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Archäologie und Informationssysteme
appropriately. If decisions are based upon data then
those people and organisations that deposit high qua-
lity data should be praised and rewarded accordingly.
There will remain areas where data, information and
knowledge remains silo-ed. It is probably right that
some data remains silo-ed: however, the reasons need
to be made clear. It is wrong to silo data on the basis
of dogma and worse when this is done in organisati-
ons that are publically funded. The benefit should not
be calculated on how much the data can be sold for
but rather based on the improvements in policy,
research and public engagement. Improving access to
data will improve the knowledge base which impro-
ves research and governance: think Provision, not
possession (Isaksen 2009).
Opening access to easily re-usable knowledge will
start to produce a dynamic knowledge base. The
archaeology knowledge base should be, by definition,
dynamic: It is predicated on the complex relationship
between the corpus of knowledge, theory and Classi-
fication Systems. These are fluid and contain many
interlinked dependencies which means that variations
in one component can have complex repercussions
throughout the knowledge base. The issue then is not
about whether it will happen but how we can link this
data to enhance its re-use and deal with the organi-
sational and ethical problems: how is access media-
ted, what facilitates deposition, how re-use communi-
ties are created and what incentives are required. It is
also important that we articulate the technical, social,
organisational, conceptual and cultural issues so that
we can deliver appropriate data and knowledge Ser-
vices to the appropriate people so that governance
and policy can be enacted more effectively.
If this is the case then we need Open approaches to
ensure that we have the capacity to exploit these
resources effectively for the full ränge of stakeholders.
As stated by English Heritage:
Knowledge is the prerequisite to caring for England's
historic environment. From knowledge flows under-
standing and from understanding flows an apprecia-
tion of value, sound and timely decision-making, and
informed and intelligent action. Knowledge enriches
enjoyment and underpins the processes of change
(English Heritage 2005).
Archäologie und Informationssysteme
appropriately. If decisions are based upon data then
those people and organisations that deposit high qua-
lity data should be praised and rewarded accordingly.
There will remain areas where data, information and
knowledge remains silo-ed. It is probably right that
some data remains silo-ed: however, the reasons need
to be made clear. It is wrong to silo data on the basis
of dogma and worse when this is done in organisati-
ons that are publically funded. The benefit should not
be calculated on how much the data can be sold for
but rather based on the improvements in policy,
research and public engagement. Improving access to
data will improve the knowledge base which impro-
ves research and governance: think Provision, not
possession (Isaksen 2009).
Opening access to easily re-usable knowledge will
start to produce a dynamic knowledge base. The
archaeology knowledge base should be, by definition,
dynamic: It is predicated on the complex relationship
between the corpus of knowledge, theory and Classi-
fication Systems. These are fluid and contain many
interlinked dependencies which means that variations
in one component can have complex repercussions
throughout the knowledge base. The issue then is not
about whether it will happen but how we can link this
data to enhance its re-use and deal with the organi-
sational and ethical problems: how is access media-
ted, what facilitates deposition, how re-use communi-
ties are created and what incentives are required. It is
also important that we articulate the technical, social,
organisational, conceptual and cultural issues so that
we can deliver appropriate data and knowledge Ser-
vices to the appropriate people so that governance
and policy can be enacted more effectively.
If this is the case then we need Open approaches to
ensure that we have the capacity to exploit these
resources effectively for the full ränge of stakeholders.
As stated by English Heritage:
Knowledge is the prerequisite to caring for England's
historic environment. From knowledge flows under-
standing and from understanding flows an apprecia-
tion of value, sound and timely decision-making, and
informed and intelligent action. Knowledge enriches
enjoyment and underpins the processes of change
(English Heritage 2005).