• Promise and Paradox: Accessing Open Data in Archaeology

    Author(s):
    Jeremy Huggett (see profile)
    Date:
    2014
    Subject(s):
    Archaeology--Data processing
    Item Type:
    Book chapter
    Tag(s):
    Digital archaeology
    Permanent URL:
    http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/qc5d-9x46
    Abstract:
    Increasing access to open data raises challenges, amongst the most important of which is the need to understand the context of the data that are delivered to the screen. Data are situated, contingent, and incomplete: they have histories which relate to their origins, their purpose, and their modification. These histories have implications for the subsequent appropriate use of those data but are rarely available to the data consumer. This paper argues that just as data need metadata to make them discoverable, so they also need provenance metadata as a means of seeking to capture their underlying theory-laden, purpose-laden and process-laden character.
    Notes:
    http://www.hrionline.ac.uk/openbook/book/dhc2012
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    Publisher:
    HRI Online Publications: Sheffield
    Pub. Date:
    2014
    Book Title:
    Proceedings of the Digital Humanities Congress 2012
    Author/Editor:
    Clare Mills, Michael Pidd, and Esther Ward (eds.)
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    Published
    Last Updated:
    3 years ago
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