ariadne: report on transnational access activities and training activities

D5.1: Report on Transnational access activities and training activities

Author: Holly Wright, UoY-ADS

Ariadne is funded by the European Commission’s 7th Framework Programme.

Theviewsandopinionsexpressedinthisreportarethesoleresponsibilityoftheauthor(s)anddonotnecessarilyreflecttheviewsoftheEuropeanCommission.

ARIADNED5.1 Reportontransnationalaccessandtrainingactivities(Public)

Version:1.0(final) 17thJanuary2017

Author: HollyWright,UoY-ADS

Contributingpartners: KateFernie,PIN

CatherineHardman,UoY-ADS

BenjaminŠtular,ZRC-SAZU

EdeltraudAspöck,OREAOEAW

ARIADNED5.1Reportontransnationalaccessandtrainingactivities

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TableofContents

TableofContents..............................................................................................................3

ExecutiveSummary...........................................................................................................4

1 Introduction...............................................................................................................6

2 Transnationalaccessco-ordination.............................................................................7

2.1 Onlineaccess............................................................................................................................72.1.1 Promotingtheonlineservices........................................................................................................8

2.2 Physicalaccess..........................................................................................................................82.2.1 Promotingthecallsforapplications...............................................................................................92.2.2 Selectionprocessandevaluationcriteria.....................................................................................112.2.3 TransnationalAccessin2014........................................................................................................132.2.4 TransnationalAccessin2015........................................................................................................152.2.5 TransnationalAccessin2016........................................................................................................182.2.6 Evaluation.....................................................................................................................................232.2.7 Userfeedback...............................................................................................................................26

3 Training....................................................................................................................27

3.1 FirstYearTrainingEvents.......................................................................................................273.1.1 TrainingEventatEAAPilsen.........................................................................................................273.1.2 TrainingEventatCAAParis...........................................................................................................32

3.2 SecondYearTrainingEvents...................................................................................................333.2.1 TrainingEventatEVALondon......................................................................................................333.2.2 TrainingEventatEAAIstanbul......................................................................................................353.2.3 TrainingEventatMEATPaestum.................................................................................................353.2.4 TrainingEventatCAASiena..........................................................................................................35

3.3 ThirdYearTrainingEvents......................................................................................................373.3.1 TrainingEventattheATHENARCsummerschoolAthens...........................................................373.3.2 TrainingEventatDigitalHeritageGranada..................................................................................393.3.3 TrainingEventatOEAWViennaandZRC-SAZUinLjubljana........................................................41

3.4 FourthYearTrainingEvents....................................................................................................453.4.1 TrainingEventatCAAOslo...........................................................................................................463.4.2 TrainingEventattheATHENARCsummerschoolAthens...........................................................483.4.1 TrainingEventattheEuropeanSummerUniversityinDigitalHumanitiesLeipzig......................513.4.2 TrainingEventatEAAVilnius........................................................................................................52

4 Conclusions..............................................................................................................56

5 References................................................................................................................57


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ExecutiveSummary

ARIADNEisaresearchinfrastructurefundedbytheEuropeanCommission’sFP7programmetobringtogether existing archaeological research data infrastructures. The project offered a range ofopportunities for transnational access to the infrastructure and training to archaeologiststhroughouttheproject.

This report is a deliverable (D5.1 Report on transnational access and training activities) of theARIADNE project (“Advanced Research Infrastructure for Archaeological Dataset Networking inEurope”)fundedundertheEuropeanCommunity'sSeventhFrameworkProgramme.Itpresentstheresultsoftheworkcarriedoutinworkpackage5Transnationalaccessco-ordinationandTraining.

Section two describes the activities carried out under Task 5.1 whose focus was promoting andcoordinating opportunities for transnational access (TNA) by researchers to the ARIADNEinfrastructure. Theopportunities includedbothonlineaccess todataservicesandphysicalaccessvisitstoleadingresearchlaboratoriesatPIN,ATHENARCandCNR.

TheARIADNE infrastructurealsopromoted fouronlineservicesmanagedby theArchaeologyDataService (ARCHSEARCH), the International Association for Classical Archaeology (FASTI Online) andtheDeutschesArchäologischesInstitut(ARACHNEandZENON),andfollowingitslaunch,theonlineservices developed by ARIADNE itself (ARIADNE portal, Visual Media Service and Landscapeservices). Arangeofdisseminationactivitieswerecarriedouttopromotetheseservices;thewebstatistics reveal the impact of ARIADNE’s participation in conferences, events and trainingworkshopsononlineaccess.

ARIADNE offered opportunities to researchers to apply for physical transnational access to theresearch laboratories at PIN, theAthenaResearch Centre and ISTI-CNR. Calls for applications foraccessvisitswereadvertisedin2014,2015and2016offeringopportunitiesforgroupvisits(summerschoolformat)andindividualaccessvisits.TheTNAfocussedonon:Legacydataanddatasetdesign,Integrationandinteroperabilityoflegacydatasets,3DdocumentationoffieldworkandartefactsandScientificdatasets.

Between2014and2016ARIADNEreceived136applicationsfromresearcherswishingtoparticipateinphysicalTNAprogrammes.Theselectioncommitteewascomprisedofexpertsfrombothoutsidethe project consortium and the TNA providers. Following review by the selection committee, 97travelbursarieswereawarded to researchers. A smallnumberof researchersalsoparticipated intheTNAwithout receivingbursaries. Researchers from institutions in23countriesparticipated inphysical TNA;21EUmember statesplus SerbiaandArgentinawere represented. ThirtydifferentnationalitieswererepresentedamongsttheninetyresearcherswhoparticipatedinARIADNE;20EUmember states plus American, Argentinian, Australian, Brazilian, Canadian, Chinese, Iceland,Norway,SerbiaandTurkey.50%oftheresearcherswhoparticipatedwerefemale.27%wereagedunder thirty at the timeof the training. Themajorityofparticipantswerepostgraduate students(52%) and postdoctoral researchers (20%); 15% were expert researchers (professors and otherseniorresearchers),12%weretechniciansand2%wereundergraduatestudents.


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The participants brought projects and research challenges to work on during their physical TNAaccessvisits.Theseincludedtheuseofspecificdigitalmethods(suchasspatialanalysis,3Dmodels,GISanddigitalmaps)andchallenges relating to the lifecycleofarchaeologicaldata (data capture,dataset design and data modelling, semantics and interoperability of legacy datasets, datamanagement,digitalpreservation,dataaccess,etc.).ThefeedbackgivenbyparticipantsfollowingtheirTNAvisitsmadeitclearthattheyvaluedtheopportunitytolearn,tonetworkandcollaboratewith other researchers, and receiving practical help and advice on their research projects. Thehands-onexperience(workingwithtoolsandwithdata)wasparticularlyvalued.Thefeedbackwasin general positive, the main suggestions for improvement related to disseminating theopportunitiesmorewidely, extending theprogramme toprovidemore TNA (summer schools andtrainingworkshops) throughout the year and continuing the programme after the end of projectfundingin2017.

SectionthreedescribestheactivitiescarriedoutunderTask5.2whosefocuswastheorganisationoftwo training events highlighting the online services during the first year of the project. This wasmeant tobe followedby four trainingeventsperyear for the remaining threeyears, focussedonpromotingthephysicalTNAopportunitiesdiscussedinsectiontwo.

Alongside preparation for the physical TNA opportunities set to begin in the second year of theproject,twoTNAeventswereorganisedtoencourageuseoftheopenaccessresourcesheldbytheARIANDEonlineTNAproviders:UoYADS,DAIandAIAC.Thetwofirst-yearworkshopswereheldatEAAinPilsen,CzechRepublicandthesecondatCAAinParis,France.Thefour,year-twoTNAtrainingevents meant to advertise the physical TNA opportunities were held at EVA London, UK, EAAIstanbul, Turkey, MEAT in Paestum, Italy and CAA in Siena, Italy. At the end of year-two, thisapproach was assessed and deemed to be (largely) ineffective however, and alongside greaterunderstandingastowhichtypesoftrainingactivitieswereuseful,theformatwaschangedinfavourof events meeting specific needs, or formats more likely to reach greater numbers of users andcreatestrongerdialoguearoundtheproject.

Yearsthreeandfourweremuchmoresuccessful,and includedexpert foratakingplace inAthens,Greecebothyears,a focussedworkshopon3DHOPatDigitalHeritage inGranada,Spain,bespokedatamanagementworkshopshostedforanationalaudiencebyARIADNEpartnersinVienna,Austriaand Ljubljana, Slovenia, a sponsored session at CAA, Oslo, Norway, a half-day workshop at TheEuropeanSummerUniversityinDigitalHumanities,Leipzig,Germanyandfinallyasponsoredsessionat EAA, Vilnius, Lithuania. The TNA training events fostered interest and dialogue around theARIADNE project throughout its four years, allowing the partners to garner feedback from thedomainandworkinawaythatwastransparentandinclusive.Italsobroughtthedomaintogetherto address ongoing issues which informed the sustainability planning for the infrastructure, andwereakeyaspectoftheprojectasawhole.

In conclusion, the TNA and training activities delivered by ARIADNE fulfilled their objectives ofengaging participants with the research infrastructure and delivering on important learningoutcomes with regards to the creation, management, access and preservation of archaeologicaldatasets.


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1 IntroductionThis report is a deliverable (D5.1 Report on transnational access and training activities) of theARIADNE project (“Advanced Research Infrastructure for Archaeological Dataset Networking inEurope”)fundedundertheEuropeanCommunity'sSeventhFrameworkProgramme.Itpresentstheresultsoftheworkcarriedoutinworkpackage5Transnationalaccessco-ordinationandTraining.

ThefocusofTask5.1waspromotingandcoordinatingopportunitiesfortransnationalaccess(TNA)byresearcherstotheARIADNEinfrastructure.Theopportunitiesincludedbothonlineaccesstodataservices (reported indetail inD5.2 Initial reportontheassessmentofonlineaccessandD5.3Finalreportontheassessmentofonlineaccess)andphysicalaccessvisitstoleadingresearchlaboratoriesatPIN,ATHENARCandCNR. TheprogrammewasdevelopedbytheARIADNETNAprovidersandthen advertised to researchers through regular calls for applications. A panel of experts wasestablishedtoreviewapplicationsandtorecommenduserstobeofferedARIADNETNAbursaries.The panel comprised of international experts from outside the projects and internal expertsnominatedbytheTNAproviders.Selectionwasbasedonmerit,withprioritybeinggiventoyoungresearchersandthoseworkingincountrieswheresimilarfacilitiesarenotcurrentlyavailable.Afterdiscussion, TNA providers CNR and ATHENA RC chose to offer week-long group visits to enableindividual researchers fromdifferent facilities tocometogetherandexchangeexperiencesas theyworkedontheirprojects(a‘summerschool’format).PINchosetoofferindividualTNAvisitstoofferresearchers/researchteamsmaximumflexibilityoverthetimingoftheirvisits.TheaccessprovidedisreportedindetailinD6.2,D7.1,D8.1,D9.1andD10.1,andissummarisedinthisreport.

ThefocusofTask5.2wastocreatetrainingopportunitiesforresearcherstounderstandtheprojectandinfrastructure.Thisincludedthecreationofappropriatesupportmaterialsforusingtheprojectportal(reportedinD12.5)aswellastrainingworkshopsandtutorials.Thistrainingwasorganisedtotake place alongside existing conferences and events, in order to optimise attendance and lowercosts. Two trainingeventswereorganised in the first year topromote theproject anduseof theonlineTNAservicesofferedbyARIADNEpartnersUoYADS,DAIandAIAC.Afterthefirstyear,fourtrainingeventsweretobeorganisedeachyearinordertopromotethephysicalTNAopportunities.The physical TNA providers listed above were meant to support this activity. This approach wasdeemed problematic however, and alongside greater understanding as towhich types of trainingactivities were useful, this format was changed in favour of events meeting specific needs, orformats more likely to reach greater numbers of users and create stronger dialogue around theproject.

AsWP5ishighly interrelatedwithotherworkpackages,andastheresultsofcertainpointswithinthe tasks for the reported in other deliverables, the focus of this deliverable is on the selectionprocessforthephysicalTNAsetoutinTask5.1andthetrainingeventssetoutinTask5.2.


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2 Transnationalaccessco-ordinationThefocusofTask5.1waspromotingandcoordinatingopportunitiesfortransnationalaccess(TNA)byresearcherstotheARIADNEinfrastructure.TheopportunitiesincludedbothonlineaccesstodataservicesandphysicalaccessvisitstoleadingresearchlaboratoriesatPIN,ATHENARCandCNR.

TheprogrammewasdevelopedbytheARIADNETNAprovidersandthenadvertisedtoresearchersthroughregularcallsforapplications.Apanelofexpertswasestablishedtoreviewapplicationsandto recommendusers to be offeredARIADNE TNAbursaries. The panel comprised of internationalexperts fromoutside theprojectsand internalexpertsnominatedby theTNAproviders.Selectionwasbasedonmerit,withprioritybeinggiventoyoungresearchersandthoseworkingincountrieswheresimilarfacilitiesarenotcurrentlyavailable.Afterdiscussion,TNAprovidersCNRandATHENARCchosetoofferweek-longgroupvisitstoenableindividualresearchersfromdifferentfacilitiestocome together and exchange experiences as they worked on their projects (a ‘summer school’format). PIN chose to offer individual TNA visits to offer researchers/research teams maximumflexibilityoverthetimingoftheirvisits.TheaccessprovidedisreportedindetailinD6.2,D7.1,D8.1andD10.1,andissummarisedinthisreport.

