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The Archaeological Recording Kit (ARK) is an open-source system for flexible, web-based archaeological data management. As new advances in mobile technology have changed the way archaeologists think about data collection, ARK has evolved to meet the needs of on-site methodologies. This chapter outlines the history of ARK development and explores some possible trajectories for adaptation of the system to mobile workflows. Examples from the commercial sector, academic research, and public outreach demonstrate the efficiency of customizing the Cascading Style Sheet (CSS) controlling ARK’s web interface to facilitate tablet recording. Increasing global access to mobile broadband networks will make web-based recording systems such as ARK more convenient in the coming years, but this must also be accompanied by a change in archaeological practice encouraging open, online data not only as an afterthought to publication but as an active part of the fieldwork process.
Publication Date
10-16-2016
Publisher
The Digital Press @ University of North Dakota
City
Grand Forks, North Dakota
Keywords
Archaeological Recording Kit, data management, online dissemination, open data, open source
Disciplines
Classical Archaeology and Art History
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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Recommended Citation
Dufton, J. Andrew. “CSS For Success? Some Thoughts on Adapting the Browser-Based Archaeological Recording Kit (ARK) for Mobile Recording.” In Mobilizing the Past for a Digital Future: The Potential of Digital Archaeology, edited by Erin Walcek Averett, Jody Michael Gordon, and Derek B. Counts, 373-379. Grand Forks, ND: The Digital Press at the University of North Dakota, 2016.
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For Supplemental Material see: https://mobilizingthepast.mukurtu.net/collection/33-css-success-some-thoughts-adapting-browser-based-archaeological-recording-kit-ark