Huggett, J. (2014) Promise and paradox: accessing open data in archaeology. In: Mills, C., Pidd, M. and Ward, E. (eds.) Proceedings of the Digital Humanities Congress 2012. Series: Studies in the Digital Humanities. HRI Online Publications: Sheffield.
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Abstract
Increasing access to open data raises challenges, amongst the most important of which is the need to understand the context of the data that are delivered to the screen. Data are situated, contingent, and incomplete: they have histories which relate to their origins, their purpose, and their modification. These histories have implications for the subsequent appropriate use of those data but are rarely available to the data consumer. This paper argues that just as data need metadata to make them discoverable, so they also need provenance metadata as a means of seeking to capture their underlying theory-laden, purpose-laden and process-laden character.
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| Additional Information: | Published online: <a href="http://www.hrionline.ac.uk/openbook/chapter/dhc2012-huggett">http://www.hrionline.ac.uk/openbook/chapter/dhc2012-huggett</a> |
| Keywords: | open data, open access, paradata, data provenance, provenance metadata |
| Status: | Published |
| Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Huggett, Dr Jeremy |
| Authors: | Huggett, J. |
| Subjects: | C Auxiliary Sciences of History > CC Archaeology |
| College/School: | College of Arts & Humanities > School of Humanities > Archaeology |
| Publisher: | HRI Online Publications |
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