Onlineaccess2.1

TheARIADNEInfrastructurepromotedfouronlineservicesmanagedbythreepartnersfromthefirstyearoftheproject:

1. The Archaeology Data Service (ADS) is based in the UK and provides online access tofederatedqueriesforarchaeologicaldatafromavarietyofdataprovidersviaARCHSEARCH,and direct access to archaeological datasets through the ARCHIVES sections of the ADSwebsite.TheADSalsoprovidesextensiveresourcesforworkingwitharchaeologicaldataviaitsGuides toGoodPractice,andaccess toover30,000unpublishedarchaeological reportsfromitsGreyLiteratureLibrary.

2. The International Association for Classical Archaeology (AIAC) based in Rome, providesFastiOnline, an online database of archaeological excavations undertaken across theClassicalWorld.

3. TheDeutschesArchäologischesInstitut(DAI),whichwiththeInstituteofClassicalArchaeologyinCologneprovides:

a. ARACHNE,whichisafreeobjectdatabaseofmorethanonemillionimagesoffinds,architecture and excavations withmeta information as well as digitised historicalliterature.

b. ZENONisthebasiconlinecardindexofallinstitutionsofDAI,providinginformationabout all books available in the DAI libraries worldwide and access to severaldigitizedanddigitalmonographsandjournals.


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Inaddition,followingtheirlaunch,ARIADNEhaspromoteditsownownonlineservices:

1. TheARIADNEportal:http://portal.ariadne-infrastructure.eu,whichbringstogetherarchaeologicaldatasetsfromARIADNEpartners.

2. TheVisualMedia services: http://visual.ariadne-infrastructure.eu,whichprovides tools forthemanagementofvisualmedia.

3. TheLandscapeservices:http://landscape.ariadne-infrastructure.eu,whichprovidestoolsfortheprocessing,managementandpublicationofterraindatasets.

Promotingtheonlineservices2.1.1

TheonlineserviceshavebeenpromotedbyARIADNEvia:

• Content on theARIADNE projectwebsite including dedicated pages providing links to theonlineservicesofferedbyARIADNEpartners,theARIADNEportalandARIADNEservices

• RegularnewsitemsdisseminatedviatheARIADNEprojectwebsite,newsletterandthesocialmedia.

• Trainingeventstopromotetheservices(seesection3below).• Presentations and demonstrations at leading conferences including the Computer

ApplicationsinArchaeologyConference,theannualmeetingsoftheEuropeanAssociationofArchaeologists,theCulturalHeritageandNewTechnologiesconference,etc.

• Tweetingaboutsearchesoftheday,newlypublishedcontent,etc.

Analysis of the web statistics (reported in D5.2 and D5.3) shows the impact of the promotionalactivitiesonaccesstothevariousonlineservices.

Physicalaccess2.2

ARIADNE offered opportunities to researchers to apply for physical access to visit one of theARIADNETNAprovidersfromsummer2014towinter2016.TheTNAfocussedonon:

• Legacydataanddatasetdesign• Integrationandinteroperabilityoflegacydatasets• 3Ddocumentationoffieldworkandartefacts.• Scientificdatasets

Physicalaccesswasofferedby:

PIN – the Prato branchof theUniversity of Florence is also a research agency operating inmanyfields. Since 2001 it has developed significant expertise in the field of archaeological applicationsandhas advised institutions in Italy andabroadon the recoveryof legacydata and conversion toupdateddataformats,inclusionindataportals,andthecreationofarchaeologicaldatasets.

ISTI-CNRNetworkedMultimedia Information Lab (NeMIS) - is part of the institute of the ItalianNational Research Centre devoted to ICT research and based in Pisa. NeMIS lab develops


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technologies formodellingaccessandhandlingof information,digital library servicesandservicesfor information retrieval. MeMIScurrently offers services within formal education or educationprojectsanddigitallibraryactivitieswithintheframeworkofEuropeanarelatedprojects.

ISTI-CNRVisualComputingLab (VCLab) - - ispartof the instituteof the ItalianNationalResearchCentredevoted to ICT researchandbased inPisa.VCLabhasa long track record in theuseof3Dgraphics for Cultural Heritage applications, with important collaborations with CH institutions atnationalandinternationallevel(museums,restorationlabs,governingbodies).

DCU – the Digital Curation unit of the IMIS Institute of the Athena Research Centre in Athens isactiveinthefieldofdigitalcuration.TheUnithasexpertiseinthedesignofarchaeologicaldatasetsand thesauri, conversion of legacy datasets, definition of metadata standards, internationalmetadatastandards,metadatamappingandintheuseofOWL,SKOSandotherstandardlanguages.

CETI–theCulturalandEducationalTechnologyInstituteoftheAthenaResearchCentreinXanthiisamulti-disciplinaryresearchorganisation.ItsArchaeometryDepartmentfocusesontheapplicationofadvanceanalyticalphysicochemicalmethods for theextractionof information fromrawmaterials,archaeological artefacts, works of art, monuments and sites. The department’s state-of-the-artlaboratory covers archaeological dating and authentication, X-ray and radiation applications incuture, chemical analysis (organic and inorganic) and electronmicroscopy. The Cultural HeritageDepartment has developed significant expertise in the study of ceramics, the scientificdocumentationofartefactsandinterpretationofarchaeologicaldata.

Accordingtotheprojectworkplan,physicalaccesswasduetocommencein2015. However,PIN,ISTI-CNRNeMISand ISTI-CNRVCLabchose tocommenceofferingopportunities foraccessvisits in2014,offeringaccessagain in2015and2016. AthenaRCDCUandCETIofferedopportunities foraccessvisitsin2015and2016.

Promotingthecallsforapplications2.2.1

CallsinvitingresearcherstoapplyforphysicalaccesstotheARIADNEinfrastructurewereadvertisedregularlyvia:

• TheARIADNEprojectwebsite• Newsitemsontheprojectwebsiteandthoseofpartners,• Theprojectnewsletterandthoseofpartners• Socialmedia• Trainingeventstopromoteopportunitiesforphysicalaccess(seesection3below)• Distributionofflyersatconferencesandevents

ThefirstcallforapplicationswasopenedinDecember2013withaninitialdeadlineofMarch2014,thecallwasthenre-openedwithadeadlineofJune2014.Inthefollowingyearscallswereopenedwith rolling deadlines with the aim of maximising the opportunities for promoting the calls andofferingflexibilitytoresearchers.


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A sectionwas establishedon theprojectwebsite to provide information about opportunities fortransanationalaccess,theapplicationandselectionprocedure,andtheprogrammesofferedbytheTNAproviders(http://www.ariadne-infrastructure.eu/Transnational-Access).

The2014callforapplicationsisincludedbelowforinformation.

The2014callforapplications

Aspartof itsTransnationalAccess(TNA)activities,theARIADNEproject isofferingresearcherstheopportunity to apply to participate in summer schools to carry forwards their ownresearch. Researchers are invited to apply to participate in Summer Schools hosted by PIN andConsiglioNazionaleDelleRicerche.Individualworkwillformpartofthesummerschoolprogrammethroughcasestudiesorresearchprojectstobeproposedbyparticipantsinadvanceanddevelopedbythemunderexpertsupervision.Eachsummerschoolisoneweekinduration,MondaytoFriday.

We welcome applications from individuals with a scientific interest and ability to benefit fromtraininginarchaeologicalresearchdatamanagement.

ThefeeforstudentsattheSummerSchoolsis500euros.Sponsorshipisavailableforparticipation.TheARIADNETNAsponsorshipsincludeatuitionfeewaiverfortheSummerSchoolsplusabursary,the latterworthup to800eurosperparticipant, to cover the costof travel andaccommodation.These will be awarded on a competitive basis, according to the procedure described in theapplication pack, on based upon the quality of the applicant, their proposed project, and theirpersonalstatement.

ARIADNE Summer Schools are open to all researchers according to the advertised tuition fee. Amaximumof20participants isplanned foreach summer schoolwith5-10TNAstudents receivingfundingfromARIADNEforeachcourse.

2014accessisofferedat:

1.Summerschool:MappingexistingdatasetstoCIDOC-CRM

Organizer:PIN;Venue:Prato;Period:26-30May2014Content: the school goal is to enable researchers and professionals tomap their datasets to theCIDOC CRM standard, an exercise required to integrate them in a wider framework such as theARIADNE one. The school will provide a summary background of CIDOC CRM (2-3 days) showingsomecasestudiesandsomefrequentlyusedtemplates(e.g. forchronology,authorship, locations,etc.). The remainingdayswill bededicated todeveloping themappingsof students’ case studies,whichtheywillcarryoutunderthesupervisionofspecialists.Pre-requisites:generalknowledgeofCIDOCCRM.

2.Summerschool:2D/3Ddocumentationforarchaeology

Organizer:ISTI-CNR;Venue:Pisa;Period:23-27June2014


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Content:Theschoolaimsatprovidingtrainingandhands-onexperienceonthetoolsforproducingand managing 2D and 3D documentation for archaeological purposes, both for objects and formonuments/sites,includingtherelatedvisualizationtools.Theschoolwillprovideanintroductiontothe technologies and tools in the first 2-3 days and a hands-on activity in the remaining ones,organizing the students in small groups. It is expected that each student will bring her/his ownresearchproject, so thatpractice canbemadeoncase studiesofdirect interest for the students.Pre-requisites:Basicknowledgeonthedigitizationprocess(3D/2D)andonsampleddataprocessing.

3.Summerschool:Designofarchaeologicaldatasets

Organizer:ISTI-CNR;Venue:Pisa;Period:14-18JulyContent: the course aims at providing students with an introduction to metadata design forarchaeological datasets, with perspective content provided as case studies by the students. Theschoolwillconsistofsomeintroductivelecturesfollowedbyhands-onseminarsinwhichthedesignisdevelopedbythestudentswiththesupervisionofISTIexpertsandthencollectivelydiscussed.Pre-requisites:Basicknowledgeofmark-uplanguages.

Selectionprocessandevaluationcriteria2.2.2

ResearchersappliedforTNAaccessbycompletingtheapplicationformandreturningittoARIADNEby email. Researchers were asked to describe their background in archaeology, the proposedprojectanditsexpectedresults,highlightingtheimpacttoarchaeologicalresearch.

After the proposals are submitted, ARIADNE verified compliance with the eligibility criteria (seebelow)andthensentallapplicationstotheUserSelectionPanelforevaluation.

UserSelectionpanel

ThemembersofthepanelwereallexpertsinarchaeologicalresearchdataandincludedexpertswhoareindependentoftheARIADNEinfrastructure.Themembersincluded:

• PeterBiehl,SUNYBuffalo,andEuropeanAssociationofArchaeologists(2014-15)• GaryLock,UniversityofOxfordandPresident,ComputerApplicationsinArchaeology(2014-

15)• LaurentRomary,INRIA&HUB-IDSLandDARIAH(2014-15)• FelipeCriado-Boado,CSICandEAA(2016)• PhilipVerhagen,VUAmsterdamandCAA(2016)• JeremyHuggett,UniversityofGlasgow(2016)• FrancoNiccolucci,PIN,ProjectCoordinator• JulianRichards,ADS,DeputyProjectCoordinator• AchilleFelicetti,PIN• NestorTsirliganis,AthenaResearchCentre• CarloMeghini,CNR


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Theselectionpanelwasresponsiblefor:• Assessingproposalsfortransnationalaccessreceivedinresponsetoopencallsbasedonthe

selectioncriteria:o Qualityoftheapplicanto Scientificmeritofthecasestudyorindividualresearchprojectproposedbythe

applicanto Potentialtobenefitfromthetrainingonoffer

• Applyingtheprinciplesoftransparency,fairnessandimpartialitytotheselectionprocess• Recommendingashort-listofuserswhoshouldbenefitfromaccess• Recommendingashort-listofusersforaTNAscholarshipfromtheproject

Selectionandsponsorshipwereprimarilybasedonthequalityoftheapplicant,thescientificmeritof the case study or individual research project proposed and the potential of the applicant tobenefit from the training on offer. Applicants were suggested to aim to increase their researchoutput (qualitatively and quantitatively), optimize the use of theARIADNE infrastructure, developlocal expertise and ongoing research activities and facilities, and foster lasting internationalcooperation.ResearcherswereaskedtobringprojectsorcasestudieswithfocussedgoalsthataretechnicallyfeasiblewithintheframeworkoftheTNAandthehostfacility.

Prioritywasgivento:

• UserswhohavenotpreviouslyusedtheARIADNEresources,• Youngresearchers• Researchersworkingincountrieswherenosuchresearchfacilitiesexist,

Eligibilitycriteria

To be eligible for sponsorship from ARIADNE for TNA, researchers needed to comply with thefollowingcriteria:

• Work or be registered as a student in an institution in one of theEUMember States andAssociatedStates;researchersfrominstitutionsinthehomecountryoftheschoolwerenoteligibletoreceiveanARIADNETNAbursary.

• Providefeedbackontheaccessvisitorsummerschoolby:o Completing ARIADNE’suser report and returning it to TNAcontact@ariadne-

infrastructure.euo Completing the European Commission’sUser group questionnaireusing the online

form.• Agree to their names being included in a list of ARIADNE TNA users provided to the

EuropeanCommissionandpublishedinvariousmedium,includingtheInternet.• Disseminate results obtained as a result of TNA access aswidely as possible and provide

ARIADNEwiththedetails.Publicationsshould includethefollowingacknowledgement:[...]The research leading to these results has received funding from theEuropeanCommissionSeventh Framework Programme under grant agreement FP7-INFRASTRUCTURES-2012-1-313193(ARIADNE).


