moving ahead: the integration process
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ARIADNE is funded by the European Commission's Seventh Framework Programme
Moving ahead: The integraDon process
Achille FeliceG – WP12
VAST-‐LAB -‐ PIN, Università degli Studi di Firenze, Italy
IntegraDon in ARIADNE • CreaDon of an integrated ecosystem of archaeological
informaDon
• To guarantee interoperability among data coming from different archives
• To use data as if they were stored in a single archive – Unique access point – Uniform interfaces
• To ensure retrieval of informaDon in a coherent and meaningful way – SemanDcs
Muhammad and the Mountain
Muhammad and the Mountain(s)
Preparing Legacy Archives
– DigiDsaDon of informaDon on paper
– Online availability
• MicrosoY Word, Excel, Access, PDF, GIS …
– Online accessibility improvement
• ADS, ARACHNE, ZENON, FasDOnline, …
– Consistency checking for mapping and informaDon extracDon
• Legacy data to CIDOC CRM
• Legacy thesauri to SKOS
Mapping to CIDOC CRM
– Data DescripDon
– Common Language
Archaeological ObjectE22 Man-made Object
Excavation/SurveyE7 Activity
P24B changed ownership through DSCU, DSCS: Finding PlaceE53 Place
P7 took place at
DSCF, DSCA, RCGA,: Excavation responsibles
E39 Actor
DSCT, RCGE: MotivationE17 Activity
P14 carried out by
P17 was motivated by
SCAN: Excavation Name E41 Appellation
P57 is identified by
DSCD RCGD: Excavation DateE52 Time Span
P4 has time-span
DSCM, RCGM: MethodE55 Type
P32 used general technique
[Open Vocabulary]"Stratigraphic""Open Area"...
[Open Vocabulary]"Rescue Archaeology""Photo Interpretation"...
TCL: Type = "Finding"
NCUN, DSCI: Identifiers E42 Identifier
P1 is identified by[DSC Authority File]
OBJECT FINDINGE8 Acquisition
P117 occurs during
ARIADNE is funded by the European Commission's Seventh Framework Programme
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Metatada Repository
CIDOC CRM
Content Providers
Integra4on & Interoperability
XML OAI-‐PMH RDF
IntegraDon Layer – Common semanDc representaDon (mapping)
– Data transparency – Data peculiarity preserved by the system
Querying the integrated archives
• User interfaces and the ARIADNE Portal – Main access point to system and services
• Archaeological objects, places, events, actors and types – Browse and refine with facet views
• InteracDon with the Registry – Drives the queries towards the most relevant archives
• InteracDon with terminological data and services – Vocabularies to provide support at query and retrieval Dme
Query on Map and Timeline
Preserving legacy archives
• Legacy database syncronizaDon
– ARIADNE system constantly updated according to modificaDons of legacy archives
• References to legacy archives always provided – Data provenance
– URLs to informaDon on original portals/web applicaDons
• User to navigate original informaDon
– To perform custom searches tailored on specific needs
ARIADNE is funded by the European Commission's Seventh Framework Programme
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Metatada Repository Registry
ACDM CIDOC CRM
Content Providers
Integra4on & Interoperability
Integra4on Services
ConfiguraDon & Management ARIADNE Portal
Browse/Query Interfaces
Vocabularies
Deposit Services OAI-‐PMH XML
Metadata Enhancement
Data +
Metadata
Data +
Metadata
Data +
Metadata
Data +
Metadata
Resource Discovery Preview PreservaDon
Data Access (SPARQL, REST)
Archive Discovery
Digital Asset
Management Dataset Discovery
Vocabularies Management WEB
LOD
Repository and Services Architecture
Final consideraDons
• Very advanced stage of development
– End of the project
• ARIADNE main goal
– “IntegraDon of exisDng archaeological research data infrastructure through new and powerful technologies” (ARIADNE DoW)
• “From differences results the most beauDful harmony”(Heraclitus of Ephesus)
ARIADNE is a project funded by the European Commission under the Community’s Seventh Framework Programme, contract no. FP7-‐INFRASTRUCTURES-‐2012-‐1-‐313193. The views and opinions expressed in this presentaDon are the sole responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the European Commission.
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