INRAP is one of the biggest European institutions in charge of unmovable archaeological heritage. Although centralised, INRAP is so big that a lot of diversity in terms of standards and tools existed. Therefore, ARIADNE was very helpful for Kai, Amala and their co-workers to apply some of the ARIADNE’s tools and approaches to INRAP. One of the top achievements of INRAP due to ARIADNE was ‘changing the culture of sharing’.

1. ARIADNEplus is funded by the European Commission’s Horizon 2020 Programme
ARIADNE at Inrap
Inception, implementation &
future
ARIADNE at Inrap
Inception, implementation &
future
Kai SALAS ROSSENBACH, Amala MARX
Institut national de recherches archéologiques
preventives – Inrap
Kai SALAS ROSSENBACH, Amala MARX
Institut national de recherches archéologiques
preventives – Inrap

2. • French National Institute for Preventive
Archaeological Research
• A public institution established by a
national law in 2002 (under the Malta
convention)
• Missions that covers a national
territory :
– Realization of preventive
archaeological operations
– Exploitation of scientific data
– Education, cultural diffusion and
valorization
• 1 headquarter in Paris and 50
archaeological centres all over France
• French National Institute for Preventive
Archaeological Research
• A public institution established by a
national law in 2002 (under the Malta
convention)
• Missions that covers a national
territory :
– Realization of preventive
archaeological operations
– Exploitation of scientific data
– Education, cultural diffusion and
valorization
• 1 headquarter in Paris and 50
archaeological centres all over France
INRAP

3. • Archaeological operations / year :
–≈ 2 000 evaluations
–≈ 220 excavations
• Archaeological reports / year :
–≈ 2 000 reports
• Research projects / year:
–≈ 200 projects
• Archaeological operations / year :
–≈ 2 000 evaluations
–≈ 220 excavations
• Archaeological reports / year :
–≈ 2 000 reports
• Research projects / year:
–≈ 200 projects
INRAP
Archaeological operations (2016)

4. • Each archaeological operation:
– Administrative documentation
– Archaeological material / objects documentation
– Raw fields data (data recording, pictures, field minutes..)
– Spatial Data
– Data and documentation come from raw data studies
– Fields database
– Archaeological operation report
– And more and more often: 3D, photogrammetry, drone …
• And also:
– Dissemination documentation
– Database from research projects
– Others digital documentation from research projects
• Each archaeological operation:
– Administrative documentation
– Archaeological material / objects documentation
– Raw fields data (data recording, pictures, field minutes..)
– Spatial Data
– Data and documentation come from raw data studies
– Fields database
– Archaeological operation report
– And more and more often: 3D, photogrammetry, drone …
• And also:
– Dissemination documentation
– Database from research projects
– Others digital documentation from research projects
INRAP DIGITAL DATA PRODUCTION

5. • Several information systems developed:
– DOLIA (2009): Inrap documentary resources catalog with circa.
33 000 excavation reports notices & circa. 16 000 full text reports -
collaboration with Frantiq (use of PACTOLS thesaurus)
– EDArc (2014) : field recording system to produce harmonized and
interoperable data
– CAVIAR (2014): information system that gathers Inrap GIS data
Each archaeological centre managed its digital data.
The only mandatory digital document that was centralized : the
excavation report
• Several information systems developed:
– DOLIA (2009): Inrap documentary resources catalog with circa.
33 000 excavation reports notices & circa. 16 000 full text reports -
collaboration with Frantiq (use of PACTOLS thesaurus)
– EDArc (2014) : field recording system to produce harmonized and
interoperable data
– CAVIAR (2014): information system that gathers Inrap GIS data
Each archaeological centre managed its digital data.
The only mandatory digital document that was centralized : the
excavation report
INRAP BEFORE ARIADNE

