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| Historic
Environment Records |
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HER Committee informs, advises and acts for the Executive Committee
and membership of ALGAO on the development and maintenance of
historic environment records, the database and GIS applications
involved, data standards, and the relationship of these to database
and GIS standards, development, provision and use elsewhere
in archaeology and allied sciences, and in commerce. |
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authority archaeologists are responsible for maintaining a register
of all the known archaeological sites in their county. These
Historic Environment Records (HERs), Sites and Monuments Records
(SMRs), and in some historic towns Urban Archaeological Databases
(UADs), are the basis for all conservation and management advice
as well as providing a valuable resource for education and research. |
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be effective these need continuous maintenance and development.
ALGAO is working in collaboration with national agencies and
other organisations to develop data standards, ensure greater
consistency in recording practices, and to increase accessibility
of information to the public. |
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Informing
the Future of the Past: Guidelines for Historic Environment
Records (IFP2) (Second Edition, 2007) This edition constitutes
a major revision and expansion from the first edition to include
recent developments and to cover Wales and Scotland as well
as England with numerous case studies.
It will be launched at the end of June and will be available
free to view on line at the IFP website www.ifp-plus.info.
PDF versions of each section can be printed out or downloaded
from the website. |
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