EAA is hosting the 32nd Annual Meeting from the 26th to the 29th of August 2026, at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. Projects ATRIUM, ARTEMIS, ARIADNE and participating institutions, including ADS/HSDS and ARUP, would like to invite papers for a session related to the broad area of metadata enrichment, with a particular focus on how these outcomes have promoted compliance with the FAIR principles, created engaging content for user communities, and empowered others in undertaking similar work.
Key Information
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- Session 61: Interlinking the Past: FAIR Metadata for Interdisciplinary Archaeological Research
- Session format: Papers, maximum 15 minutes each
- Deadline:
28 January 2026Extended 9 February 2026 - You can submit a paper to the session via the EAA website
- Organisers: Sarah Middle (ADS), Émilie Pagé-Perron (ADS), David Novák (ARUP)
Session Abstract
Efforts to improve the Findability, Accessibility, Interoperability, and Reusability (FAIR) of data in archaeology and related domains, such as heritage science, have highlighted the importance of enriching metadata. This work is intrinsically interdisciplinary, bringing together diverse sources, including historical or literary texts and scientific analyses. Connecting these resources using common digital standards, such as shared ontologies and controlled vocabularies, is an important goal that remains difficult to achieve but can provide numerous benefits.
Such enriched metadata can be presented in tailored ways to appeal to multiple audiences, including cultural heritage professionals, researchers and the general public. Examples include (reactive) digital twins constructed on a foundation of richly modelled metadata connecting multiple documentary sources, as well as robust, reproducible research workflows, accompanied by their demonstrators. The former provides exact digital replicas of physical objects, based on a robust foundation of documentation and metadata that can simulate responses to real-world stimuli. The latter enables users to prepare and process complex data (e.g. text, image, 3D, sound, multimedia), thereby increasing the accessibility of, and engagement with, digital tools and methods. Additionally, capacity building can enhance existing skills and expertise, equipping others with the knowledge needed to apply these methods elsewhere. This is all, of course, possible because of our European research infrastructure landscape.