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TransnationalAccessin20142.2.3

The ARIADNE project advertised a call for researchers to apply to participate in three TNA groupaccessvisits(summerschoolformat):

• MappingexistingdatasetstotheCIDOCCRM;PIN,26-30May2014• 2D/3Ddocumentationforarchaeology,ISTI-CNR,23-7June,2014• Designofarchaeologicaldatasets,IST-CNR14-18July,2014

The call for applications was advertised widely in Europe and internationally and closed on 13thMarch 2014. The call for applications for the Archaeological datasetswas later extended to 16thJune2014

Thirty-fiveresearcherssubmittedapplicationstoparticipateinthethreesummerschools;34inthefirst round of applications (13th March deadline). The applications were reviewed by aninternationalselectionpanelwhosemembersincluded:

PeterBiehl,SUNYBuffalo,andEuropeanAssociationofArchaeologistsGaryLock,UniversityofOxfordandPresident,ComputerApplicationsinArchaeologyLaurentRomary,INRIA&HUB-IDSLandDARIAHFrancoNiccolucci,PIN,ProjectCoordinatorJulianRichards,ADS,DeputyProjectCoordinatorAchilleFelicetti,PINCarloMeghini,CNRRobertoScopignio,CNR

Figure1:ParticipantsatthefirstdesignofarchaeologicaldatasetsTNA,Pisa.Photo:ISTI-CNR


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EighteenresearcherswereselectedbythepanelandwereofferedARIADNEfellowships,twofurtherresearchers were offered bursaries but were unable to participate in 2014 owing to othercommitments.Theuserswereasfollows:

MappingarchaeologicaldatasetstotheCIDOCCRM

Name Institution CountryofInstitution

Nationality

PatrickMarko UniversityofGraz Austria Austrian

RobertaFerrito UniversityofReading GreatBritain Italian

EmmanuelleMorlock CNRSHiSoMaLaboratory,Lyons France Italian

2D/3Ddocumentationforarchaeology

Name Institution CountryofInstitution

Nationality

MercedesMorita CentrodeInvestigacionesOpticasandUniversidadNacionaldeLaPlata

Argentina Argentinian

AndresUueni Stateconservationcentre,Kanut Estonia Estonian

LauraStelson UniversityofBonn Germany German

ErikaCappelletto HeidelbergUniversity Germany Italian

GeorgiosIonnakis DemocritusUniversityofThrace Greece Greek

TomTrienen GroningenArchaeologicalInstitute Netherlands Dutch

YuanYuan GothenburgUniversity Sweden Chinese

FreyaHorsfield UniversityofBirmingham GreatBritain British

DriesNollet VisualDimensionbvba Belguim Belgian

DesignofArchaeologicaldatasets

Name Institution Country Nationality

CarlottaCapurro VisualDimensionbvba Belgium Italian

DaríoPeñaPascual UniversidadeSantiagodeCompostela

Spain Spanish

MichellePfeiffer UniversityofHeidleberg Germany Belgian

Two researchers were offered bursaries to participate in the CIDOC CRM summer school as aresearchteam.Theywereunabletoparticipateasthedatesoftheschoolcoincidedwiththedatesforthedefenceofoneoftheresearcher’sPhD.Theywentontoparticipatein2015.

Inaddition,placeswereofferedtoandacceptedbythreeyoungresearchersfromItalianinstitutionswhowerenoteligibletoreceiveTNAbursariesforschoolinItaly.


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As part of its Transnational Access (TNA) activities, the ARIADNE project advertised a call forresearcherstoapplytoparticipate insummerschoolsor individualtrainingtocarryforwardstheirownresearch:

• MappingexistingdatasetstotheCIDOCCRM;individualtrainingatPIN• 2D/3Ddocumentationforarchaeology,22-26June,2015,CNR-ISTI• Designofarchaeologicaldatasets,6-10July,2015,CNR-ISTI• Scientificdatasets;individualtrainingatAthena-RC,Xanthi• Designofarchaeologicaldatasets,28June-3July,2015,Athena-RCAthens

Therewerethreecallsforapplications,whichwereadvertisedwidelyinEuropeandinternationally;thefirstcallclosedon15thMarch2015;thesecondcallclosedon15thJune2015;andthethirdcallon31stOctober2015.

10researcherssubmittedapplicationsinresponsetothefirstcall,19researcherstothesecondcalland8 to thethirdcall. Theapplicationswerereviewedbyan internationalselectionpanelwhosemembersincluded:

GaryLock,UniversityofOxfordandPresident,ComputerApplicationsinArchaeologyLaurentRomary,INRIA&HUB-IDSLandDARIAHPeterBiehl,SUNYBuffalo,andEuropeanAssociationofArchaeologistsFrancoNiccolucci,PIN,ProjectCoordinatorJulianRichards,ADS,DeputyProjectCoordinatorAchilleFelicetti,PINCarloMeghiniandRobertoScopignio,CNRNestorTsirliganis,AthenaRCCostisDallas,AthenaRC

Figure2:Traininginprogress–3Ddocumentationofarchaeologyobjects,Pisa.Photo:ISTI-CNR


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28researcherstookupoffersoffellowshipsin2015.MappingexistingdatasetstotheCIDOCCRM,PINName Institution Countryof

InstNationality

AnjaMasur OEAW Austria German

ChristopheTuffery INRAP France French

RobertaZeni King’sCollegeLondon UK Italian

AmandaKarn UppsalaUniversity Sweden Swedish

DanielLöwenborg UppsalaUniversity Sweden Swedish

MappingscientificdatasetstotheCIDOCCRM,PINName Institution Countryof

InstNationality

AybukeOzturk LumièreUniversityLyon2 France Turkish

2D/3Ddocumentationforarchaeology,22-26June,2015,CNR-ISTIName Institution Country of

InstNationality

Orla-PeachPower UniversityCollegeCork Ireland Irish

AdelaKovaks NationalMuseumofEasternCarpathians

Romania Romanian

MichaelAnnBevivino DiscoveryProgramme Ireland USA

MartinDuffy UniversityCollegeDublin Ireland Irish

RensdeHond SpatialInformationLaboratory,VUUniversityAmsterdam

Netherlands Dutch

OscarMartinezRubi NetherlandseScienceCenter Netherlands Spanish

StefanVerhoeven NetherlandseScienceCenter Netherlands Dutch

IanMoffat InstituteforMediterraneanStudies Greece Australian

Designofarchaeologicaldatasets,6-10July,2015,CNR-ISTIName Institution Country of

InstNationality

ChristinaRoditou TheCyprusInstitute Cyprus Cypriot


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Name Institution Country ofInst

Nationality

EdeltraudAspock OEAW Austria Austrian

SetaStuhec OEAW Austria Slovenian


AnaCláudiaSilveira UniversidadeNovadeLisboa Portugal Portuguese

Designofarchaeologicaldatasets,28June-3July,2015,Athena-RCAthensName Institution Country of

InstNationality

ErikaCappelletto HeidelbergUniversity Germany Italian

IngridaVosyliute VilniusUniversity Lithuania Lithuanian

MartinDuffy UniversityCollegeDublin Ireland Irish

IstoHuvela AboAkademiUniversity Finland Finish

GiovanniFuso UniversityofSalento Italy Italian


Scientificdatasets,Athena-RC,XanthiTherewas limited response to thecall forapplications forTNAonscientificdatasetsatXanthi. AsingleapplicationwasreceivedinresponsetothefirstcallbutwasrejectedastheresearchprojectwasperipheraltotheTNAonoffer. FeedbackgatheredfromthescientificcommunityinARIADNEworkshops identified a lack of awareness among researchers dealing with archaeological scienceabout the importance of storing, curating and preserving the digital outcomes of their work.Researchersfocusmoreonthetechnologiesusedandtheconclusionsandthereislimiteddatare-use(withthenotableexceptionofdendrochronologyandC14dating).ThereisnocommonstandardforacquiringorstoringscientificdatabutsomeinterestisemerginginuseoftheCIDOCCRM.Thesefactors,coupledafeelingthatresearcherswerereluctanttotraveltoalittleknownvenueinXanthi,leadtoPINofferingtodeliverTNAinPratoextendingitsoffertoincludelegacyscientificdatasets.GeneralMartin Duffy was accepted to participate in three TNA opportunities (CIDOC CRM, 2D/3Ddocumentationanddesignofarchaeologicaldatasets)andacceptedplacesat the2D/3Dschool inPisa and the Datasets school in Athens. Laura Stelson was accepted to participate in two TNAopportunities, the design of archaeological datasets schools in Pisa andAthens. Seta StuhecwasalsoacceptedtoparticipateintwoTNAopportunities,thedesignofarchaeologicaldatasetsschoolinAthensandindividualtrainingintheCIDOCCRMinPrato.


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Tworesearchers,DanielLöwenborgandAmandaKarn,wereofferedbursariesunderthe2014callforapplicationstakinguptheofferinautumn2015.

Six researcherswere offered TNAbursaries under the 2015 call butwere unable to take up theirplacesin2014.Threegavepersonalorhealthreasons,onewasunabletotakeuphisplacethisyearowing to an urgent archaeological investigation of a normally submerged site. Five went on toparticipatein2016.


TheARIADNEprojectadvertisedacallforresearcherstoapplytoparticipateinsummerschoolsorindividualtrainingtocarryforwardstheirownresearch:

• MappingexistingdatasetstotheCIDOCCRM;individualtrainingatPIN• MappingscientificdatasetstotheCIDOCCRM;individualtrainingatPIN• 2D/3Ddocumentationforarchaeology,20-24June,2015,CNR-ISTI• Designofarchaeologicaldatasets,4-8July,2016,CNR-ISTI• Designofarchaeologicaldatasets,12-17June,2015,Athena-RCAthens• Winter school: Legacy datasets and their inclusion in the ARIADNE Registry, 12-16

December,PIN

TherewerethreecallsforapplicationswhichwereadvertisedwidelyinEuropeandinternationally;thefirstcallopenedinFebruaryandtheoriginalMaydeadlinewasextendedto4thJune2015;thecallwasthenre-openedforapplicationsfor individualtrainingatPINuntilOctober2016;thethirdand final call for applications to the “winter school” opened inOctober and closed at the end ofNovember 2016. 64 researchers submitted applications in response to the calls. The applicationswerereviewedbyaninternationalselectionpanelwhosemembersincluded:

PhilipVerhagen,VUAmsterdamandCAAJeremyHuggett,UniversityofGlasgow

Figure3:Filmingthepresentations–designingarchaeologicaldatasets,Athens.Photo:K.Fernie


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LaurentRomary,INRIA&HUB-IDSLandDARIAHFelipeCriado-Boado,CSICandEAAFrancoNiccolucci,PIN,ProjectCoordinatorJulianRichards,ADS,DeputyProjectCoordinatorAchilleFelicetti,PINCarloMeghiniandRobertoScopignio,CNRNestorTsirliganis,AthenaRCCostisDallas,AthenaRC

44researcherstookupoffersoffellowshipsin2016.MappingexistingdatasetstotheCIDOCCRM;individualtrainingatPINName Institution Countryof

InstNationality

ValentinaVassallo TheCyprusInstitute Cyprus Italian

AnaïsGuillem UniversityofLjubljana Slovenia French

GeorgeBruseker ICSForth Greece Dutch

IrenePetschko OEAW Austria Austrian

JamesChartrand OxfordUniversity UK Canadian

EdeltraudAspöck OEAW Austria Austrian

SetaStuhec OEAW Austria Slovenian

AnaïsGuillem UniversityofLjubljana Slovenia French

GeorgeBruseker ICSForth Greece Dutch

EleniChristaki NationalandKapodistrianUniversityofAthens

Greece Greek

PeterMcKeague HistoricScotland UK British

CarstenMeinertzRisager

UniversityofAarhus DK Danish

PeterJensen UniversityofAarhus DK Danish

DavidStott UniversityofAarhus DK British

JohanFinn SwedishNationalDataService SW Swedish

UlfJakobsson SwedishNationalDataService SW Swedish

AvgoustinosAvgousti CyprusInstitute CY CypriotMappingscientificdatasetstotheCIDOCCRM,PINName Institution Countryof

InstNationality

GiusiSorrentino TheCyprusInstitute Cyprus Italian

SarahMallet OxfordUniversity UK French

LauraPerucchetti OxfordUniversity UK Italian


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Name Institution CountryofInst

Nationality

IvonaPosedi UniversityofEvora PT Croatian

VanessaCheel UniversityofOxford UK British

PeterBray UniversityofOxford UK British2D/3Ddocumentationforarchaeology,20-24June,2015,CNR-ISTIName Institution Countryof

InstNationality

JugoslavPendic UniversityofBelgrade Serbia Serbia

RicardoDias UniversityofPorto-EmpatiaArqueologia Portugal Portuguese

MiguelCarrero-Pazos UniversityofSantiagodeCompostela Spain Spanish

DavidHerisson INRAP France French

StephenKehoe DiscoveryProgramme Ireland Irish

SophieC.Schmidt UniversityofCologne Germany German

MyrsiniSamaroudi UniversityofBrighton UK Greek

DespinaPapacharalambous

CyprusInstitute CY Cypriot

EleniMoustaka IonianUniversity GR GreekDesignofarchaeologicaldatasets,4-8July,2016,CNR-ISTIName Institution Countryof

InstNationality

KenHanley TransportinfrastructureIreland Ireland Irish

NikolaosKapellas IonianUniversity GR Greek

IoannisAliprantis UniversityoftheAegean GR GreekDesignofarchaeologicaldatasets,12-17June,2015,Athena-RCAthensName Institution Country of

InstNationality

RimvydasLaužika VilniusUniversity Lithuania Lithuania

IleniaGalluccio PINscrl Italy Italian

Lorna-JaneRichardson

UmeåUniversitySweden SW British

PriscillaFerreiraUlguim

TeesideUniversity UK Brazilian

FedericoNurra INRAP FR Italian

AmaraThornton UCL UK American

VladimirStissi UniversityofAmsterdam NL Italian


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Winterschool:LegacydatasetsandtheirinclusionintheARIADNERegistry,12-16December,PINName Institution Country of

InstNationality

ClaudiaMarinica UniversityofCergy-Pontoise FR Romanian

BeatriceMarkhoff UniversiteFrancoisRabelaisdeTours R French

NataliaBotica UniversidadedeMinho PT Portuguese

JavierValladolidAguinaga CENIEH ES Spanish

MariaJoseDeMigueldelBarrio CENIEH ES Spanish

M-VictoriaMadrid InstitutoAndaluzdelPatrimonioHistórico(AndalusianInstituteofHistoricalHeritage),IAPH ES Spanish

PilarMondejar InstitutoAndaluzdelPatrimonioHistórico(AndalusianInstituteofHistoricalHeritage),IAPH ES Spanish

AlbertoSanchez UniversityResearchInstituteforIberianArchaeology,UniversityofJaén ES Spanish

CarstenRisager UniversityofAarhus DK Danish

PeterJensen UniversityofAarhus DK Danish

GisliPaisson FornleifastofnunÍslands IS Icelandic

EspenUleberg UniversityofOslo NO Norwegian

NatasiaVanderperren PACKEDvzw BE Belgian

PieterjanDeckers VrijeUniversiteitBrussel BE Belgian

Five researchers (Avgoustinos Avgousti, Jugoslav Pendic, Ulf Jakobsson, Irene Petshoko and SetaStuhec)wereofferedbursariesunderthe2015callforapplicationsbuttookuptheofferin2016.

