present situation (in Germany) and motivation:
IANUS. Research Data Centre for Archaeology and Ancient Studies
DANS/eDNA, 24th April 2012 http://www.ianus-fdz.de
» constitution of a group of experts from relevant instutions to evaluate present situation and formulate needs of scientific community in Germany
» submission of an application for third-party funding to establish a national research data centre for archaeological and affiliated digital data
» positive decision on application in April 2012
» start work in September 2012 with two full-time positions and several working groups
» 3-years funding for first project phase (2011-2014: conceptual work)
» planned: 3-years funding for second project phase (2014-2017: implementation)
Actions taken
Funded by:
IANUS. Research Data Centre for Archaeology and Ancient Studies
DANS/eDNA, 24th April 2012 http://www.ianus-fdz.de
DFG - working-group:
IANUSResearch Data Centre
for Archaeology and Ancient Studies
German Archaeological Institute – Deutsches Archäologisches Institut (DAI)
Foundation: Members of the seven working-packages from different institutions
Participating institutions
IANUS. Research Data Centre for Archaeology and Ancient Studies
DANS/eDNA, 24th April 2012 http://www.ianus-fdz.de
Archaeological data
German Archaeological Institute (DAI)
university libraries
state offices for archaeology / cultural heritage
academies
museums
regional institutions (e. g. municipal archaeologists)
university projects
Scientific community in Germany
IANUS. Research Data Centre for Archaeology and Ancient Studies
DANS/eDNA, 24th April 2012 http://www.ianus-fdz.de
The national centre, supported by the relevant scientific community in Germany, takes care about all the archaeological data in Germany to guarantee:
» support for old and new projects
» long term preservation
» dissemination of and easy access to all kind of data
» long-term inter-connectivity and interoperability
» transparent documentation
Existing exemplary centres
Envisaging a possible future
IANUS. Research Data Centre for Archaeology and Ancient Studies
DANS/eDNA, 24th April 2012 http://www.ianus-fdz.de
Work packages (APs)
AP1 – Data-Infrastructure: Evaluation of existent (research-) infrastructure and software-solutions under a technical, generic and subject-specific point of view.
AP2 – Interoperability: Evaluation of existent services and interfaces for data-migration, -standardisation and -communication under a technical point of view and a semantic analysis of the different meta-data-models, -standards and controlled vocabularies.
AP3 – Community-Building: Finding a way to integrate all the heterogeneous groups, subjects and different institutional stakeholders within the German archaeology to guarantee a broad legitimation of the centre.
AP4 – Teaching: Evaluation of how the centre could deal with the gap between educational qualification and the requirements of the working environment by handling digital data.
AP5 – Long-term preservation: Evaluation of different concepts for long-term data preservation, embedding, generating and processing data and how the data should be structured, delivered and at least documented.
AP6 – Business model: Analysis of possible organisational forms for the centre, evaluation of the legal condition of data-generating, special copyright restrictions and the limits of (inter)national preservation orders. Examining how the service level agreements should be organised.
IANUS. Research Data Centre for Archaeology and Ancient Studies
DANS/eDNA, 24th April 2012 http://www.ianus-fdz.de
General Roadmap
2011 2012 2013 2014
AP1 Infrastructure
AP2 Interoperability
AP3 Community Building
AP4 Training / Qualification
AP5 Long-term Preservation
AP6 Business Model
AP7 Projectmanagement
Testbed Nr.1Expertise Nr.1
Expertises Nr.3 & 4
Expertise Nr.2 Testbed Nr.3
Testbed Nr.2
Public Relations + Participation in workshops, conferences
Half-year meetings with the DFG-Group, Management, (final) reports
Meetings + Visiting comparable centres
Meetings + Visiting similar centres
Workshops + Visiting similar centres
Workshops + Sessions
IANUS. Research Data Centre for Archaeology and Ancient Studies
DANS/eDNA, 24th April 2012 http://www.ianus-fdz.de
Data-workflows / data-lifecycles in Archaeology
IANUS. Research Data Centre for Archaeology and Ancient Studies
DANS/eDNA, 24th April 2012 http://www.ianus-fdz.de
Data-workflows / data-lifecycles in Archaeology
Projects(individual, group, institution)
with dynamic data
Data Centre with static data
Web-portal/services with
open data
IANUS. Research Data Centre for Archaeology and Ancient Studies
DANS/eDNA, 24th April 2012 http://www.ianus-fdz.de
Primary tasks
• centralized file-sharing and backup of dynamic data for ongoing projects
• long-term preservation of selected, static data
• support for IT-intensive analysis and data processing (e.g. virtual reconstructions)
• standardised metadata and file formats for retrieval and re-use
• free dissemination of open (published) data and raw-data via online-portals
• data provision via Web-Services for data exchange and interoperability scenarios
• mirroring of institutional repositories and digital ressources
• providing virtual machines (e.g. for project homepages or emulating 3D-models)
• offering courses and materials for teaching and training in the field of digital archaeology
• developing guidelines / standards and implementing tools for their easy integration into workflows
IANUS. Research Data Centre for Archaeology and Ancient Studies
DANS/eDNA, 24th April 2012 http://www.ianus-fdz.de
many issues have already been adressed and / or solved by others (nationally as well as internationally) but need to be adopted resp. implemented in IANUS
First steps
Definition of minimal standards with support of the German Research Foundation (DFG)(http://www.dainst.org/de/project/it-leitfaden?ft=all)
IANUS. Research Data Centre for Archaeology and Ancient Studies
DANS/eDNA, 24th April 2012 http://www.ianus-fdz.de
IANUS. Research Data Centre for Archaeology and Ancient Studies
DANS/eDNA, 24th April 2012 http://www.ianus-fdz.de
IANUS. Research Data Centre for Archaeology and Ancient Studies
DANS/eDNA, 24th April 2012 http://www.ianus-fdz.de
http://www.ianus-fdz.de
Prof. Dr. Ortwin DallySecretary General DAI Berlin
Dr. Felix SchäferMaurice HeinrichIT-Department DAI Berlin
IANUSc/o Deutsches ArchäologischesInstitutPodbielskialle 69-7114195 BerlinTel.: +49 30 - 187711 359
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