A Marriage of Convenience: The Possibilities of SOA and Web 2.0 for Archaeology. Presentation given at session on Web 2.0 in archaeology at the Society for American Archaeology, Vancouver, March 2008.

1. 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.

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

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

5. “ 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

6. 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

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