FourresearcherswereofferedTNAbursariesunderthe2016callbutwereunabletotakeuptheirplacesforvariousreasons:

• ClaraAnnaritaGiannitrapaniwasofferedaplaceattheAthensdatasetsschool,noreasongiven.

• LeanneMcCaffertyandAlexAdamsonwereofferedplacesfortheCIDOCTNA,internaladministrativereasonspreventedthemfromparticipating.

• UsamaGadwasofferedaplaceforthePisadatasetsschool,academiccommitmentspreventedhimfromparticipating

• NevenPintaricwasofferedaplaceforthePisadatasetsschool,illhealthpreventedhimfromattending.

Five researchersparticipated in the2016TNAwith theirown fundingas theywerenoteligible toreceivebursaries:

• EmanueleTaccola,UniversitàdiPisa,3D• MarielaQuartararo,AreaArcheologica'MassaciuccoliRomana',3D


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• PavlaGkantziosDrapelova,NationalandKapodistrianUniversityofAthens,Athensdatasets• GeorgeCaridakis,UniversityoftheAegian,Athensdatasets• EleniGadolou,NationalHellenisticResearchFoundation,Athensdatasets


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Evaluation2.2.6

Between2014and2016ARIADNEreceived136applicationsfromresearcherswishingtoparticipateinphysicalTNAprogrammes.Intotal,97travelbursarieswereawardedtoresearchers.

Applications Bursaries

2014 35 152015 37 292016 64 53

136 97

SomeapplicationswerereceivedfromresearcherswhowerenoteligibletoreceiveTNAbursaries,largelybecausetheapplicantswerebasedataninstitutioninthecountryoftheTNAprovider.Thiswasmorecommonin2014,inthefollowingyearsthiseligibilitycriterionwasmademoreexplicitinthecalltext.

Geographicspread

Bursarieswereawardedtoresearchersfrominstitutionsin23countries–21EUmemberstatesplusSerbiaandArgentina. Thetopcountrieswere:theUK,Austria,France,Germany,Greece,Sweden,Ireland,Cyprus,Denmark,SpainandtheNetherlands.Participationbycountryofhomeinstitutionisillustratedinthegraphbelow.

Figure4:ApplicationsforTNAandbursariesawarded

Figure5:ParticipationinARIADNEphysicalTNAbycountryofhomeinstitution


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Thirty different nationalities were represented amongst the 97 researchers who participated inARIADNE physical TNA – 20 EU member states plus American, Argentinian, Australian, Brazilian,Canadian,Chinese,Iceland,Norway,SerbiaandTurkey.ThetopnationalitieswereItalian,Spanish,British,Greek,Austrian,French,German,Irish.

Most of the participants in the TNA came from academic institutions (including universities andresearch centres), six were attached to industry (three from SMEs, two from state conservationbodiesandonearchaeologistfromastateinfrastructurebody).In termsof thegenderandageprofileof theparticipants,50%of theparticipantsweremaleand50%werefemale.27%oftheparticipantswereyoungresearchers(underthirtyyearsofageatthetimeofthetraining)and73%wereolderresearchers.

Figure6:ParticipationinARIADNEphysicalTNAbynationality


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Themajorityofparticipantswerepostgraduatestudents(52%PGRincludesbothPhDandMastersdegree students) and postdoctoral researchers (20% PDOC). 15% were expert researchers(professors and other senior researchers), 12% were technicians and 2% were undergraduatestudents.

The participants brought projects and research challenges to work on during their physical TNAaccessvisits.Theseincludedtheuseofspecificdigitalmethods(suchasspatialanalysis,3Dmodels,GISanddigitalmaps)andchallenges relating to the lifecycleofarchaeologicaldata (data capture,dataset design and data modelling, semantics and interoperability of legacy datasets, datamanagement,digitalpreservation,dataaccess,etc.).

Figure7:ParticipationinARIADNEphysicalTNAbygenderandageprofile

Figure8:ParticipationinARIADNEphysicalTNAbyacademicprofile


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Userfeedback2.2.7

The feedback given by participants following their TNA visits made it clear that they valued theopportunitytolearn,tonetworkandcollaboratewithotherresearchers,andreceivingpracticalhelpandadviceontheirresearchprojects.Thehands-onexperience(workingwithtoolsandwithdata)was particularly valued. A few comments made by participants on the user feedback reportscollectedbyARIADNEfollow:

• “MysessionwithAchilleFelicettiatPINwassuperb.Itcouldonlyhavebeenmadebetterifmadelonger,orifsubsequentfollowupsessionswerepossible”.

• “I deepened my personal knowledge and I enriched my personal skills in order tocomprehendbetterthestructureofarchaeologicaldatasets”.

• “I was able to clarify my thoughts on how to proceed with my archives and understandbetterthedesign,linkingandmergingofthese.IconfirmedtheimportanceofastandardisedformsuchasCIDOC-CRM,andIwasabletoarrangemydatabaseasaregisterthissystem”.

• “Ihavegainedvaluableexperienceandknowledgeabouttechnologies/methods/software/relevantadviceon2d/3ddocumentationofarchaeologicalsites/artefacts”.

• “DuringthiscourseImanagetounderstandlaserscanning, itsapplicationsandlimitations,photogrammetry,RTIand3DPrinting.IhadalotofquestionsthatIwantedtoclarifybeforegoinghomeanditwaspossible”.

• “FinalizationoftheRAmapping,studyontheproblemsrelatingtotheuseofstandards,thedraftingofanewprojectandhowtocommunicateitproperlytostakeholders”.

ParticipantswereaskedtomakesuggestionsforpotentialimprovementstotheTNAontheirfeedbackreportsandtheircommentsconcerned:

• MorepublicitytodisseminatetheTNAopportunitiesmorewidely.• Strengtheningthehands-onaspectsoftheworkshops.• Opportunitiesforalongertrainingperiodand/orrepeataccessvisitstodeepenthetraining.• Theexpansionof theprogrammewithrequests formoreschoolsthroughouttheyearand

theinclusionofadditionaltopics.

Thepeople involved indeliveringtheTNAforARIADNEalsogavefeedback,whichhighlightedthatthey valued the experience they gained through collaborating with TNA participants on theirresearchprojectsandcasestudies.


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3 TrainingThefocusofTask5.2wastocreatetrainingopportunitiesforresearcherstounderstandtheprojectandinfrastructure.Thisincludedthecreationofappropriatesupportmaterialsforusingtheprojectportal (reported in D12.5) as well as training workshops and tutorials. Two training events wereorganised in the first year to promote the project and use of the online TNA services offered byARIADNE partners UoY ADS, DAI and AIAC. After the first year, four training events were to beorganisedeachyearinordertopromotethephysicalTNAopportunities.ThephysicalTNAprovidersPIN, ATHENA RC and CNR were meant to support this activity. This approach was deemedproblematichowever, andalongsidegreaterunderstandingas towhich typesof trainingactivitieswereuseful, this formatwaschanged infavourofeventsmeetingspecificneeds,or formatsmorelikelytoreachgreaternumbersofusersandcreatestrongerdialoguearoundtheproject.

FirstYearTrainingEvents3.1

Alongside preparation for the physical TNA opportunities set to begin in the second year of theproject,twoTNAeventswereorganisedtoencourageuseoftheopenaccessresourcesheldbytheARIANDEonlineTNAproviders:UoYADS,DAIandAIAC.Astheseeventsweremeanttobecarriedoutinacosteffectivewayandmaximiseattendance,thefirstwasheldintheformofaworkshopattheEuropeanAssociationofArchaeologists(EAA)annualconferenceheld inPilsen,CzechRepublicon 4 September, 2013. The secondworkshopwas held as part of the ComputerApplications andQuantitativeMethods in Archaeology (CAA) annual conference held in Paris, France on 22 April,2014.

TrainingEventatEAAPilsen3.1.1

Figure9:ParticipantsattheAriadnetrainingworkshopheldinPilsen.Photo:K.Fernie


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ThefollowingaccountofthefirsttrainingworkshopwaswrittenbyKateFernie.

TheARIADNEprojectorganisedaworkshoponDataManagementPlanningandOnlineResourcesforArchaeologywhichwas held just prior to the start of the EuropeanAssociation of Archaeologists(EAA)annualconferenceinPilsen,CzechRepubliconWednesday4September.

Thisworkshopwasattendedbyaround25participantsandprojectpartners. Itsmainaimwas tointroducestrategiesforeffectivedatamanagementandplanning,andtopresentsomeoftheonlinedataresourcesavailabletoresearchersthroughARIADNE.

TheworkshopbeganwithawelcomefromJulianRichardsoftheArchaeologyDataServicewhoalsogaveabriefintroductiontotheARIADNEproject.

Guntam Geser of SFRG then gave a presentation on “Open Data Publication” talking about thedrivers, criteria, behaviours and benefits to researchers of publishing their data online in a waywhich is accessible (not necessarily without registration), reusable (in open formats) and openlylicenced.Guntramspokeaboutopendatapublicationasaprogressionfromself-archivinglinkedtoan open access journal publication and the impact of data intensive research. High level policydriversarealsoimportant:“Taxpayersshouldnothavetopaytwiceforscientificresearchandtheyneedseamlessaccesstorawdata".NeelieKroes,ECVicePresident.

A2012ECsurveyfoundthathalfofrespondentshadaprobleminaccessingresearchdata-reasonsforthisincludethebehaviourofresearchers,whoforexamplestoredataisonpersonalcomputersorotherinaccessibleplaces(a2011Sciencejournalsurveysuggestedthatonly7%ofresearchdata

Figure10:GuntramGeserpresentingattheAriadneworkshop:Photo:K.Fernie


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wasstoredonaccessiblecommunityrepositories).Thebarrierstoprovidingopenaccesstoreusabledatamentionedincludedgivingprioritytopublishedpapers,thelackofacademicrewardforsharingdatasets,copyrightissuesandsensitivedata.

Thebenefitsofopendatapublicationneedtobemadecleartoresearchers.“KeepingResearchDataSafe”, a report produced by Charles Beagrie Ltd., identifies around 30 benefits for researchers,institutions and society including scholarly communication, verification, increased visibility etc.Guntram Geser suggested that the core benefit for authors should be recognition and academicrewardfordataproviders. Opendatahasalongershelf lifeandthatasit isusedandenrichedbytheresearchcommunityitgainsinvalue.

Thekeytakeawaypointsforresearcherswere:publishopendatatoreapbenefitsindividuallyandas a part of the research community, and recognize colleagues who share data by citing theirdatasetsproperly;forresearchinstitutionsrewardresearcherswhopublishdatasetsopenly,changemindsets by talking about the benefits and convincing researchers; for archives/repositories todemonstratetheusageandimpactofthedatasets.

Ulf Jakobsson, Swedish National Data Service followed by giving a presentation on DataManagement Planning at SND. Data management and considerations for data creators includetaking intoaccountwhenorhowtopublishtheirdata,consideringwhether thereanyreasons fordelaying the publication or for making a selection from the dataset or whether there are anytechnicalcomplications.Ulfrecommendedthatresearchersshouldidentifythearchivewheretheywill deposit their data early – thismeans that it is possible to check their requirements (formats,etc.)andtoplanforthecostsofarchivingthedataaheadoftimesothatitcanbeaddedintodatamanagementplansandapplicationsforfunding.

Hella Hollander, KNAW-DANS,went on to describe datamanagement and the online eDeposit atDANS. SheexplainedthatresearcherscandepositallkindsofdataatDANS.Sofararound20,000archaeological datasets have been deposited with around half being open access. Part of thepresentationfocussedonthedatalifecycle–planning,datacollection,dataanalysis,dataarchiving,distributionanddatadiscoveryreuse. DatadepositorsatDANSdescribetheirdepositsusingEASYDANS,whichallowsthemtodefinetheiraccessrights–theprinciple forDANS isopen ifpossible,protectedifnecessary-butitistheresearcherswhosetthecondiionsondeposit.Hellaconcludedbymentioningtheadvantagesfororganisationsinhavingaunifiedapproachtodatamanagementintermsofprocedures,activities,andclarityaboutrightsandcosts.

