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During the 1990s much work was undertaken by the RCHME's Data Standards Unit (now part of English Heritage) in partnerships with English Heritage and ALGAO to develop the data model for recording SMR-type information. The event-monument-source data model began to be introduced in the early 1990s when it was adopted by the RCHME for its MONARCH database, by English Heritage in its data standard for urban archaeological databases and by Northamptonshire SMR and a few others. Throughout the 1990s there was considerable discussion about this data model led by Glenn Foard, Steve Catney, Neil Lang, Nigel Clubb and Steve Stead. The establishment of the Data Standards Working Party, now known as FISH (the Forum for Information Standards in Heritage), a group dedicated to developing data standards for monument inventories, can be seen as a direct result of the general climate of discussion and debate (see also [B.7|SectionB.7]).
During the 1990s much work was undertaken by the RCHME's Data Standards Unit (now part of English Heritage) in partnerships with English Heritage and ALGAO to develop the data model for recording SMR-type information. The event-monument-source data model began to be introduced in the early 1990s when it was adopted by the RCHME for its MONARCH database, by English Heritage in its data standard for urban archaeological databases and by Northamptonshire SMR and a few others. Throughout the 1990s there was considerable discussion about this data model led by Glenn Foard, Steve Catney, Neil Lang, Nigel Clubb and Steve Stead. The establishment of the Data Standards Working Party, now known as FISH (the Forum for Information Standards in Heritage), a group dedicated to developing data standards for monument inventories, can be seen as a direct result of the general climate of discussion and debate (see also [B.8|SectionB.8]).
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The modern generation of HER databases aims to comply with the MIDAS data standard published by the RCHME in 1998 ([Lee 1998|Bibliography#Lee 1998|target='_blank']). These databases enable information about monuments, events, sources and the management process to be recorded with equal weight. Nationally agreed reference datasets, such as the English Heritage Thesaurus of Monument Types and other lists published in INSCRIPTION, are incorporated into the databases (see also [B.6.3|http://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/ifp/Wiki.jsp?page=SectionB.6#section-SectionB.6-B.6.3MIDASAndINSCRIPTION]). Features of the systems, such as pull-down lists and validated entry to key index fields, help to ease the adoption of data standards and promote consistency between HER systems. In general professional applications developers have produced these systems and, as a result, they incorporate features such as data-input forms, standard queries and reports that ease their day-to-day use by HER officers.
The modern generation of HER databases aims to comply with the MIDAS data standard published by the RCHME in 1998 ([Lee 1998|Bibliography#Lee 1998|target='_blank']). These databases enable information about monuments, events, sources and the management process to be recorded with equal weight. Nationally agreed reference datasets, such as the English Heritage Thesaurus of Monument Types and other lists published in INSCRIPTION, are incorporated into the databases (see also [B.7.3|http://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/ifp/Wiki.jsp?page=SectionB.7#section-SectionB.7-B.7.3MIDASAndINSCRIPTION]). Features of the systems, such as pull-down lists and validated entry to key index fields, help to ease the adoption of data standards and promote consistency between HER systems. In general professional applications developers have produced these systems and, as a result, they incorporate features such as data-input forms, standard queries and reports that ease their day-to-day use by HER officers.
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The OASIS project was developed in response to the need to provide a single unified index to archaeological investigations, a means of accessing the associated grey literature, and an online method by which the index could be maintained. A major achievement of the project was to integrate the AIP records with the Excavation Index to provide a single concorded list, in 1998. The concordance programme delivered a fully unified record for archaeological interventions in England. Where a fuller electronic copy of a report is available on-line, either on the ADS server or on the web site of the contractor or HER it is possible to include the URL of the resource as a bibliographic reference. As curators begin to require deposition of digital reports and as they make them available on the Internet it will be possible to build up an online virtual library of grey literature, directly linked from the index. The OASIS project, FISH toolkit and allied data standards are discussed in more detail in sections [C.7.3|http://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/ifp/Wiki.jsp?page=SectionC.7#section-SectionC.7-C.7.3OASISOnLineAccesSToTheIndexOfArchaeologicalInvestigationS] and [B.6|SectionB.6].
The OASIS project was developed in response to the need to provide a single unified index to archaeological investigations, a means of accessing the associated grey literature, and an online method by which the index could be maintained. A major achievement of the project was to integrate the AIP records with the Excavation Index to provide a single concorded list, in 1998. The concordance programme delivered a fully unified record for archaeological interventions in England. Where a fuller electronic copy of a report is available on-line, either on the ADS server or on the web site of the contractor or HER it is possible to include the URL of the resource as a bibliographic reference. As curators begin to require deposition of digital reports and as they make them available on the Internet it will be possible to build up an online virtual library of grey literature, directly linked from the index. The OASIS project, FISH toolkit and allied data standards are discussed in more detail in sections [C.7.3|http://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/ifp/Wiki.jsp?page=SectionC.7#section-SectionC.7-C.7.3OASISOnLineAccesSToTheIndexOfArchaeologicalInvestigationS] and [B.7|SectionB.7].
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