A Marriage of Convenience: the Possibilities of Service-oriented Architecture and Web 2.0 for Digital Archaeology Stuart Dunn Centre for e-Research King’s College London SAA 2008 Vancouver, B.C.

A Marriage of Convenience: the Possibilities of Service-oriented Architecture and Web 2.0 for Digital Archaeology

A Marriage of Convenience: the Possibilities of Service-oriented Architecture and Web 2.0 for Digital Archaeology

Using networks to connect resources Grids to allow virtual computing across “admin domains” Virtual digital libraries, virtual museums, virtual observatories Technology that was first adopted in sciences… E-Science: Building bridges People Data Computation A Marriage of Convenience: the Possibilities of Service-oriented Architecture and Web 2.0 for Digital Archaeology (with thanks to Tobias Blanke, King’s College London)

Using networks to connect resources

Grids to allow virtual computing across “admin domains”

Virtual digital libraries, virtual museums, virtual observatories

Technology that was first adopted in sciences…

“ the development and deployment of a networked infrastructure and culture through which resources – (…) – can be shared in a secure environment, and in which new forms of collaboration can emerge, and new and advanced methodologies explored.” - Sheila Anderson Director, Centre for e-Research, King’s College London, 2007 A Marriage of Convenience: the Possibilities of Service-oriented Architecture and Web 2.0 for Digital Archaeology

A Marriage of Convenience: the Possibilities of Service-oriented Architecture and Web 2.0 for Digital Archaeology What is SOA? “ a collection of loosely-coupled, distributed services which communicate and interoperate via agreed standards. The combination of a service and standards-based approach can result in a directory of reusable service components which together can be employed to enhance existing networked applications or build new applications.” - University of Oxford ICT strategic plan http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mj-kCFzF0ME

A Marriage of Convenience: the Possibilities of Service-oriented Architecture and Web 2.0 for Digital Archaeology Enter archaeology… Multiple ways of accessing multiple information SMRs Digital Libraries Grey Lit. Individual site records Government agencies Tag clouds Blogs Wikis Different file structures and metadata Created by different kinds of user Often constrained by modern national boundaries Some aggregate data, some deliver data from a single source

Multiple ways of accessing multiple information

SMRs

Digital Libraries

Grey Lit.

Individual site records

Government agencies

Tag clouds

Blogs

Wikis

Different file structures and metadata

Created by different kinds of user

Often constrained by modern national boundaries

Some aggregate data, some deliver data from a single source

A Marriage of Convenience: the Possibilities of Service-oriented Architecture and Web 2.0 for Digital Archaeology Attempts to provide real-time access to a range of sources of information Uses Grid middleware Deploys different services Is an example of a top down approach Operates accepted standards

Attempts to provide real-time access to a range of sources of information

Uses Grid middleware

Deploys different services

Is an example of a top down approach

Operates accepted standards

A Marriage of Convenience: the Possibilities of Service-oriented Architecture and Web 2.0 for Digital Archaeology Digital legacy of the Barrington Atlas Users can add their own data on, or about, Greco-Roman placenames Flexible, works at different scales Is an example of a bottom up approach

Digital legacy of the Barrington Atlas

Users can add their own data on, or about, Greco-Roman placenames

Flexible, works at different scales

Is an example of a bottom up approach

A Marriage of Convenience: the Possibilities of Service-oriented Architecture and Web 2.0 for Digital Archaeology The SOA approach Benefits Bringing together data and tools wherever/whoever they originate from Simplify the process of acquiring and publishing data Drawbacks Trust/subversion of peer-review(?) Security Misuse of data People Data Computation Web 2.0 SOA

Bringing together data and tools wherever/whoever they originate from

Simplify the process of acquiring and publishing data

Trust/subversion of peer-review(?)

Security

Misuse of data

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