NextJulianRichardsintroducedsometoolsandonlineresources.IntheUK,fundingbodiesrequiregrantholderstoproducedatamanagementplansandtheDCChasdevelopedtoolstohelp–DMPOnlinetakesauthorsthroughthestepstohelpthemtocreateadatamanagementplan.Thereareresources available in other languages such as the tool fromDANS. JulianmentionedDatabib - ausefulonlineresourcewhichlistsalltheresearchdatarepositories.

The next session presented a series of online services through which partners in the Ariadnenetworkaremakingarchaeologicalarchivesaccessibletoresearchers.


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HollyWrightpresentedtheADSarchiveswhichareavailablethroughaconventionalsearchinterface(ArchSearch)andinsomecasesarealsoavailableasLinkedOpenData.TheADSholdingsinclude18journalsandseries,20,000greyliteraturereports,400+projectarchives,6specialistbibliographies,19doctoralthesesandtwospecialistwebsitesforEngland’sRockArtandImageBank.

Hollyexplainedthat"Grey literature"consistofunpublished fieldwork reports–oftenexcavationworkcarriedoutbyarchaeologicalcontractorsandothers. ADSwebstatisticsrevealthatthegreyliterature archive has turned out to be an incredibly useful resource for researchers – showing adramatic uptake in the number of reports being downloaded over the last 12months. A recentconsultation by ADS suggests that researchers are now relying on the availability of the GreyLiteraturearchive; it seems tohavehada real impactonarchaeologicalpractice in theUK.Otherbenefits of publication via ADS include instances of sharing data across borders such as the EarlyTana tradition and Swahili coast archive, history of archaeological practice such as the archiveholdingsoftheSocietyofAntiquariesofScotland,accesstospecialistbibliographies,tounpublishedPhDtheses,etc.

MarleneScholzoftheUniversityofColognepresentedtheARACHNEdatabase,whichisthecentraldatabaseofDAImanagedby theArchaeological Instituteof theUniversityof Cologne. ARACHNEoriginallystartedasadatabaseforancientsculpturebuthasnowcoversmorecategoriesofobjects.Thesystem isbasedontheCIDOC-CRM. Marlenepresentedthreeexamplesofprojects: the firstwasEmagines–whichprovidesaccesstoaseriesofglassnegativesofexcavationsoftheDAIfromthe19thcenturyonwards;thecollectionof92,000negativeshasbeendigitizedandcatalogued;IDAbookbrowser – provides acces to a series of 16-19th century prints/engravings via a TEI-viewerwhich offers metadata, OCR and links to alternate materials; the third example was the BerlinSculptureNetwork,acooperationbetweentheAntiquitiesCollectionof theBerlinStateMuseumsand the InstituteofClassicalArchaeologyat theFreeUniversityofBerlin, tocontextualiseancientsculptures. AltogetherARACHNEholdsabout1.7millionimages(1.4visible)andhasabout11,000registered users. Marlene Scholz went on to demonstrate the ARACHNE interface and also howcontentfromARACHNEismadeavailableintheCLAROSexplorer.


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JessicaOgdenpresentedAIACandFASTIonline(www.fastionline.org).JessicaexplainedthatFASTIArcheologiciwassetupin1946tobringtogethertheRomearchaeologicalinstitutionsandpublisheda series of annual journals up to 1998. Costs lead to AIAC looking into alternate methods ofpublication and FASTI Online was launched, originally with the same objective of enablingorganisationsacrosstheMediterraneantosharenewsoftheirexcavations.Anopenaccessjournalwas launched in 2004 - FOLD&R is a peer-reviewed scientific journal which publishes bothpreliminary and final results of excavations. FASTI Online itself is built on ARK (an open sourcearchaeologicalrecordingkit)andhasbeenincontinuousdevelopmentsince2004.Itismulti-lingual,spatial,temporal,andit’sadatabase.Allthesitesarebasedoncoordinateswithalotoflocationalinformation being generated automatically using Geonames. People who were involved in anexcavationarenamedontheexcavationsummarywhichcanalsoincludevideos,images,mapsetc.There’s amap-based search, simpledate/periodbased search,or typological searchbasedon themonuments thesauri. Jessica described FASTI online as a gazetteer of ancient places and relatedmaterials, which uses the Pleiades resource to identify related content from other sites such asGoogleAncientPlaces,ARACHNEandothers. Futureplansincludeexpandingspatialandlanguagecoverage for sites (Spain is coming) to promote transnational access, with work underway tounderstandhowpeopleareusingFASTIand toexplore theneed forhelp,how-todocumentation,greaterdownloadcapabilitiesandlinkingtootherrelatedsites.

There was lively discussion throughout the day with questions from the floor about datamanagementplanning,tools,resources,vocabularies,gazetteer,andmuchmore.

Figure11:JessicaOgdenpresentingFASTIOnline.Photo:K.Fernie


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TrainingEventatCAAParis3.1.2

ThefollowingaccountofthetrainingworkshopwaswrittenbyCatherineHardman.

Partners fromtheARIADNEprojecthostedaworkshopatCAA inParis to introducearchaeologicalresearchers to a variety of on-line data resources, including those held by the three partnersprovidingon-lineaccess to theirdataaspartof theEC Infrastructures fundedAdvancedResearchInfrastructureforArchaeologicalDatasetNetworking(ARIADNE)project.

The three partners were the Archaeology Data Service (ADS), ARACHNE at the GermanArchaeological Institute (DAI), and Fasti Online at the International Association of ClassicalArchaeology(AIAC).InadditiontotheARIADNEpartners,theworkshopfeaturedapresentationondata and data integration in the Digital Archaeological Record (tDAR), an international digitalrepositorybasedinAmericaforthedigitalrecordsofarchaeologicalinvestigations.

Aslighthiccupinroomallocationmadethefirstchallengeoneofgettingthespeakersandattendeestogetherinthesameroominthesamebuildingatthesametime,althoughwechosetofindthelackofAVequipmenta situation fullofParisiancharm!MichaelCharno started theworkshopwithanoverviewoftheworkoftheADSwithaspecialfocusontheworktheyundertaketomakethedatathey host freely and openly available for reuse, not only by individual researchers and users butotherdataproviders. This reallyhelps in the reachof thedata that theADSholds. TheworkshopfoundtheapproachestakenbytheADStobeinterestingandeffective.

KeithKintighfromtheDigitalArchaeologicalRecord(tDAR)gaveaninterestingpresentationontheworkofthisdigitalarchivebasedintheUSA.Keithgaveanoverviewofthetypesofdatathattheyaccept and the organisations with whom they work. Of particular interest to the workshopattendeeswastheinnovativeapproachtodepositionandchargingthattDARhaveimplemented.

This was followed by a presentation about Fasti On-line by Jess Ogden about the work herorganisation undertakes and the bringing together of awide range of the excavation informationfrom across the 'Roman' world. Fasti on-line provides a database of excavations since 2000,providingarecordinEnglishandinthelocallanguageforeachseason.Eachparticipatingcountryisresponsibleforuploadingthedataitgathersandjesswasabletoprovideagreatillustrationofwhatcanbeachievedwhenresearchersuseacommonplatform.

Marcel Riedel and Fabian Scheler from ARACHNE showed the workshop participants a resourcebasedinGermanywhichprovidesarchaeologistsandClassicistswithafreeinternetresearchtoolforquicklysearchinghundredsofthousandsofrecordsonobjectsandtheirattributes, inbothEnglishand German. The number of images available is vast and the discussion among participantssurroundedthechallengesthatwerepresentedbydeliveringsuchlargedatasetsinausefulfashion.


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SecondYearTrainingEvents3.2

Starting in second year of the project, recruitment began for participation for the physical TNAopportunities.TheyeartwoTNAtrainingeventsweremeanttoadvertisetheseopportunitiesandatrelevantvenues, linkedtorelevantconferencesormeetings, inorder toremaincosteffectiveandmaximiseattendance.Foursucheventsweremeanttobeorganised inthesecond, thirdandfinalyearoftheproject.DuringthesecondyeareventswereorganisedatElectronicVisualisationandtheArts (EVA)annualconference inLondon,UKon9 July,2014,EuropeanAssociationofArchaeology(EAA) in Istanbul, Turkey on 11 September, 2014, Mediterranean Exchange of ArchaeologicalTourism(MEAT)inPaestum,Italyon30October,2014andComputerApplicationsandQuantitativeMethodsinArchaeology(CAA)inSiena,Italyon2April2015.

TrainingEventatEVALondon3.2.1

Thefollowingworkshop,titledLearningOpportunitiesforSharingDataintheARIADNEProjectwaspresented at EVA London by Franco Niccolucci and Paola Ronzino (PIN). Unfortunately, theworkshop was very poorly attended (fewer than 10 people), so the decision was made not topresentagainatthisvenueandtotrytoinvolvemoreofthephysicalTNAproviderstopromotetheopportunities.

AdvancedResearch Infrastructure forArchaeologicalDatasetNetworking (ARIADNE) is a four-yearEU FP7 Infrastructures funded project, made up of 24 partners across 16 European countries.ARIADNE has the goal of “bringing together and integrating existing archaeological research datainfrastructures, so researchers can use the various distributed datasets and new and powerfultechnologiesasanintegralcomponentofthearchaeologicalresearchmethodology”.Afundamentalcomponent inmeeting thisgoal is theprovisionof transnationalaccess (TNA) toawidevarietyofpeople involved in visualising data. To accomplish this, online access opportunities are beingdeveloped,butfundingwillalsobeprovidedforon-sitetrainingwithourtechnicalpartners.Thiswillbe a rare opportunity to work directly with the staff designing the infrastructure, including PIN-UniversityofFlorenceatPrato,ConsiglioNazionaledelleRicerche(CNR)inPisa,AthenaRC–DigitalCurationUnit(DCU)inMaroussi,andAthenaRC–CulturalandTechnologyInstitute(CETI)inXanthi.Technicalstaffwillbeonhandtopresentinformationaboutthetraining(includinglogisticaldetailsandapplicationprocedures),todiscussthegoalsoftheproject,andanswerquestions.

ARIADNEPHYSICALTNA–SUMMERSCHOOLS

ARIADNE is offering three summer schools, for the year 2014, addressing researchers that willbenefit from training in archaeological research data management to carry forward their ownresearch. Individual work, indeed,will form part of the summer school programme through casestudiesor researchprojects,whichwill beproposedbyparticipants in advanceanddevelopedbythemundertheexperts’supervision.

MappingexistingdatasetstoCIDOCCRM

The“MappingexistingdatabasestoCIDOCCRM”summerschool isorganizedbyVAST-LABofPIN,the Prato branch of the University of Florence. Since 2001 VAST-LAB has developed significant


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expertiseinthefieldofarchaeologicalapplicationsandhasadvisedinstitutionsinItalyandabroadon the recoveryof legacydataand conversion toupdateddata formats, inclusion indataportals,and the creationof archaeologicaldatasets. The summer school aimsatenabling researchersandprofessionals to map their datasets to the CIDOC CRM standard. This process is necessary tointegrate them in a wider framework such as ARIADNE. The school will provide a summarybackground of CIDOC CRM showing some case studies and some frequently used templates. Thefinaldayswill bededicated todeveloping themappingsof students’ case studies,which theywillcarryoutunderthesupervisionofthespecialists.

2D/3Ddocumentationforarchaeology

The Visual Computing Lab (VCLab), one of the research departments of the Istituto di Scienza eTecnologiedell'Informazione(CNR-ISTI)istheorganizeroftheschoolon“2D/3Ddocumentationforarchaeology”. The school aims at providing training and hands-on experience on the tools forproducing andmanaging 2D and 3D documentation for archaeological purposes, both for objectsand for monuments/sites, including the related visualisation tools. The school will provide anintroductiontothetechnologiesandtoolsandahands-onactivity,organizingthestudentsinsmallgroups.Studentswillbringtheirownresearchproject,sothattheycanpractiseoncasestudiesofdirectinterestforthem.

Designofarchaeologicaldatasets

The NeMIS Laboratory of CRN-ISTI develops technologies for modelling access and handling ofinformation, digital library services and services for information retrieval.NeMIS Lab is organizingthesummerschoolon“Designofarchaeologicaldatasets”withtheaimtoprovidestudentswithanintroduction tometadatadesign forarchaeologicaldatasets,withperspectivecontentprovidedascase studies by the students. The school will consist of some introductive lectures followed byhands-on seminars inwhich the design is developed by the studentswith the supervision of ISTIexpertsandthencollectivelydiscussed.

FUTUREOPPORTUNITIES

The three summer schools organized for year 2014 are not the sole opportunities offered byARIADNE. Until October 2016, ARIADNE will advertise calls for proposals for researchers andprofessionals to apply for either individual access visits or for summer schools at one of threeresearchcentres:PIN,ISTI-CNRandAthenaResearchCentre.

In particular, opportunities to learn about legacy dataset design and implementation ofarchaeologicaldatasetsand thesauri, conversionof legacydatasetsanddata formats,CIDOCCRMcompliance,definitionofmetadataschemas,metadatamapping,semanticannotation,andtheuseofstandard languagessuchasOWL,SKOSwillbeprovidedbyPIN, ISTI-CNRandtheDataCurationUnitoftheAthenaResearchCentre.

MoreovertheCulturalandEducationalTechnologyInstitute(CETI)willprovidescientificassistanceand guidance to researchers on the development of scientific datasets: dating techniques forarchaeologicalartefacts(TLand/orOSL),composition,structureandorganicresidues.


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TrainingEventatEAAIstanbul3.2.2

A workshop titledOpportunities within the ARIADNE Network was presented at EAA Istanbul byAchilleFelicetti (PIN),CarloMeghini (CNR)andNestorTsirliganis (ATHENARC-CETI)promoting theopportunitiessetoutatEVALondon.Unfortunately,evenwithrepresentationbymoreoftheTNAproviders, the workshop was also very poorly attended (fewer than 10 people). In contrast, thesessionOpenAccess andOpenData inArchaeology,which featuredmanyARIADNEpartners hadover30participants.

