REISSUE - 7796 Creating a sectoral standard and guidance for managing digital data generated from archaeological investigations

The recent 2017 Mendoza report recommends that Historic England will work with key stakeholders to improve the long-term sustainability of archaeological archives generated by developer-funded excavations. With the huge increase in the amount of digital data being created through archaeological projects, there is now a real and pressing need for the sector to develop strategies and standards to ensure that digital data are archived and curated to ensure long term preservation, accessibility and reuse. An important...