Post on 17-Dec-2014
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FASTI & FURIOUS… (re)Introducing FASTI Online
Jessica OgdenStuart EveGuy Hunt
www.fastionline.org
• A brief history of FASTI Online
• Some challenges along the way
• The latest greatest FASTI
• Some more challenges..
Re-introducing
• FASTI Archaeologici: 1946 - 1987
• A mechanism for Institutes in Rome to publish their findings on digs throughout the Mediterranean
• Managed by AIAC (International Association for Classical Archaeology)
• ‘Interventions’ published in note form in giant books for institute libraries
• Paper publication was discontinued in 1998 by board of directors
A brief history of
• In 2003 AIAC, with development by L - P : Archaeology, launched FASTI Online
• Originally funded by Packard Humanities Institute (PHI)
• FASTI FOLD&R was launched in 2004
• v2.0 was launched in 2007, and v3.0 is soon to be launched in 2012
A brief history of
The Birth
FASTI Online had to be:
• Multi-lingual.
• Spatial.
• Temporal.
• Focused.
A brief history of
Considerations
• v1.0 written from scratch..
• ARK : The Archaeological Recording Kit
• Open source, runs on Apache, MySQL, PHP with WFS/WMS capabilities
• Under development by L - P since 2004
A brief history of
...In comes FASTI-ARK
A brief history of
FASTI ARK v2.0
A brief history of
Spatial
Multilingual
Temporal
Some challenges
• Administering multi-lingual capabilities whilst keeping the site up to date
• Maintaining highly customised code within the ARK architecture
• Using and updating big spatial data sets
• Facilitating discoverability and connectivity to other resources
Some challenges
• Administering multi-lingual capabilities whilst keeping the site up to date
• Maintaining highly customised code within the ARK architecture
• Using and updating big spatial data sets
• Facilitating discoverability and connectivity to other resources
Some ideas
Enter FASTI v3.0Spatially enabled Biblio?
Some ideas
(More) challenges
• Google Maps and fuzzy locators
• Relevance and utility. Is linked data useful for FASTI?
• Periodization. (Spatial-Temporal)
• Funding and questions of sustainability.
Some thoughts
• Resource discoverability and open content the way forward. FASTI is fulfilling a role.
• Recent (upcoming) strides made in arena of spatial temporal representation
• University hosting in the works, and ARK is here to stay!