id
	10664
Url
	https://chloe.cnr.it/s/BiDiAr/item/10664
Resource template
	Academic Article
Resource class
	bibo:AcademicArticle
Title
	Documenting and validating Virtual Archaeology
Creator
	Ryan, Nick
Date
	2001
Language
	eng
Rights
	https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.en CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
Abstract
	The use of Virtual Archaeology is expanding rapidly, not only in the museum and archaeology professions, but also in the broadcast media, tourism and heritage industries. Many concerns have been expressed about the lack of transparency and difficulty in validating the models and presentations used in these contexts. A case study is used to illustrate the role of metadata in addressing these problems. The paper argues that appropriate metadata documentation of projects may extend the critical apparatus that we take for granted in scientific papers into the world of distributed Virtual Archaeology. Three recently introduced XML languages for multimedia (SMIL), vector graphics (SVG) and virtual reality (X3D) applications are examined with particular reference to their metadata hosting capabilities. Finally, an outline proposal for a Virtual Archaeology Metadata Profile and Schema is presented, based on refinements of the Dublin Core and other metadata schemas.
Is Part Of
	https://chloe.cnr.it/s/BiDiAr/item/2002
Pages
	245–273
Uri
	http://www.archcalc.cnr.it/journal/id.php?id=325
Volume
	12
Homepage
	https://www.zotero.org/groups/5293298/bidiar/items/QEV54TRQ/item-list

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