developing a research data centre for germany: ianus and its it-guidelines
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Presentation by Dr. Felix F. Schäfer, German Archaeology Institute (DAI), Berlin Full-day session on archaeological infrastructures and services at the 18th Cultural Heritage and New Technologies (CHNT) conference Vienna, Austria 11th -13th November 2013TRANSCRIPT
http://www.ianus-fdz.de Wien, 18. CHNT – 13.11.2013
Developing a research data centre for Germany: and its IT-guidelines
Dr. Felix F. Schäfer, German Archaeology Institute (DAI) Berlin
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projects / activities: (individuals, groups, institutions)
with dynamic data
research data center with static data
web portal with shared
data
Data processing in archaeology
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Stakeholders in archaeology in Germany
A R C H A E O LO G I C A L DATA
non-university research institutes
university (institutes, libraries,
projects)
state archaeology
academies
museums
local bodies
commercial archaeology
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A R C H A E O LO G I C A L DATA
non-university research institutes
university (institutes, libraries,
projects)
state archaeology
academies
museums
local bodies
commercial archaeology
Stakeholders in archaeology in Germany
è What do we do with this data in 20 or more years ?
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2007 establishing an expert group by the DFG to evaluate current situation of archaeological research in Germany, to name challenges and to promote the speci!c needs
2010 proposal to the DFG for funding the development of a national research center for archaeological data in Germany
2011 April approval of the proposal
2011 Sept. start of the project IANUS with 2 employes (at the DAI in Berlin) and various working groups
2011-2014 !rst 3-year funding period for the conceptual work (including testbeds)
2014-2017 2nd (planned) 3-year funding period to implement the concept
2018 targeted independent operation of the center
Actions so far
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Beteiligte Institutionen
Project organisation
Koordinierung: Deutsches Archäologisches Institut (DAI)
Basis: Mitglieder (ca. 100) der verschiedenen Arbeitsgruppen aus unterschiedlichen Institutionen (ca. 40)
IANUSForschungsdatenzentrum
Archäologie & Altertumswissenschaften
Steuerung: DFG-Arbeitsgruppe
Verband der Landesarchäologenin der Bundesrepublik
Deutschland
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Beteiligte Institutionen
Participating and supporting institutions
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Future Services
1. Long term preservation documentation, migration, archiving and bitstream preservation of research data
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Future Services
1. Long term preservation documentation, migration, archiving and bitstream preservation of research data
2. Data Dissemination Search and download of research data via web-portal, referencing by PIDs
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Future Services
1. Long term preservation documentation, migration, archiving and bitstream preservation of research data
2. Data Dissemination Search and download of research data via web-portal, referencing by PIDs
3. Central Registry Catalogue about resources in the IANUS archive, but also in other German institutions
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Future Services
1. Long term preservation documentation, migration, archiving and bitstream preservation of research data
2. Data Dissemination Search and download of research data via web-portal, referencing by PIDs
3. Central Registry Catalogue about resources in the IANUS archive, but also in other German institutions
4. Education and Quali!cation Provision of courses, summer schools, workshops, online-materials for students, teachers and researchers
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Future Services
1. Long term preservation documentation, migration, archiving and bitstream preservation of research data
2. Data Dissemination Search and download of research data via web-portal, referencing by PIDs
3. Central Registry Catalogue about resources in the IANUS archive, but also in other German institutions
4. Education and Quali!cation Provision of courses, summer schools, workshops, online-materials for students, teachers and researchers
5. Project Support Advise in research data management and support with sync-and-share services
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Future Services
1. Long term preservation documentation, migration, archiving and bitstream preservation of research data
2. Data Dissemination Search and download of research data via web-portal, referencing by PIDs
3. Central Registry Catalogue about resources in the IANUS archive, but also in other German institutions
4. Education and Quali!cation Provision of courses, summer schools, workshops, online-materials for students, teachers and researchers
