Ariadne is a European Commission funded initiative aimed at integrating archaeological research data infrastructures to enhance research methodologies through the use of distributed datasets and advanced technologies. The document discusses the challenges of interoperability and effectiveness in semantic discovery, as well as strategies for accessing and navigating data. The initiative emphasizes the creation of virtual research environments to enrich data and services for collaborative research in the arts and humanities and sciences.

1. ARIADNE is funded by the European Commission's Seventh Framework Programme
Providing services: search and beyondProviding services: search and beyond
CNR ISTI Pisa
Carlo Meghini
CNR ISTI Pisa
Carlo Meghini

2. ARIADNE, The mission
• Bring together and integrate the existing
archaeological research data infrastructures so
that researchers can use the various distributed
datasets and new and powerful technologies as
an integral component of the archaeological
research methodology.
• Bring together and integrate the existing
archaeological research data infrastructures so
that researchers can use the various distributed
datasets and new and powerful technologies as
an integral component of the archaeological
research methodology.

3. e-infrastructures
A combination and interworking of
• digitally-based technology (hardware and software),
• resources (data, services, digital libraries),
• communications (protocols, access rights and
networks), and
• the people and organisational structures
needed to support modern, internationally leading
collaborative research be it in the arts and humanities or
the sciences
A combination and interworking of
• digitally-based technology (hardware and software),
• resources (data, services, digital libraries),
• communications (protocols, access rights and
networks), and
• the people and organisational structures
needed to support modern, internationally leading
collaborative research be it in the arts and humanities or
the sciences

4. The context
A wide variety of languages,
models and research
methodologies

5. Where do we want to go

6. Discovery
• Semantic discovery:
– a user-centered search service for getting to
know the available data and service resources
• Challenges:
– interoperability
– information collection
– effectiveness and efficiency
• Semantic discovery:
– a user-centered search service for getting to
know the available data and service resources
• Challenges:
– interoperability
– information collection
– effectiveness and efficiency

7. Explore
• Navigate the information space at all levels:
– Collection description
– Item description
– Item
• multimedia object visualization
• 3D-model visualization
• Navigate the information space at all levels:
– Collection description
– Item description
– Item
• multimedia object visualization
• 3D-model visualization

8. Access
• Get to the data
– query the information space as a whole
– enrich with new data resources
– obtain data resources
– operate on data resources
• Virtual Research Environments
• Create new data by re-using the existing ones
• Get to the data
– query the information space as a whole
– enrich with new data resources
– obtain data resources
– operate on data resources
• Virtual Research Environments
• Create new data by re-using the existing ones

9. Access
• Get to the services
– use the individual services
– enrich with new services
– operate on service resources
• Virtual Research Environments
• Create new services by re-using the existing ones
• Get to the services
– use the individual services
– enrich with new services
– operate on service resources
• Virtual Research Environments
• Create new services by re-using the existing ones

10. How to get there
Ariadne, the first phaseAriadne, the first phase

11. How to get there
Ariadne, the second phaseAriadne, the second phase

12. How to get there
beyond Ariadnebeyond Ariadne

13. Thank you
Questions?Questions?