In this section

Guides to Good Practice
- Digital archiving
- The project lifecycle
- Basic components
  - Introduction
  - Documents and digital texts
    - Introduction to documents and texts
    - Creating documents and texts
      - General considerations
      - File formats
    - Preserving documents and texts
    - References
      - Bibliography
  - Databases and spreadsheets
    - Introduction to databases and spreadsheets
    - Creating databases and spreadsheets
      - General considerations
      - File formats
    - Preserving databases and spreadsheets
    - Appendices
      - Case study: Inrap: archival preparation of the ArchéoDB field registration system
    - References
      - Bibliography
  - Raster Images
    - Introduction to raster images
      - Raster images in archaeology
      - Current issues and concerns
    - Creating raster images
      - General considerations
      - File formats
    - Archiving raster images
    - References
      - Bibliography
  - Vector images
    - Introduction to vector images
      - Vector images in archaeology
    - Creating vector images
      - General considerations
      - File formats
    - Archiving vector images
    - References
      - Bibliography
  - Digital video
    - Introduction to digital video
      - What is digital video?
      - Current issues and concerns
    - Creating digital video
      - General considerations
      - File formats
    - Preserving digital video
    - References
      - Bibliography
  - Digital audio
    - Introduction to digital audio
      - What is digital audio?
      - Current issues and concerns
    - Creating digital audio
      - General considerations
      - File formats
    - Preserving digital audio
    - References
      - Bibliography
- Data collection and fieldwork
  - Aerial survey
    - Aims and objectives
      - About this guide
    - Aerial photography, remote sensing and archaeology
      - Aerial photography and interpretative mapping
      - Remote sensing
    - Digital data sources
    - Documenting your resource
      - Why document your data?
      - How to document your resource
    - Archiving your data
      - Depositing information
      - Aerial photography case study
    - References
  - UAV survey
  - Geophysics
    - Introduction
    - The life of geophysical data
    - Documenting and archiving
    - Archive files
    - Comprehensive documentation
    - Subsets of documentation
      - Subsets of documentation
    - Depositing to archives
    - Conclusions
      - Conclusions
    - Appendices
    - References
      - Bibliography
  - Marine survey
    - Introduction
    - Creating marine survey data
    - Archiving marine survey data
    - References
      - Bibliography
  - Laser scanning
    - Acknowledgements
    - Introduction
    - Acquiring and processing laser scan data
    - Archiving laser scan data
    - Case study: virtual Hampson Museum
    - References
      - Bibliography
  - Close-range photogrammetry
    - Acknowledgements
    - Introduction
      - Close-range digital photogrammetry in an archaeological context
      - Current metadata and documentation standards
    - Data collection and documentation
      - Typical steps for a CRP project
    - Metadata groups
    - Archiving close-range photogrammetric data
      - Preparing to archive
    - Case study
      - Close-range photogrammetry for architecture at Ostia Antica, Italy
    - References
      - Bibliography
  - Dendrochronology
    - Aims and objectives
    - Creating dendrochronological data
    - Archiving dendrochronological data
    - Copyright
      - Copyright for dendrochronology
    - Case study: The Dendrochronology of the Early-medieval Emporium Dorestad (the Netherlands)
    - References
- Data analysis and visualisation
  - GIS
    - Introduction to the GIS guide
    - Creating and Using GIS Datasets
    - Archiving GIS Datasets
    - Appendices
      - Appendix 1: case study – depositing a GIS dataset
      - Appendix 2: pathways through the GIS guide to good practice
    - References
  - CAD
    - A Brief Introduction to CAD
    - Capturing data for CAD projects
    - CAD Systems
    - Documenting data from CAD projects
    - Archiving CAD Data
    - Appendices
    - References
  - 3D Models
    - Aims and objectives
    - Creating 3D data
    - Archiving 3D data
    - References
      - Bibliography
      - Other resources
- Case studies
  - Project specific guides
  - Other case studies & guides
    - An Optimum Guide for the Reduction of Noise using a Surface Scanner for Digitising Human Osteological Remains
- Preparing and depositing your archive
Continuing professional development
Data management
Instructions for Depositors
ADS-easy instructions for use
- ADS-easy data limitations
- ADS-easy Costing Calculator
- Registering with ADS-easy
- Creating a new project
- Project Details (Step 1)
- File Upload (Step 2)
- Metadata (Step 3)
  - Databases
  - Documents and reports
  - Geophysics
  - GIS
  - Maps and plans
  - Photographs and images
  - Spreadsheets
- Submission (Step 4)
Advice for grant applicants
Teaching resources
- Archives for teaching
- Data Train
  - Teaching material
Advice for HER uploads to the Heritage Gateway
FAQs
Glossary
Data access and reuse

Copyright

Kieron Niven, Archaeology Data Service / Digital Antiquity, Guides to Good Practice

As highlighted in Section 2, data creators should be aware of the various rights involved in recording people and should ensure that the relevant rights and clearances are attained. These issues are discussed in detail in the JISC Digital Media document ‘Copyright and Other Rights for Creating Time-based Media Resources’.