Digital curation and quality standards for memory institutions: PREFORMA research project

Fresa, Antonella; Justrell, Borje; Prandoni, Claudio

doi:10.1007/s10502-015-9242-8

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“…Consequently, individuals and organizations will need financial and professional incentives to participate. Expenses to support the FAIR principles are centered on operational and maintenance costs of cyberinfrastructure (i.e., hardware and software), the staff required for programming and digital curation activities, and administrative costs (Fresa et al 2015; Richards et al 2010; Simbulan 2013). Two other key hurdles in advancing FAIR practices are providing (1) the time for individuals to create FAIR data and (2) professional rewards for doing so.…”

Section: Implementing the Fair Principlesmentioning

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Will It Ever Be FAIR?

Nicholson

Kansa

Gupta

et al. 2023

Adv. archaeol. pract.

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A fundamental task of archaeology is to address challenging scientific questions related to the complexity of human societies. If we are to systematically understand the processes that affect human societies on multiple spatial and temporal scales, research leveraging existing archaeological data is essential. However, only a fraction of the data from archaeological projects are publicly findable or accessible, let alone interoperable or reusable. This is the case despite statements of disciplinary ethics, availability of capable technologies for data stewardship, publications providing guidance, and legal mandates. This article introduces the FAIR principles for data stewardship in North American archaeology, which state that data should be Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable. We call for efforts to promote widespread adoption of the FAIR and CARE (Collective benefit, Authority to control, Responsibility, and Ethics) principles among professional organizations, publishers, data repositories, and researchers. We also call for adoption and implementation of requirements to adhere to these principles by governmental agencies, funding bodies, and other regulators of archaeological research. Ultimately, adoption of the FAIR principles in an ethical framework contributes to our understanding of our human experience and can lead to greater integration and reuse of research results, fostering increased partnerships between academia and industry.

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Section: Implementing the Fair Principlesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Will It Ever Be FAIR?

Nicholson

Kansa

Gupta

et al. 2023

Adv. archaeol. pract.

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“…There are also a number of national roadmaps, especially in the area of research infrastructures that address arts and humanities. 6 The Long Term Preservation Case Study conducted by the International Network for a Digital Cultural Heritage e-Infrastructure project (INDICATE) 7 highlighted that cultural institutions implement their own methods to address the digital preservation issues and that there is a strong need for common policies and strategies; that institutions and their staff are mostly unaware of the e-infrastructure possibilities, in some cases they are not even connected to the e-infrastructure providers [5]. The continuing investment in in-house preservation systems is contributing to the lack of interoperability and fragmentation of resources into 'digital silos'.…”

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“…As a result, memory institutions have to make conformance tests before accepting transfers of electronic collections, to verify that they have been produced according to the specifications of a standard file format, and hence that they match the acceptance criteria for long-term preservation established by the memory institution. However, the software used to perform these tests are, in turn, not controlled by the institution [7]. This situation, when conformance to standards is not guaranteed, may result in increasing costs.…”

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DCH-RP and PREFORMA: Two Case Studies on the Digital Preservation of Cultural Heritage

Fresa

Prandoni

2015

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The huge amount of digital cultural heritage data is growing every day thanks to the digitisation programmes carried out by cultural institutions. These data should continue to be available in the future to anyone who wishes or needs to access them. This is a very important challenge memory institutions have to face nowadays, and several questions need to be answered to this regard: How will we ensure the long-term preservation and access to our digital information? Who should select which digital data should be saved? How will we successfully store and migrate data as technology evolves? Understanding of digital preservation requires consideration of two main aspects: organisation and technology. Several projects have been funded in the last years to work on these topics by the European Commission. This paper presents the work that is being carried out in two of these projects: DCH-RP and PREFORMA.

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“…While efforts for 3D archaeological data sustainability are growing in the U.S. (e.g., www.cyark.org/ ), European institutions and organizations particularly have been working in the area of 3D data management toward establishing best practices and developing infrastructure for 3D data management in archaeology and cultural heritage for the past decade, (Remondino and Campana, 2014;Cignoni and Scopigno, 2008;Fresa et al, 2015;Lyons, 2016;Stylianidis and Remondino, 2016;Taylor and Gibson, 2016;Vecchio et al, 2015;von Schwerin et al, 2009von Schwerin et al, , 2011 www.dc-net.org/getFile.php?id=467 ; www.dc-net.org/getFile. php?id=450 ).…”

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A catch 22 of 3D data sustainability: Lessons in 3D archaeological data management & accessibility

Richards-Rissetto

Schwerin

2017

Digital Applications in Archaeology and Cultural Heritage

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Archaeologists can now collect an inordinate amount of 3D data. But are these 3D data sustainable? Are they being managed to make them accessible? The MayaArch3D Project researched and addressed these questions by applying best practices to build four prototype tools to store, manage, visualize, and analyze multiresolution, geo-referenced 3D models in a web-based environment. While the technical aspects of these tools have been published, this position paper addresses a catch 22 that we, as archaeologists, encounter in the field of 3D archaeology-one that formed the initial impetus for the MayaArch3D Project: that is, while the quantity of 3D archaeological data is increasing, these data are not usually accessible. By researching and addressing 3D data integration and accessibility, we learned many lessons that group around four main issues: sensitivity/security, web-based dissemination, conveying uncertainty, and data storage/reuse/peer review. These are significant current challenges to making 3D archaeological data sustainable.

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Digital curation and quality standards for memory institutions: PREFORMA research project

Cited by 7 publications

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Will It Ever Be FAIR?

Will It Ever Be FAIR?

DCH-RP and PREFORMA: Two Case Studies on the Digital Preservation of Cultural Heritage

A catch 22 of 3D data sustainability: Lessons in 3D archaeological data management & accessibility

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