Cite this as: Kecheva, N. 2024 The First Step towards FAIR-ness in Bulgarian Archaeology: the Archaeological Map of Bulgaria in ARIADNE and ARIADNEplus, Internet Archaeology 67. https://doi.org/10.11141/ia.67.5
This article provides an overview of the participation of the National Archaeological Institute with Museum at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (NAIM-BAS) as a partner in both the ARIADNE and ARIADNEplus projects and the SEADDA COST Action. The article examines both the workflow and the results obtained when modifying and mapping part of the national site and monuments information system, also known as the 'Archaeological Map of Bulgaria' (AIS AKB). The article's focus is mainly on the technical preparation of data shared through the ARIADNE portal. The main workflow followed throughout the projects included mapping terms to the Getty AAT thesaurus, adding Bulgarian archaeological chronologies to PeriodO, and mapping metadata to the ARIADNE catalogue data model (ACDM) in ARIADNE and to the AO-cat ontology in ARIADNEplus. In 2016, a mapping of AIS AKB to the CIDOC CRM was also undertaken, and the first steps towards creating the geographic information system, 'Archaeological Map of Bulgaria' (GIS AKB), were taken. The experience gathered by the NAIM-BAS team members throughout the whole project was important for moving towards FAIR-ness in Bulgarian archaeology.
Corresponding author: Nadezhda Kecheva
n.kecheva@gmail.com
National Archaeological Institute with Museum at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
Figure 1: AIS AKB paper registration card No 0700170
Figure 2: Table demonstrating standardised fields for describing the localisation of X and Y coordinates. Example includes information from AIS AKB paper registration cards Nos 0700170 and 0700171
Figure 3: Locations of AIS AKB paper registration cards Nos 0700170 and 0700171 in GIS
Figure 4: AIS AKB terms mapped to Getty AAT thesaurus using SKOS in a MS Excel table
Figure 5: AIS AKB modified and supplementary metadata mapped to ARIADNE ACDM in a MS Excel table
Figure 6: XML for the AO-Cat mapping of the AIS AKB collection as a whole
Figure 7: XML for the AO-Cat mapping of an individual resource (the well-known archaeological site of Ratiaria)
Figure 8: The mappings of AIS AKB collection and individual resources XMLs to AO-Cat visualised in Maze as X3ML-centred overview
Figure 9: The mappings of the original AIS AKB metadata XML to AO-Cat visualised in Maze as X3ML-centred overview
Figure 10: Screenshot of GIS AKB demonstrating the registration card and geographic feature windows
Figure 11: The individual resource 'Ratiaria' from Figure 7 shown in the ARIADNE portal
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