OASIS: Online AccesS to the Index of archaeological investigationS

March 2004 sees the start of collaborative work between the members of FISH, the Forum on Information Standards in Heritage and software developer Oxford ArchDigital. The work, funded by a patchwork of contributors including English Heritage and the National Trust will be managed by the NMR Data Standards Unit of English Heritage. It will provide a 'toolkit' of formats and protocols to improve the flow of information between heritage datasets held by organisations from across the UK heritage sector. At the core of the new toolkit will be an eXtensible Markup Language (XML) format, based on the MIDAS and INSCRIPTION standards, and drawing upon the CIDOC Conceptual Reference Model (CRM) - an emerging international standard for the cultural heritage sector. The project will demonstrate, using real examples, how data can be exported into this new format, and imported into a variety of databases to build a network of historic environment information resources.

For more information on FISH visit the FISH website or view the FISH Toolkit presentation (748kb).

Articles and publicity

Article Title and Author(s) Source and Date File Type (Size)
Grey Literature: An Obvious Candidate for Online Access
Harrison Eiteljorg, II
CSA Newsletter Volume XXI, No.1
Spring 2008
HTML
OASIS: sharing information across the profession
Catherine Hardman
Conservation Bulletin 51
Spring 2006
PDF (245kb)
It's the Small Things that Count: Digital Preservation and Small Scale Research Projects in the UK
William Kilbride and Catherine Hardman
CSA Newsletter Vol. XVII, No. 1
Spring 2004
HTML
OASIS Training update
Mark Barratt
HER News 3
February 2004
PDF (578kb)
Comprehensiveness for All: The OASIS Project and Research Values in the Digital Age
JP Clarke, CS Hardman and WG Kilbride
CSA Newsletter XV, 3
Winter 2003
HTML
Latest News from the OASIS project: towards implementation
Catherine Hardman
ADS News 13
Spring 2003
HTML
OASIS: Dipping Our Toes In
Catherine Hardman
HER News 1
February 2003
PDF (1.33mb)
Dealing with the digital revolution: the OASIS project
Catherine Hardman
ADS News 12
Autumn 2002
HTML
OASIS: Dealing with the Digital Revolution
Catherine Hardman and Julian D Richards
M Doerr and A Sarris (eds) (2003)
The Digital Heritage of Archaeology:
Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology
Archive of
Monuments and Publications, Hellenic Ministry of Culture, 325-9
PDF (355kb)
Dealing with the Digital Revolution: What do we want, how do we want it, and how can we join it all up?
William Kilbride
SMR News 11
August 2001
PDF (243kb)
Piloting OASIS in the English Heritage regions
Damian Robinson
ADS News 10
Autumn 2001
HTML
OASIS: Online Access to the Index of Archaeological Investigations
Mark Barratt
ADS News 8
Autumn 2000
HTML

Downloads

Document name File type File size
Oasis Project Outline Word Document 29.5KB
Oasis Suggested Standard Clause RTF Document 4.95KB
OASIS User Manual (3 sections pp1-20, pp21-37, pp38-57) Pdf format 967KB, 918KB, 982KB
Oasis Publicity - A1 Poster ZIP File containing:
Pagemaker 6.5 format & TIFF
18.5MB
(28.1MB uncompressed)
Oasis Publicity - Leaflet ZIP File containing:
Pagemaker 6.5 format
6.13MB
(17MB uncompressed)
OASIS III: First Monitoring Report June 2004 Word Document 23.5KB
OASIS III: Second Monitoring Report September 2004 HTML 6KB
OASIS III: Third Monitoring Report January 2004 HTML 6KB
OASIS III: Fourth Monitoring Report June 2005 HTML 6KB
OASIS III: Fifth Monitoring Report September 2005 HTML 6KB
OASIS III: Sixth Monitoring Report January 2006 HTML 3KB
OASIS III: Seventh Monitoring Report April 2006 HTML 3KB
OASIS III: Eighth Monitoring Report October 2006 HTML 3KB
OASIS III: Ninth Monitoring Report April 2007 HTML 3KB
OASIS III: Tenth Monitoring Report October 2007 HTML 3KB
OASIS III: Eleventh Monitoring Report April 2008 HTML 3KB
OASIS III: Twelfth Monitoring Report December 2008 HTML 3KB
OASIS III: Thirteenth Monitoring Report April 2009 HTML 3KB
OASIS III: Fourteenth Monitoring Report October 2009 HTML 3KB
OASIS III: Fifthteenth Monitoring Report April 2010 HTML 3KB
Oasis Final Project Report - June 2008 PDF 474KB
OASIS XML schema (version 1.1) XSD 12KB
OASIS XML schema (version 1.2) XSD 17KB
XSLT for transforming OASIS XML into MIDAS event XML XSLT 15KB
XSLT for transforming OASIS XML into MIDAS monument XML XSLT 4KB
XSLT for transforming OASIS XML into MIDAS reference XML XSLT 6KB
Documentation for the CSV download from OASIS PDF 14KB
OASIS: a report to stakeholders, July 2010 PDF 191KB

OASIS Archives

Document name File type File size
Pilot Study User Guide Word Document 40.5KB
The Oasis Form - paper version Pdf format 78KB
The Oasis Form Worksheet Word Document 48.5KB
Final report for OASIS II Word Document 90KB
OASIS I & II FAQ Sheet HTML Document 14.6KB


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