Integration of the existing archaeological research data infrastructures so that researchers can (re)use the various distributed datasets.

1. ARIADNE
is
funded
by
the
European
Commission's
Seventh
Framework
Programme
Towards Interoperability:
The ARIADNE Registry
Dimitris
Gavrilis,
Christos
Papatheodorou
Digital
CuraDon
Unit
IMIS
–Athena
Research
Centre

2. ARIADNE Objectives
• Integration of the existing archaeological research data
infrastructures so that researchers can (re)use the various
distributed datasets.
• Activities:
• Aggregation: gather information about the existing data resources
and services.
• Integration: implement advanced search functionalities on this
information in order to support the discovery of resources that
make good candidates for integration.

3. Data Registries
• Data organization and management approach that
provides access to and re-use of distributed data
resources and services.
• Datasets, collections, metadata schemas and
vocabularies along with their mappings are hosted and
described by a common schema.
• ARIADNE project aims to step beyond accessibility and
re-usability and integrate existing archaeological research
data.

4. Overall Architecture

5. ARIADNE Catalogue Data Model Outline
The central notion of the model is the class Archaeological Resource.
:DataResource
• :Dataset
• :ArchaeologicalCollection
• :Metadata Schemas
:LanguageResource
• :Vocabulary
• :Mapping
• :Gazetteer
:Service
Archaeological
Resource

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7. Archaeological Collection

8. Metadata schema

9. Metadata Mapping

10. Attribute Usage Notes
:name The name of the mapping.
:source The id of the source Metadata Schema.
:target The id of the target Metadata Schema.
:xsltURI The URI to the XSLT describing the mapping
XSLT file upload Uploaded the XSLT file, if any.
Metadata Mapping

11. Some numbers
Provider name!
Estimated
records! Description of the content!
ZRC!SAZU! 9000! Archaeol.!site!of!Slovenia!
ADS! 31,000!
c.500!excavation!archives!(each!with!multiple!files!and!file!types,!but!
with!collection!level!metadata!only)!
26,000!grey!lit!reports!
2000!England's!Rock!Art!
2500!Image!Bank!
ARUPPCAS! 10000! Archaeological!aerial!photographs!of!Bohemia!
KNAWPDANS! 26500!
19.000!archaeological!reports!and!3.000!excavation!archives!of!EASY!
repository!&!dendrochronological!data!of!DCCD!repository!
DISCOVERY! 5500!
Online!database!of!human!ramains!(www.maapingdeathdb.ie)!details!
of!170!excavations!
Arcaeological!aerial!image!collection!(2000!images)!
Iroan!Age!monuments!&!Roman!finds!Databases!(approx!1000!
records)!
National!Roads!Authority!(NRA)!Excavation!reports!(2000)!
NIAMPBAS! 17000!
Automated!Information!System!Arheologicheska!karta!na!Bulgaria!(AIS!
AKB)!–!Archaeological!Map!of!Bulgaria!
MiBACT!P!SIGECweb!
277000! (3!
datasets)!
275000!Catalog!cards!regarding!archaeological!finds,!105!of!
Archaelogical!sites,!1800!of!Archaeological!materials!(Italy)!
INARP! 20700!
bibliographic!reccords!of!archaeological!reports!with!a!summary!and!
an!indexation!for!each!report!
!

12. • REST based ingest service
• receives XML instances compliant with ARIADNE Catalog Data
Model XSD
• check for mandatory fields, integrity checks, perform auditing on
newly ingested records, etc.
• a status / response result in JSON/XML
• OAI-PMH for item ingestion from native repositories
• SPARQL interface
• http://ariadne-registry.dcu.gr:8080/openrdf-sesame/repositories/
ariadne
Machine Interface

13. Data Integration architecture

14. Main services
ARIADNE
Catalog
&
Data
Access:
• contains
the
database
where
all
informaDon
is
stored;
follows
the
ACDM
model
•
accessible
through
a
Data
Access
Layer

15. Main services
Deposit
Service:
Ingest
ACDM
related
informaDon
and
to
check
for
mandatory
fields,
integrity
checks,
perform
audiDng
on
newly
ingested
records

16. Main services
Digital
assets
management
• provides
tools
to
manage
digital
assets
within
the
ARIADNE
catalog
• create
new
records
and
manage
exisDng
records
in
the
ARIADNE
catalog

17. Main services PreservaDon
Service
stores
the
full
lifecycle
of
each
enDty
of
the
ACDM
model
including
vocabularies

18. Main services Quality
Service
evaluates
the
provided
informaDon
about
an
enDty
(e.g.
a
dataset,
collecDon
or
a
distribuDon)
and
reports
back
a
quality
measure.

19. Main services
Metadata
Enhancement
• Uses
ontologies
and
vocabularies.
• Enhancements
include
mining
of
relaDons,
automaDc
linking
with
thesauri
and
vocabularies,
etc.

20. Main services Vocabulary
Management
• Ingest
and
manage
vocabularies
• SKOSify
vocabularies
• Manage
SKOS
concepts,
ediDng
and
interlinking
with
each
other

21. • What: to enable resource discovery according to
• Event Types (such as excavation, survey etc),
• Topic/theme,
• Collections/Objects.
• Where: to enable resource discovery according to spatial
criteria.
• When: to enable resource discovery according to temporal
criteria, such as local/national period terms.
• Resource type: to enable resource discovery based on the
attribute ariadne:subject of the class ArchaeologicalResource:
• Fieldwork databases, Event/intervention databases, Sites and
monuments databases, Scientific databases, Artefacts and Collections
of Artefacts and Burials.
• Need: mappings to SKOSified thesauri and vocabularies of
archaeological object types, periods and topics.
Integration strategy

22. Main services Resource
Discovery
Allows
searching
under
the
criteria:
Language,
Geographical,
Temporal,
ThemaDc,
Keyword

23. Main services
Preview
Service
a
group
of
records
are
displayed
In
a
list,
On
a
map,
On
a
Dmeline,
Using
a
combinaDon
of
map,
Dmeline
and
other
criteria
(e.g.
themaDc)

24. • Metadata mappings
• Metadata mappings to CIDOC CRM
• Ontology based integration
• Vocabulary mappings to enable
Further needs for semantic integration

25. Disclaimer
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.