5. Project Support Advise in research data management and support with sync-and-share services
6. IT-Recommendations Release of guidelines and minimal standards about the sustainable use of IT in archaeology
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• guidelines for the application of IT in archaeological research
• in cooperation with the DFG
• de!nition of minimal standards on the basis of existing guides
• short and long version
Existing guidelines
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Appraisal:
• static, only available as pdf-download
• not up-to-date, last changes in 11/2011 and 07/2009
• many aspects not covered
• due to a lack of responsibilities further development uncertain
• acceptance and relevance not clear:
„ ... IT-guidelines by the DAI for the DAI ... ?“
Existing guidelines
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Appraisal:
• static, only available as pdf-download
• not up-to-date, last changes in 11/2011 and 07/2009
• many aspects not covered
• due to a lack of responsibilities further development uncertain
• acceptance and relevance not clear:
„ ... IT-guidelines by the DAI for the DAI ... ?“
Existing guidelines
è IANUS takes over the responsibility for the IT-guidelines and implements it as one of its future services
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• content should be dynamic via an online-portal and static via downloads
• cover the whole data life cycle of research data
• provide additional information, e.g. technical background,
tools to use, best-practice examples,
• content written by external experts
• IANUS provides only coordination, quality control
and technical plattform
• de!ne work"ow for regular updates and alignments with other guides
New guidelines: general aims
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• content should be dynamic via an online-portal and static via downloads
• cover the whole data life cycle of research data
• provide additional information, e.g. technical background,
tools to use, best-practice examples,
• content written by external experts
• IANUS provides only coordination, quality control
and technical plattform
• de!ne work"ow for regular updates and alignments with other guides
New guidelines: general aims
è Recommendations to improve the re-usability of digital data by documenting its creation and analysis processes
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IT-Empfehlungen
IT-Empfehlungen Für den nachhaltigen Umgang mit digitalen Daten in den Altertumswissenschaften
New guidelines
Three main sections:
• project phase
• data formats
• research methods
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IT-Empfehlungen
AG Archivierung der Kommission „Archäologie und Informationssysteme“ im Verband der Landesarchäologen der Bundesrepublik Deutschland
Ratgeber zur
rchivierung digitaler Daten
T r i t t s t e i n e a u f d e m W e g z u m D i g i t a l a r c h i v
Vorabversion 0.07 Die AG Archivierung der Kommission „Archäologie und Informationssysteme“ im Verband der Lan-desarchäologen Deutschlands verfolgt das Ziel, allgemein verfügbare methodische und technische Ansätze zur Archivierung digitaler archäologischer Daten zu begutachten sowie praxisorientierte Emp-fehlungen, Vorschläge und Tipps zu geben. Die Ergebnisse dieser Arbeit münden in diesen Ratgeber. Sind auch noch einige Themenbereiche in Arbeit, so sind doch wesentliche Teile schon verfügbar und werden in dieser Vorabversion vorgestellt
Minimal standards on the basis of existing guidelines
• regarding technical aspects, e.g. !le formats
• regarding documentary aspects, e.g. research methods
New guidelines
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IT-Empfehlungen: Inhalt
Introduction
Project phases
File formats
New guidelines
Research methods
è Highligthed are textblocks from the old guidelines
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IT-Empfehlungen
PDF-Version
IT-Empfehlungen Für den nachhaltigen Umgang mit digitalen Daten in den Altertumswissenschaften
Each topic contains: • overview • background • practice • sources • discussion
New guidelines
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IT-Empfehlungen
PDF-Version
IT-Empfehlungen Für den nachhaltigen Umgang mit digitalen Daten in den Altertumswissenschaften
static PDF-version
New guidelines
dynamic online-version
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New guidelines
Links for further reading and tools for using
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New guidelines
Alphabetical Index with common technical terms
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project leader Prof. Dr. Ortwin Dally, DAI Prof. F. Fless, DAI project coordination Dr. Felix Schäfer Maurice Heinrich funding
Forschungsdatenzentrum
Archäologie &
Altertumswissenschaften
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Datenerhaltung
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Dokumentation
IT-Empfehlungen
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