Abstract

AdvancedResearch Infrastructure forArchaeologicalDatasetNetworking (ARIADNE) is a four-yearEU FP7 Infrastructures-funded project, made up of 24 partners across 16 European countries.ARIADNE has the ambitious goal of “bringing together and integrating existing archaeologicalresearchdatainfrastructures,soresearcherscanusethevariousdistributeddatasetsandnewandpowerfultechnologiesasanintegralcomponentofthearchaeologicalresearchmethodology”.A fundamental component inmeeting this goal is the provision of transnational access to awidevarietyofEuropeanarchaeologists.Torealisethis,onlineaccessopportunitiesarebeingdeveloped,butfundingwillalsobeprovidedforon-sitetrainingwithourtechnicalpartners.Pleasejoinusforpresentations and discussion about the ARIADNE project, including details about our upcomingtrainingprogrammes. Thiswill be a rareopportunity toworkdirectlywith the staff designing theinfrastructure,includingPINattheUniversityofFlorenceatPrato,ConsiglioNazionaledelleRicerche(CNR) inPisa,AthenaRC–DigitalCurationUnit (DCU) inMaroussi, andAthenaRC –Cultural andTechnology Institute (CETI) inXanthi.Technical staffwillbeonhandtopresent informationaboutthe training (including logistical details and application procedures), to discuss the goals of theprojectandanswerquestions.

TrainingEventatMEATPaestum3.2.3

A workshop titled Presentation of the ARIANDE Project: Learning Opportunities in the ARIADNENetworkwaspresentedatMEATPaestummoderatedbyFrancoNiccolucci (PIN)andpresentedbyAchilleFelicetti(PIN),RobertoScopigno(CNR),CarloMeghini(CNR)andNestorTsirliganis(ATHENARC-CETI).Theworkshopfollowedasimilar formattotheworkshopatEAAIstanbul.Unfortunately,theworkshopwasalsoverypoorlyattended(fewerthan10people).Astheseeventsrequiredbothpartnerstafftimeandtravel funds,andgiventhedisappointingnumberofparticipantsatthetwopreviousevents,discussionsbeganbetweenADSandPINtofindamoreeffectiveapproachforthetrainingevents.

TrainingEventatCAASiena3.2.4

After the low turnout in the first three training events meant to promote the physical TNAopportunities,and the relativesuccessof thesessionatEAA Istanbul, itwasdecided to tryanewformatforCAASiena.WorkwasnowwellunderwaywithintheARIADNEproject,soasessionwasproposed that combined both presentations about work done by ARIANDE partners, and relatedpapersbynon-partners.Thisapproachwouldnotonlyhelpmake thework inprogresswithin theprojectmore transparent,butalsoprovideanopportunity fordialogueas theprojectprogressed.


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Thisturnedouttobeaverysuccessfulapproach.Itgeneratedexcitementabouttheproject,andagoodatmospheretopromotetheTNAopportunities.FlyersabouttheTNAopportunitieswerealsodistributed.

ThefollowingaccountofthesessionwaswrittenbyKateFernie.

ARIADNEhostedaverysuccessfulworkshopatCAA2015inSienaon2ndAprilentitled“Supportingresearchers in the use and reuse of archaeological data”. Following an open call for papers, aselectionof related topicswerepresentedbybothARIADNEpartnersandexternal speakers toanaudienceofaround80people.

ThefirstpaperbyNikolaosKazakisandNestorTsirliganisfromCETIcoveredarchaeologicaldatasetsand Gisli Palsson then talked about how the Institute of Archaeology, Iceland, bridged the gapsbetweenfieldwork,laboratoryanalysisandonlinearchiving.

KeithMaywhoactsasInformationStrategyAdvisortoHistoricEnglandandEnglishHeritage,gaveapaperentitled“PathsthroughtheLabyrinth:Findingwaystoexpressdatafromdifferingsearchandreuse”, a central theme underlying the aims of the ARIADNE Infrastructure. Another externalexperiencewith LinkedOpenDatawascontributedbyAngelaTrentacoste, SarahWhitcherKansa,Eric C. Kansa, Anthony Tuck who presented a case study on Etruscans and animal remains(zooarchaeology).

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Afterthecoffeebreak,theworkshopcontinuedwithStephenStead,DominicOldmanandJonathanWhitson Cloud who presented their annotation work on the Sloane catalogues and the topic ofrepresenting time and space in the annotation of museum catalogues. Project partners MariaTheodoridou and Martin Doerr from FORTH and Edeltraud Aspöck and Anja Masur from OEAWcoveredarchaeologicaldatabasestoCIDOC-CRM.ThePresentationscontinuedwithCeriBindingandDouglasTudhope(UoG)onthesubjectofconnectingARIADNEvocabulariesfordataintegrationandcrosssearchandtheprogresstheprojecthasmadewiththis.Finally,theworkshopconcludedwithtwodemonstrations of services available through theproject, theAriadneMedia Service (MatteoDellepiane,FedericoPonchio,MarcoCallieriandRobertoScopigno)and3D-HOP(FabrizioGaleazzi,Marco Callieri, Matteo Dellepiane, Roberto Scopigno and Julian Richards ADS), which CNRS hasdevelopedforthestreameddisplayof3Dmodelsandisalsousefulforlookingatarchived3Ddata.

ThefourChairs,JulianRichardsandHollyWright(ADS),FrancoNiccolucciandKateFernie(PIN)weredelighted with the good reception and packed audience at the workshop now that ARIADNE isstartingtomakeasignificantimpactonthearchaeologicalcommunity.

ThirdYearTrainingEvents3.3

Based on the success of the new format tested in Siena, it was decided to continue to weaveinformation about the physical TNA opportunities into events that promoted and createdexcitementaroundtheproject.Atthesametime,itwasbecomingmoreapparentthattherewasanimbalance between the internal resources and experience of the archaeological partnersparticipatingwithinARIADNE.WhenPINandUoYADSdecidedtore-visittheformatofthetrainingevents,theyalsoproposedfocussingtrainingwithintheprojectbetweenpartnersandtheirnationalcolleaguestotrytoaddressthisimbalance.ThefirsttwotrainingeventsfortheyeartooktheformofworkshopstocreatedialoguearoundtechnologiesandideaswithintheARIADNEproject,butthesecondtwotooktheformoffocusseddatamanagementtrainingworkshops.ThefirsteventwasanexpertforumthattookplaceinAthenson2-3July,2015tocomplementthephysicalTNAsummerschoolforATHANSRC.ThesecondeventwasaworkshopbyCNRon3DHOPon28September,2015atDigitalHeritageGranada.The final twoevents for theyearweredatamanagementworkshops.PINandUoYADSapproachedpartnerswhohadshowninterest inhostingsuchaworkshopwithintheircountry.AustriaandSloveniawerebothverysupportiveoftheneedforthistypeofworkshop,sorepresentativesfromPINandUoYADStravelledtoOEAWinViennaon19January,2016andthenon to ZRC-SAZU in Ljublana on 21 January, 2016 to run theseworkshops. As training events, theworkshopswerefreelyaccessibletoanyone,andduetohardworkbythelocalARIADNEorganisers,were a great success. Bothwerewell attendedwithover 40participants at each venue (partnersfromHungaryalsoattendedtheViennaworkshop)includingkeydecision-makersinthestewardshipofarchaeologicaldataineachcountry.

TrainingEventattheATHENARCsummerschoolAthens3.3.1

Theyear-threetrainingeventsbeganwithanexpertforumscheduledintocoincidewiththeATHENARCTNAsummerschool.ThetitleoftheforumwasThefutureofdigitalarchaeologicalpractice2020-2025andfeaturedawidevarietyofpresentationsbyleadersinthefieldofdigitalarchaeologywith


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opportunitiesfordiscussion.Theexpertforumtookplaceovertwodaysandfeaturedthefollowingpresentations:Thursday,July29:00-10:30IntroductionPonderingthefutureofdigitalarchaeology:apracticeviewProfessorCostisDallasChallengingdigitalarchaeology:aframeworkforactionDrJeremyHuggett,DepartmentofArchaeologyGrandchallengesfordigitalarchaeology:apanoramaandsynthesisProfessorGaryLock11:00-12:45Virtualarchaeologyand3D/immersivetechnologiesModerator:DrPaulReilly13:45-15.30ThedigitalfutureofarchaeologicalfieldrecordingModerator:ProfessorGaryLock16:00-17:30Digitalresearchinfrastructuresandarchaeology:presentvalue,futurepromiseRoundtablediscussionModerator:ProfessorSeamusRossDrAgiatisBenardouProfessorRobinBoastDrGuntramGeserProfessorJulianRichardsFriday,July39:00-10.45Curatinglegacyarchaeologicaldata,collectionsandknowledgeModerator:ProfessorPanosConstantopoulos11:15-13:00Open,communityandparticipatorydigitalarchaeologyModerator:DrColleenMorgan14:00-16:45Opendiscussion:digitalarchaeology2020-2025Moderator:DrJeremyHuggett16:45-17.00FinalremarksProfessorCostisDallasThetrainingeventwasverysuccessfulwithover20participantsoverthetwodays.


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TrainingEventatDigitalHeritageGranada3.3.2

Thesecondyear-threetrainingeventwasheldon28SeptemberattheDigitalHeritageConferenceinGranada,Spain,andfeaturedaworkshopon3DHOP.3DHOPisakeytechnologytaughtbyCNRattheTNAsummerschoolsdescribed inWP10.The followingaccountof the sessionwaswrittenbyKateFernie.

ARIADNEpartner,CNR-ISTI,contributedextensivelytotheorganizationandtothescientificprogramof the IEEE/EGDigitalHeritage2015conference,held from28thSeptember to2ndOctober2015,whereRobertoScopignoservedastheInternationalProgrammeCommitteeCo-Chair.

CNR-ISTIorganizedatutorialon3DHOP,whichgotaverygoodaudience(morethan40people)andallowed the presentation in detail of both the 3DHOP platform and the ARIADNE Visual MediaService. The workshop was entitled "3DHOP - Presenting Online High-Res 3D Models: a CrashCourse"andabriefdescription isat:http://www.ariadne-infrastructure.eu/Events/3D-HOP-Digital-Heritage-2015.

CNR-ISTIhasalsopresentedthreetechnicalpapers,twoofthemdevelopedusingARIADNEtechnology:

• Alchemy in3D–ADigitization for a JourneyThroughMatter -MarcoCallieri, PaoloPingi,MarcoPotenziani,MatteoDellepiane,GaiaPavoni,AureliaLureau,RobertoScopigno.2015Digital Heritage International Congress - Vol. 1 (Proc. of), Volume 1, page 223-231 - 2015(theAlchemypaperwasamongtheselectedbestpapers)

Figure13:Participantsinthe3DHOPtrainingeventinGranada,Spain


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• DigitalStudyandWeb-basedDocumentationoftheColourandGildingonAncientMarbleArtworks-ElianaSiotto,GianpaoloPalma,MarcoPotenziani,RobertoScopigno,2015DigitalHeritageInternationalCongress-Vol.1(Proc.of),Volume1,page239-246-2015

Both these are using the 3DHOP platform, that is a component of the services shared with theARIADNEcommunityandaddressedintheTNAsummerschoolon3DDocumentation.

In addition,ARIADNEpartnersOEAWwere alsopresentingononeof their research topicswith apaper entitled "Digitizing Early Farming Cultures: Customizing the Arches Heritage Inventory &ManagementSystem".TheArchesinitiativewasfeaturedintheARIADNENewsletterNo.3.

All inall,DigitalHeritage2015sawtheparticipationofmanyARIADNEmembersandtomeetwithmanyresearcherandprofessionalsworkingonArchaeology.Itwasanidealvehiclefordisseminationandforcontactingourcommunity.

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TrainingEventatOEAWViennaandZRC-SAZUinLjubljana3.3.3

ThefollowingissingleaccountofbothworkshopswaswrittenbyBenjaminŠtularofZRC-SAZUandEdeltraudAspöckofOREAOEAW,withaddendabyHollyWrightofUoYADSandKateFernieofPIN,whorantheworkshops.

ARIADNEdelivereddatamanagementworkshopsinViennaandLjubljanainJanuaryofthisyear.

Howitcameabout:Benjamin:Firstly,thiswasnotoneofthosethingsthataresetinstonebybeingapartofaproject'sDOW.MycolleagueMatejaBelakand the Institute forArchaeologyatZRCSAZUhad tomakeaneffort,andespecially Kate Fernie and Holly Wright went (quite literally so) out of their way to make thishappen.

ItallbeganattheResearchInfrastructuresande-InfrastructuresforCulturalHeritageeventinRomeevent back in late 2014. Anthony Corns from Discovery Programme Ireland and I were asked by

Figure15:ArchaeologistsfromacrossAustrianinstitutionsdiscussingquestionsofarchaeologicaldatamanagementattheARIADNEtrainingworkshopon19thJanuary2016inVienna.TheeventwashostedbyOREA/ÖAWandtookplaceattheSitzungszimmerofthe

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ARIADNEcoordinatorFrancoNiccoluccitopreparethe"ImpressionsfromtheARIADNEcommunity"presentation for an ARIADNE event. We decided to make a comparison between Slovenia andIrelandwithregardtodigitaldataarchives.Threeconclusionsemergedfromthis.Firstly,therearetwo kinds of countries in Europe; on the one hand there are countries–UK,Holland, Sweden andGermany–thathaveadigitaldataarchive,andontheotherhandtherearethemajoritythatdonothave it.Secondly, inordertopreventadisastrous lossofdigitalborndata,thehave-notsmustdosomethingandbequickaboutit.Thirdly,thelattercanonlyhappenbythehave-notslearningfastfromthehaves;andARIADNEcurrentlypresents thebestpossibleopportunity for this tohappen.Surely,ittookayearofscheduling,butthedataarchiveworkshopisinmyviewakeyeventinthisprocess.

