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[if memory is correct, Foucault stated in 'the Archaeology of Knowledge' that his use of archaeology was not literal, and 'archive' was not intended to mean an archaeological archive. though this metaphor, when literalized, does provide meaningful comparisons in the practical and pragmatic applications of digital info archives, especially those of common both to the internet as archive and to archaeologists whom use digital data and need to re-use it. thus, the online book below could be read as substance to this mis-representation of the author's intentions, and a way to understand archival issues by those whom deal with it in both electronic- and dirt-space]. Digital Archives from Excavation and Fieldwork: Guide to Good Practice Second Edition ISSN 1463-5194 http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/project/goodguides/excavation/ edited by Julian Richards and Damian Robinson with additional contributions by Tony Austin, Adrian Brown, Duncan Brown, Geraint Coles, David Dawson, Anne Dodd, Kate Fernie, Julie Gardiner, William Kilbride, Gary Lock, Christine Longworth, Nick Merriman, Paul Miller, Diana Murray, Jez Reeve and Alicia Wise Acknowledgements Section 1: Aims and objectives 1.1 Digital archives from archaeological excavation and fieldwork 1.2 Background 1.3 Resource discovery and re-use 1.4 Other guides in this series Section 2: The essentials of good digital archiving practice 2.1 What is digital archiving? 2.2 Planning for the collection or creation of digital datasets 2.3 Digital archiving strategies 2.4 Formatting material for digital archiving Section 3: Levels of digital archiving 3.1 The principles of archiving excavation and fieldwork digital data 3.2 Data in digital archives Section 4: Documenting the digital archive 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Documentation of project background, methodology and results 4.3 Documenting file types and formats Section 5: Depositing digital archives 5.1 Standards and guidelines for depositing digital archives in archaeology 5.2 Archiving requirements in project designs or specifications 5.3 Repositories for archaeological digital archives 5.4 Depositing data with the ADS Section 6: Copyright and reuse 6.1 General copyright considerations 6.2 The rights management framework of the AHDS Section 7: Implementing these guidelines 7.1 Recommendations for archive curators, funding agencies and standards bodies 7.2 Recommendations for archive creators (e.g. contractors, university and local society projects) 7.3 Recommendations for archive collecting agencies Section 8: Summary of objectives and principles 8.1 Objectives for digital archives in archaeology 8.2 The principles of archiving excavation and fieldwork digital data Glossary Sources for further information Bibliography Appendix 1: Documenting digital archives: a case study Appendix 2: ADS Deposit Licence Appendix 3: AHDS Common Access Agreement Appendix 4: Data documentation and content standards in Archaeology _______________________________________________ Nettime-bold mailing list Nettime-bold@nettime.org http://www.nettime.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nettime-bold