Internet Archaeol. 7. Gray and Walford. Appendix

Appendix: Some Other Relevant Projects

FISHEN (Forum for Information Standards for Heritage in England) is a group whose members participate in the creation, development, identification and review of data standards. It also forges links with other groups working on standards-related issues.
http://www.mda.org.uk/fishen
MIDAS is a Manual and Data Standard for Monument Inventories. It aims to provide a common format for monument-related inventories, promote consistency, facilitate information exchange and assist data migration. It is designed to be flexible, and does not provide a specific data model.
See MIDAS: A New Data Standard in SMR News Issue 5 http://www.rchme.gov.uk/smr/news5/midas.html
CIDOC Core Data Standard for Archaeological Sites and Monuments defines 'the minimum categories of information required to assess an archaeological site or monument, for planning, management, academic or other purposes.'
http://www.natmus.min.dk/cidoc/archsite/coredata/arch1.htm
Dublin Core is a widely-used metadata framework for describing documents. (The term 'document' in this sense can include a wide variety of resources.)
http://purl.oclc.org/dc/ See also http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/project/metadata/dublin.html for the application of Dublin Core metadata to archaeology.
Aquarelle is an international project which has developed protocols and software for sharing cultural heritage resources.
http://aqua.inria.fr/Aquarelle
The exeGesIS Sites and Monuments Records Database is a user-friendly MIDAS-compliant database application intended for use by SMRs. It incorporates the RCHME Thesaurus of Monument Types. It is a modular system, with text, image and map management modules. The software was developed by exeGesIS SDM.
http://www.esdm.co.uk
MONARCH is RCHME's Oracle-based database of information on the architectural and archaeological heritage. MONARCH 'is very broad in scope and covers archaeological sites, excavations and archives, architectural monuments and maritime sites within England's territorial waters.'
http://www.rchme.gov.uk/monarch.html
CANMORE is the on-line version of the National Monuments Record of Scotland.
http://www.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore.html
SCRAN, the Scottish Cultural Resources Access Network, 'provides multimedia resources on history and culture in Scotland.'
http://www.scran.ac.uk
Digital Archaeological Reports aims to 'further the use of the Internet within archaeology by making "grey literature" [...] available as web documents.'
http://www.postex.demon.co.uk/dar
Info2000. The European Commission's Open Information Interchange service lists a wide variety of both general-purpose and application-specific standards and specifications.
http://www.diffuse.org/oii/en/oii-home.html