Inpreparationfortheevent,wedidourusualpublicising.Inafewdaysitwasobviousthatthereisquite a lot of interest in the archaeological community.Mind you, on the surface there are fewthings in archaeology with less boredom appeal than digital data archiving. This means that thecommunityhasalreadybeenawareoftheexistingproblem.Itwasthereforenosurprisethenthatthe turnoutwasexcellent,with representatives fromtheMinistryofCulture,NationalMuseumofSlovenia,NationalArchiveofSlovenia, Institute for theProtectionofCulturalHeritageofSlovenia,severallocalmuseumsand,obviously,severalofmycolleaguesfromZRCSAZU.Peopleevenstayedafterofficehours.

Edeltraud:

WhenIstartedworkingontheARIADNEproject forOREA/OEAWAustrianAcademyofSciences, itbecameobvioustomeveryquicklythatalltheworkweweredoingintheprojectonlymakessenseif therearemechanisms inplace thatwillpreserve thedata in the long-term.Otherwise this isalljust window dressing. The extent to which data is actually threatened–even in the short-term–through technical andconceptualproblemswaspartofmanyearlyworkshopswithinARIADNE. Itwaseye-openingtometolearnhowfragilethebasisofmostofourresearchactuallyis.Inthecaseofarchaeology,datalossalsomeanslossofinformationaboutourculturalheritage.

LikeSlovenia,Austriabelongstothehave-notcountries.However,theARIADNEprojectprovidestheopportunitytoworkwithpartnersfromarchaeologicaldataarchiveswhichhavealotofprofessionalexperience,aswellaspartnerswhoarejuststartingwitharchaeologicaldataarchiving,orareintheprocesstodoso. Itwas interestingtoseewhatthe ‘firststeps’may look like.ThediversityacrossEuropeisalsoreflectedbythepapersoftheARIADNEsessiononWhatisanarchaeologicalresearchinfrastructureandwhydoweneedit?organisedbyGuntramGeserofSalzburgResearchandmyselfat theCHNT2014Conference inVienna. Itwas actually after this session,when I first exchangedideaswithotherpartners fromhave-not countries, and started to think that itwould reallymakesensetostartamovementfordataarchivesinourcountries.

Luckily,earlyin2015,thenewAustrianCentreforDigitalHumanities(ACDH)kickedoffattheÖAW(AustrianAcademyofSciences)andtogetherweorganisedaworkshopondigitalrepositorieslaterin the year called Save the data! I was happy to welcome representatives from archaeologicalarchives–ADSandDANS–aswellasFelixSchäfer,fromtheIANUSproject,currentlyintheprocessofsettingupadataarchiveforarchaeologyfortheDAI inGermany. Inourpresentation,AnjaMasur


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andItriedtofindarepositorywhereitwouldbepossibletoarchivethedataofmypost-docproject.Welookedatpoliciesandcostsofinternationalarchaeologicaldataarchives.

AsBenjaminalreadysaid,theARIADNEdatamanagementworkshopwasthe logicalnextstep:theresponse to the workshop amongmy Austrian colleagues was great and the workshop was wellattended by archaeologists across all institutions–Universities of Vienna and Graz, the AustrianArchaeological Institute (ÖAI), from theAustrian FederalMonumentsOffice (BDA)–andof coursefrommycolleaguesattheOEAW.WealsohadARIADNEpartnersfromHungaryinattendance.Themany questions raised during the workshop showed that data management is a pressing issue!Many thanks to Holly Wright and Kate Fernie for answering our questions and for making theworkshopsuchasatisfyingexperience.

Theevent

Benjamin:

Icanonlyspeakformyself,buttheworkshopreallymadeadifferenceforme. Iknewa lotofthedata beforehand, and obviously, themissing information is always just a touch (well, several andthen some, but the point stands) of a keyboard away. However, no amount of information canreplaceanexcellentlystructuredworkshopthatis,inwordsofW.S.Churchill,‘longenoughtocoverthesubjectandshortenoughtocreateinterest’.

Everything I knew suddenly fell into a place. Doing archaeology that produces vast amounts ofdigital-borndata,andnothavingasystematicallymaintaineddigitaldatarepositoryis,itstruckme,similartoharvestingafieldofwheatwithacombineharvesterandnotprovidingasilotostorethegrain.Thefieldwillneverbethesameafteritisharvested.Thedrivercannotgobackandre-harvestafterawrongturn.Thereisonlyonechancetogetitrightandallofthespoilsareperishablegoods!

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Togettheexcitementdownanotch,itisnotthatIknowhowtobuildthedigitaldataarchivefromscratch just by attending the workshop. That was never the intention. But I have gained thenecessarytools:acriticaloverview,directlinkstomostimportantdataand,mostimportantly,directlinkstoknowledgeablepeoplethatarewillingtohelp.

Edeltraud:

Well said Benjamin. There is nothing to add–the comparisonwith the harvester reallymakes thepoint!

Aftermath

Benjamin:

It's been aweekor two since the event so I canbe abit reflective.As I said, the realisation thatthingsareindesperateneedofattentionbothatthelevelofmyinstitutionandatthenationallevelhappenedmorethanayearago.Soonemightsaywecamewellpreparedtotheworkshop:highlymotivatedandhungryforthehow-tos.

Since theworkshop things atmy institution aremoving fast.We created aworkgroup,made theplanofaction, created the top-level archive structureandcollected the informationon typesandsizeofthedataeachindividualhasinthespanoftwoweeks.Thismeansthateverybodyisalreadyinvolved!We expect to create the lower-level archive structure tailored to the existing data in aweek’stime.

How did we decide to go about it? Asmost institutions in Europe we are in the position wherearchivingthedata isanadditionalworkloadtothealreadyoverstretchedresources.Therefore,wedecided tobepragmaticabout it: it isbetter tohaveadigitaldataarchivewitha loose, low-levelstructure(thussacrificingsomeofthesearchability)populatedwithdata,thantohaveanexcellentarchive structure, period. We fear that the workload for archiving a decade and more worth ofexisting data in a strictly structuredmanner is just not feasible. That being said, during the nextstage, and after populating thedata anddoing some in-depth analyses,wewill be able to createbestpossiblestructureforfuturedataandallwillbewellagain.

Edeltraud:

At theOEAWwe have started to take the case study approach to this. Research data policies inAustria are in the process of changing, and the funding body Austrian Science Fund (FWF) hasstartedtopushtowardsopenresearchdataanddatapreservation,althoughatthemoment,itisallstill recommendations, and nothing is compulsory. Calls for funding of digitisation and long-termdatapreservationprojectswerepublishedlastyear,andwesecuredfundingforAPuzzlein4D.Theaim of the project is the long-term preservation of legacy data from excavations at Tell el Daba,Egypt.ThePuzzle in4Dprojectwillbethecasestudy forus tostartdevelopingadataarchive forarchaeological excavation–and research data at the ÖAW ACDH. It is early days, but we arecompilingtestdataandworkingonthedatamodel–theprocesshasbegun!


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I have been skypingwith Benjamin about our datamodels, and itwas interesting to see thatweshare some basic ideas about how to order our archaeological data. We have to keep talking,Benjamin–andwithotherpartners,andexchangeourideasandexperiences.

Epilogue

Holly:

It was an absolute privilege to be invited to participate in these workshops, represent theArchaeologyDataService,andmeetsomanypeoplewhoaremotivatedtohelpsavearchaeologicalknowledgeinAustria,HungaryandSloveniafromtheso-called‘digitaldarkage’.AsADSwasthefirstarchivetobeestablishedforarchaeologicaldata(wearecelebratingour20thanniversarythisyear)oneoftheprimarythingswehave learnedovertheyears isthatthere isnoone,correctsolution.Rather, there are standards to help implement informed, pragmatic solutions; that archaeologistsneed to be at the heart of determining what is best for their data; and that we need to worktogether.ADShasalwayshad closeworking relationshipswithour sister archives,both inEuropeand America, and building those ties have comprised an important component of our success.Implementinggoodarchivingpracticeat anationalor international level is extremely challenging,even in themostconduciveenvironments,and ithasbeen invigorating tomeetandworkwithsomanynewpeoplewhocanhelpbuildthiscriticalcollaborationfurther!

Kate:

Well said Holly! It was a privilege for me also to be invited to participate in these workshops,representingPINand2CultureAssociatesandtomeetsomanynewcolleaguesandarchaeologists.

The workshops have also sparked interest within ARIADNE and beyond in current practice withregardtopreservingdigitalarchaeologicaldataacrossEuropeandinternationally,andinthere-useof archaeological datasets. There will surely be archivists or archaeologists in other countrieswantingtobepartoftheconversation!WewillbeatCAA2016inOslowhereweareorganisingasessionSupportingresearchersintheuseandre-useofarchaeologicaldata:continuingtheARIADNEthread and at CHNT in Vienna, 16-18 November 2016 where we helped organise the sessionPreservation and Re-Use of Digital Archaeological Research Data with Open Archival InformationSystems.

FourthYearTrainingEvents3.4

Thefinalyearoftrainingeventscontinuedwithsuccessfulformatsofthepreviousyears,withtwosessions at major conferences and two events which were extensions of wider summer trainingevents. The first sessionwas held at CAA in Oslo on 31March, 2016 (which included the officiallaunchoftheARIADNEportal,thesecondwasarepeatofthesuccessfulexpertforumaspartofthephysicalTNAsummerschoolrunbyATHENARCinAthenson16-17June,2016,thethirdwaspartofTheEuropeanSummerUniversityinDigitalHumanitiesinLeipzigon22JulyandthefinaleventwasatEAAinVilniuson1September,2016.


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TrainingEventatCAAOslo3.4.1

ReturningtothesameformatasthesuccessfulsessionatCAASiena,theARIADNEthemedsessionatCAAOslowasequallysuccessfulwithover60attendees,andamixofpapersbyARIADNEpartnersabout the progress of theirwork, and papers about related projects. It also served as the officiallaunchoftheARIADNEportal.ThesessionwastitledSupportingresearchersintheuseandre-useofarchaeologicaldata:ContinuingtheARIADNEthread.AbstractThissessionseekstofurtherexpanddialogueinacriticalarea.Ever-increasingamountsofdataareavailablewithindatarepositoriesinindividualinstitutions,nationalinfrastructuresandinternationalservices.

TheECInfrastructuresfundedARIADNEprojectisworkingtobringtogetherarchaeologicalresearchdatafromacrossEurope,foruseandre-use innewresearch.Therearechallenges,suchasraisingawarenessabouttheavailabledata, integratingdatasetsproducedbyverydifferentprojectsusingdiffering methodologies and various technologies. There are GIS, databases, 3D data, scientificdatasetsandmore,allproducedinavarietyoflanguages.ARIADNEisbuildingvitalinfrastructuretobringtogether,manageandprovideaccesstothesedatasets.TheprojectisembracingLinkedOpenData, Natural Language Processing, deploying Web Services and new tools to provide enhanced

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access to researchers. ARIADNE is also offering training and opportunities for archaeologists toaccesstheresearchinfrastructure,andtoshareknowledgeandexpertise.

Theaimofthissessionistostimulatediscussionbetweenresearchersanddataspecialists,andto:

• ShowcasebestpracticesandrelevantworksupportingaccessanduseofdigitalarchaeologyfromARIADNEandotherservices

• Presentcasestudiesdemonstratinginnovativere-useofarchaeologicaldatasets• Develop an understanding of the challenges in providing access to research data and the

opportunitiesofferedbyARIADNEandotherservices• Discusshowthesechallengescanbeaddressedandhowtheopportunitiescanbemaximized• Generateideasforfuturetraining,accessandresearch

Papers

• IntroductionbyJulianRichards• MethodologicaltipsformappingstoCIDOCCRM:MariaTheodoridou,GeorgeBruseker,Maria

Daskalaki,MartinDoerr• Anessayofmappingarchaeological land-record systemusedby InrapwithCIDOC-CRMand

CIDOC-CRMarchaeo extension using 3M on-line tool: Christophe Tuffery, Achille Felicetti,PatrickJard,NicolasHolzem,ThomasGuillemard

• Formalisation and reuse of methodological knowledge on archaeology across Europeanorganisations:CesarGonzalez-Perez,PatriciaMartín-Rodilla,ElenaEpure

• SemanticdatabaseapplicationsattheSamtavroCemetery,Georgia:DavidBader,AleksandraMichalewicz,OdedGreen,JessieBirkett-Rees,JasonRiedy,JamesFairbanks,AnitaZakrzewska

• A catalog for archaelogical resources: FrancaDebole, Nicola Aloia, Christos Papatheodorou,DimitrisGavrilis,CarloMeghini

• Using semantic technologies for thedeep integrationof research items inARIADNE:PhilippGerth,WolfgangSchmidle,SebastianCuy

• Fastisurveys:ElizabethFentress,MichaelJohnson,FlorenceLaino,StuartEve• Bestpracticestore-useremotesensingdatacomingfrommarinegeophysicalsurveysforthe

3Dreconstructionofunderwaterarchaeologicaldeep-sites:ManuelaRitondale,GaiaPavoni,RobertoScopigno,MarcoCallieri,MatteoDellepiane

• Digging into and re-using image data for archaeology: Christopher Power, Andrew Lewis,Helen Petrie, Julian Richards, KatieGreen,Mark Eramian, Ekta Bhullar, Brittany Chan, IsaacSijaranamual,MaartendeRijke

• Adata integrationinfrastructureforarchaeology:DimitrisGavrilis,EleniAfiontzi,JohanFihn,OlofOlsson,SebastianCuy,AchilleFelicetti,FrancoNiccolucci


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TrainingEventattheATHENARCsummerschoolAthens3.4.2

AfterthesuccessoftheexpertforumthepreviousyearATHENARCchoosetocoincidewiththeTNAsummerschool.ThetitleoftheforumwasTheFutureofArchaeologicalKnowledgeCuration2021-2026.Thistrainingeventwasalsoverysuccessfulwithover25participants.

