IGSN–DataCite Archaeology CoP Crosswalk Recommendation

IGSN–DataCite Archaeology and Cultural Heritage Community of Practice

doi:10.5281/zenodo.17446558

Published September 22, 2025 | Version 1.0

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IGSN–DataCite Archaeology CoP Crosswalk Recommendation

IGSN–DataCite Archaeology and Cultural Heritage Community of Practice

Contributors

Editors:

Project leader:

Edmunds, Rorie¹

Project manager:

Klump, Jens²

Project members:

1. DataCite
2. Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
3. Delft University of Technology
4. Electronic Field Notebooks Pty Ltd
5. The Artefact Post
6. Discovery Programme
7. Deutsches Bergbau-Museum Bochum
8. Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Zentrale
9. Czech Academy of Sciences, Library
10. Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Archaeology, Prague
11. Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
12. Macquarie University
13. Laboratoire de Recherche des Monuments Historiques
14. University of York

The IGSN–DataCite Archaeology and Cultural Heritage Community of Practice (‘Archaeology CoP’) has been meeting monthly since March 2022. Among the primary aims of the Archaeology CoP has been to develop a description for archaeological and cultural heritage samples in terms of a standardized metadata profile, taking in account disciplinary-specific use cases and workflows. The CoP has published Version 1.0 of the Archaeological Sample Metadata Profile alongside this Recommendation.

This current Recommendation builds on the Archaeological Sample Metadata Profile, with the goal for the Archaeology CoP to reach consensus on a crosswalk to support the translation of the Metadata Profile into the DataCite Schema V4.6 for the purposes of registering IGSN IDs for archaeological samples. All members of the Archaeology CoP agreed on the Recommendation described in this document.

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