6. • User needs survey and definition (French archaeological
community)
• Encourage collaboration between Frantiq & ARIADNE
• Dissemination to scientific community and ministries
• Participation of Inrap colleagues to summer & winter school
• DOLIA excavation reports notices referenced in ARIADNE
(circa. 28 000)
• Mapping field recording system EDArc with CIDOC CRM
• Mapping of Pactols thesaurus with AAT
• ARIADNE infrastructure testing (French archaeological
community)
• User needs survey and definition (French archaeological
community)
• Encourage collaboration between Frantiq & ARIADNE
• Dissemination to scientific community and ministries
• Participation of Inrap colleagues to summer & winter school
• DOLIA excavation reports notices referenced in ARIADNE
(circa. 28 000)
• Mapping field recording system EDArc with CIDOC CRM
• Mapping of Pactols thesaurus with AAT
• ARIADNE infrastructure testing (French archaeological
community)
INRAP in ARIADNE

7. ARIADNE project stimulated the development of a real reflection
on data management and FAIR principles at Inrap
• Participation to national research groups:
– Couperin: national & multidisciplinary consortium on digital publication
– MASA: national consortium on archaeological digital data
• Conference on open access in archaeology organized by Inrap
• Data management reflection and implementation:
– Implementation of long-term preservation archiving (with CINES –
public institution)
– Organisation and harmonisation of data storage: NAS structuration and
development of an archive deposit procedure
– Development of a data managment plan (into MASA consortium):
testing phase
ARIADNE project stimulated the development of a real reflection
on data management and FAIR principles at Inrap
• Participation to national research groups:
– Couperin: national & multidisciplinary consortium on digital publication
– MASA: national consortium on archaeological digital data
• Conference on open access in archaeology organized by Inrap
• Data management reflection and implementation:
– Implementation of long-term preservation archiving (with CINES –
public institution)
– Organisation and harmonisation of data storage: NAS structuration and
development of an archive deposit procedure
– Development of a data managment plan (into MASA consortium):
testing phase
ARIADNE at INRAP

8. A CORE TOOL:DMP
DATAMANAGMENTPLANDATAMANAGMENTPLAN
INRAP SERVER
HARD DISK
NAS (ARCH.
CENTRES)
CINES
Field recording
systems
(Edarc)
DOLIA
Caviar

9. INRAP digital overview
DMP
Data
producti
on
Data
processi
ng
Data
analysis
Data
preserva
tion
Data
access
Data re-
use
EDArc
Dolia
Gis
Caviar

10. • Referenced more datasets in ARIADNE :
Using European project to push forward data structuration and data
opening
– Absolute dating database
– Excavation reports
– Research databases …
• Developed French user community:
– Inrap
– French archaeological community
– Wider community (heritage manager, ministries…)
• Promotion of FAIR principles
• In charge of coordinating and developing pilots to test the
infrastructure:
– Using this opportunity to develop pilots fully integrated to Inrap
research project and operational activities (NPL, 3D…)
• Referenced more datasets in ARIADNE :
Using European project to push forward data structuration and data
opening
– Absolute dating database
– Excavation reports
– Research databases …
• Developed French user community:
– Inrap
– French archaeological community
– Wider community (heritage manager, ministries…)
• Promotion of FAIR principles
• In charge of coordinating and developing pilots to test the
infrastructure:
– Using this opportunity to develop pilots fully integrated to Inrap
research project and operational activities (NPL, 3D…)
ARIADNEPlus at INRAP

11. THANK YOU!
ARIADNEplus is a project funded by the European Commission
under the H2020 Programme, contract no. H2020-INFRAIA-2018-1-
823914.
The views and opinions expressed in this presentation are the sole
responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views
of the European Commission.
Contact: kai.salas-rossenbach@inrap.fr
amala.marx@inrap.fr
www.inrap.fr
www.ariadne-infrastructure.eu
ARIADNEplus is a project funded by the European Commission
under the H2020 Programme, contract no. H2020-INFRAIA-2018-1-
823914.
The views and opinions expressed in this presentation are the sole
responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views
of the European Commission.
Contact: kai.salas-rossenbach@inrap.fr
amala.marx@inrap.fr
www.inrap.fr
www.ariadne-infrastructure.eu