Abstract

Expert Forum onThe future of archaeological knowledge curation 2021-2026aims to unite aninternationalcommunityofresearchersinaconstructivedebateontheuseofdigitaltechnologytoensure the future valueof pre-existing archaeological knowledge through further curation, accessand reuse. In tandem with organized archaeological databases, corpora and repositories it willreflect on the future of past excavation data and archives, commercial archaeology reports,archaeologicalmuseumcollections,corporaandgazetteers,historicalandethnographictestimonies,grey literature, and visualizations of archaeological entities. It will seek to synthesize theexperiences,know-howandinsightsofparticipantsonhowtoaddressthegrowingcurationcrisisinarchaeologyinanincreasinglypervasivenetworkeddigitalenvironment,andonthechallengesfacedandopportunitiesofferedbydigitalinfrastructuresinthenext5-10years.Theviewpointsinvitedaremulti-disciplinary and diverse, ranging from academic researchers to practitioners, and fromarchaeologists to specialists in information, archival science, computer science, and science and

Figure18:ProfessorAlexandraBouniaoftheUniversityoftheAegeanopeningthediscussionattheexpertforum,Athens.Photo:K.Fernie


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technology studies. We are looking for informed and thoughtful contributions to an interactiveprocess,ratherthanforapre-preparedformaltalkorconferencepaper.TheactiveparticipationoftheARIADNEcommunitywillbevaluableinshapingthisemergingpicture.Thursday,16June13:15–13:30EnvisioningthefutureofarchaeologicaldigitalcurationProfessorCostisDallas13:30–14.30ChallengesandadvancesinknowledgerepresentationandunderstandingChair:DrElizabethFentressPositionstatement:ProfessorPanosConstantopoulosCounterpoint:ProfessorSeamusRossInterventions:AlexandraBounia,CostisDallas,RimvydasLauzikas,VladimirStissi,AmaraThornton,GiorgosVavouranakis,etal.14:30–15.30ChallengesandadvancesincommunicationandvisualizationChair:NephelieChatzidiakouPositionstatement:ProfessorGeorgePapaioannouCounterpoints:DrAgiatisBenardou,MichaelCarterInterventions: Despina Catapoti, Nephelie Chatzidiakou, Elisabeth Fentress, Isto Huvila, DespoinaTsiafaki,DeliaTzortzaki,etal.16:00–17.00ChallengesandstrategiesforsustainabilityandopennessDrJeremyHuggett,ProfessorNealFerris,DrLorna-JaneRichardsonInterventions:KateFernie,DimitrisGavrilis,HellaHollander,HelenKatsiadakis,IoannisPoulios,etal.17:00-18:00 Scenarios for digital archaeological infrastructure and research planning: introductionandteamformationProfessor Costis Dallas, Professor Vladimir Stissi, Pavla Drapelova, Dr Amara Thornton, PriscillaUlguim,IleniaGalluccio,DrFedericoNurra,ProfessorRimvydasLaužikas,DrLorna-JaneRichardson

Avisioningandscenariobuildingmethodwillbepresented,basedontheidentificationofafutureresearch infrastructuretoservetheresearchneedsofprojectsof individualTNAscholars,andthesuccessivespecificationof:a)sub-disciplines/approaches,researchproblems,aspectsorphasesoftheresearchprocess,andkindsofuserstobeservedbytheinfrastructure,b) informationobjects,formats, and domain knowledge entities (e.g. concepts, classifications, theories) covered c)methods, procedures and digital tool and service functionalities needed; and; d) a narrative orschematicpresentationofoneor twospeculative scenarios illustratinghowthe infrastructurewillserve future work. Four imaginary archaeological digital infrastructures, named after charactersfrom Greek and Etruscan mythology, will be envisioned by forum participants divided into fourgroups, each taking into account use cases related to individual research projects, which will bepresentedthroughlightningtalks.ScenarioA:AREATHAinfrastructureRapporteur:SeamusRossFacilitator:LeonidasPapachristopoulosMembers:VladimirStissi,PavlaDrapelova,etal.


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ScenarioB:MINOSinfrastructureRapporteur:AmaraThorntonFacilitator:ElizaPapakiMembers:PriscillaUlguim,etal.ScenarioC:PASIPHAEinfrastructureRapporteur:JeremyHuggettFacilitator:NephelieChatzidiakouMembers:IleniaGalluccio,FedericoNurra,etal.ScenarioD:THESEUSinfrastructureRapporteur:DespinaCatapotiFacilitator:CostisDallasMembers:RimvydasLauzikas,Lorna-JaneRichardson,etal.Friday,17June9:00–11.00ScenariobuildingsprintI:usingarchaeologicaldigitalcurationinfrastructuresin2021-2026Scenariobuildinggroupswillworkinparallel,usingtheapproachintroducedandtakingintoaccountthe technological futures viewpoints presented in the previous sessions, to identify the “valueproposition”,objectives, scopeand functionalitiesofa futuredigital infrastructure,mapping theseparametersinafiveandtenyearhorizoninthefuture.11:30–13.00ScenariobuildingsprintII:usingarchaeologicaldigitalcurationinfrastructuresin2021-2026Scenariobuildinggroupswillwork inparallel,using the“valueproposition”,objectives, scopeandfunctionalities of a future digital infrastructure defined in the previous session, to develop anarrativeor schematic scenario illustrating the fruitful useof the infrastructure for archaeologicalwork,fiveandtenyearsfromnow.14:30–16:30Archaeologicaldigital curation infrastructures in2021-2026: vision,affordancesandscenariosofuseProfessorSeamusRoss,DrAmaraThornton,DrJeremyHuggett,DrDespinaCatapotiRapporteurs of scenario building groups will present briefly the “value proposition”, objectives,scope and functionalities of the digital infrastructures they defined, and a narrative or schematicscenariotheydevelopedtoillustrateitsfutureusefulness.Discussionchair:ProfessorVladimirStissi16:30–17.00Finalremarks:ProfessorCostisDallas


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Training Event at the European Summer University in Digital Humanities3.4.1Leipzig25-29July2016

On29July2016,underthetheme‘DigitalResearchInfrastructuresintheHumanities:HowtoUse,Build andMaintain Them’, Franco Niccolucci gave a half day training event concerning ResearchInfrastructureaccess,basedontheARIADNEexperience:whatARAIDNEoffers,whatiswellorbadlyreceived.

The training event was attended by five students of European Summer School “Culture andTechnology”.ThestudentshadabackgroundinHumanities,EngineeringandInformationSciences,comingmainlyfromtheUS.


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TrainingEventatEAAVilnius3.4.2

ThefinaltrainingeventreturnedtothesameformatasthesuccessfulopenaccesssessioninwhichmanyARIADNEpartnersparticipatedatEAAinIstanbul;anARIADNEthemedsessionwasproposedasafollowatEAAVilnius.Thesessionwasverysuccessfulwithover30attendeesandencouragedsignificantdialogueabouttheproject.

ThefollowingaccountofthesessionwaswrittenbyKateFernie.

EAA 2016 was the venue for a session on Open Access and Open Data in Archaeology, whichexploredwhethertheavailabilityofopendataischangingthenatureofarchaeologicalresearchandpublication.

Thesession,whichwasorganisedbyJulianRichardsandHollyWrightofADSwithFrankSiegmundofUniversitätDüsseldorfandGuntramGeserofSalzburgResearch,waswellattended.

Guntram Geser opened with a paper on the requirements for open data in archaeology and –importantlyhowresearcherscanreapthebenefits.Gesercalledforthebarrierstodepositingopendata to be lowered suggesting that improved academic recognition for data providers is animportantfirststep.Equallyimportantislookingatwaysofencouragingresearchers,whocurrentlystorethemajorityofdataontheircomputers,todepositdatainrepositories.Gesernotedthatthiscanhelpsatisfyresearchfunderswhowanttoseere-useofdatathroughdatacitations.

Thetakeawaypointwas thatopeningaccess isaboutmakingpublisheddatapartof therecord–persistent,citableandrewarded. Butwestillneedtodomore. Researchersstill lack information

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about repositories that are able to take open data publications. We need to demonstrate thetangible benefits and provide answers to questions such as whether open data leads to betterresearchandmoreinformeddecision-making.

NextErinOsborne-Martinspokeabout theSocietyofAntiquariesofScotland’sproject toopenuptheir data. The Societymakes the Scottish Archaeological Internet Reports (SAIR) available as anopenaccesspublicationthroughtheADS(http://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archives/view/sair/)since 2000. Osborne-Martin reported that the download figures have shown that the onlineaudience ismuch bigger than SAIR’s print audience. This has encouraged the Society to look atmoving to a digital only version of its proceedings. This involves convincing members of thebenefits, which include the savings that will be made on digital only publications that can beinvested in original research. In addition to making new editions of the proceedings availabledigitally, the Society has a project underway to digitise previous editions of the Proceedings,ArchaeologiaScoticaandtheSociety’sout-of-printmonographs.

"Thegreatthingaboutopenaccesspublicationisthattherearelotsofdifferentservicesforpeopletoseeyourmaterial."

TimEvansgaveaveryinterestingpaperongreyliteraturereportsandtheirpotentialforopenaccessapproaches. The large number of archaeological interventions each year has led to a publicationcrisis,withsmallerexcavationsandevaluationsrarelyhavingtheresourcesforfullpublication.Overtime so-called “grey literature” reports have increasingly beenmade available online – and havebecome less grey with the inclusion of more detailed images, plans and other material. Onlinereporting forms and facilities to upload reports (such as OASIS/Herald by ADS) has increased theaccessibility of archaeological grey literature – and its use, which can be demonstrated in webstatistics.Evansconcludedwiththefinalthoughtthatgreyliteratureisthetipofthedataiceberg.

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reporting excavations and survey activities in the Classical World. The North African HeritageArchivesnetwork isanewventure, inwhich22organisationsworking intheMaghrebregionhaveagreed towork together tounite their information ina singleplatform. Thisnetwork is currentlyexploringtheeasiestandsimplestwaysforarchaeologiststousetoreporttheiractivities.

CostisDallasgaveanoverviewof theapproachadoptedbyARIADNEto integratingarchaeologicaldatasets. Partners map their datasets to the ARIADNE Catalogue model, which provides theframework for integration of collections, bibliographic reports, databases and datasets. Dallasdescribed a series ofmicroservices that have beenmade available to enable provided data to beenrichedwithsubjectsandtimeconcepts,andspatialcoordinates.

HollyWright concluded the session by explaining the linked data approaches that are being usedwithinARIADNEandhowtheseapproachescanhelptomakearchaeologicaldatamoreopen.Twomainapproachesweredescribed–mappingof subject concepts to theGetty’sArt&ArchitectureThesaurus(AAT)andcontributingperiodconceptstoPeriodO.Athesaurusmappingtooldevelopedby theUniversityof SouthWaleswasmadeavailable toenableARIADNEpartners (andothers) tomaptheirsubjectconceptstotheAAT.ThemappingscreatedwerethenmadeavailableforuseintheARIADNEportal – in thisway supportingmultilingual query expansion. The second approachinvolvedARIADNEpartnerssupplyingperiodtermsandtheirdefinitionsforinclusioninthePeriodOgazetteerwheretheyaremadeavailableasLinkedOpenData.

Oneof the lessons learned fromARIADNE’sexperience is that LinkedData resources suchasAATprovidetoolsformakingarchaeologicaldatamoreopen,butworkingtogetheriskeytosupportingopenpractices.

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Thesessionconcludedinadiscussionaboutsuccessstoriestodemonstratetopeoplethatopendatareallyworks. Aparticipant fromNomismacommented that coindata is aperfectexampleof theneedtobeabletosearchacrosscountrybordersandthevalueofLinkedOpenDatainsupportingthis.Anotherparticipantcommentedthatzoo-archaeologylendsitselftoLinkedOpenDatabecausespeciestaxonomiesareavailable;butalsodemonstratesthe intricaciesofzoo-archaeologicalworkandtheneedtoaddtermssuchas“sheep/goat”thatareoutsidetheformaltaxonomy.

The session was sponsored by the ARIADNE project, follows on from Barriers and opportunities:OpenAccessandOpenDatainArchaeologyatEAA2014inIstanbul.

Figure21:GooddiscussionsattheEAAVilniusARIADNEsession.Photo:G.Geser.


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4 ConclusionsARIADNE has offered a range of opportunities for transnational access to the infrastructure andtrainingtoarchaeologiststhroughouttheproject.Thishasincludedopportunitiesforonlineaccesstodatasetsandservices,trainingevents,summerschools,groupandindividualaccessvisitstothephysicallaboratoriesofARIADNEpartners.

The feedback that the project has received from participants in these activities has beenoverwhelmingly positive. Participants highlighted how they valued the opportunities to learn, tonetworkandcollaboratewithother researchers, and to receivepracticalhelpandadviceon theirresearchprojects.

In conclusion, the transnational access and training activities deliveredbyARIADNE fulfilled theirobjectives of engaging participants with the research infrastructure and delivering on importantlearning outcomes with regards to the creation, management, access and preservation ofarchaeologicaldatasets.


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5 ReferencesARIADNE,2015,D5.2Initialreportontheassessmentofonlineaccess

ARIADNE,2017,D5.3Finalreportontheassessmentofonlineaccess

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