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Hello.<br>
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Thank you Tom for posting this photo on the wiki:<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://wiki.patina.ecs.soton.ac.uk/images/2/2a/Whiteboard.jpg">http://wiki.patina.ecs.soton.ac.uk/images/2/2a/Whiteboard.jpg</a><br>
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However, it's not very easy for me to read?<br>
Did anyone take another photo, or notes, by any chance?<br>
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In one of our recent meetings Graeme pointed us to:<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://ark.lparchaeology.com/about/overview">http://ark.lparchaeology.com/about/overview</a><br>
I have also found:<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.iadb.org.uk/">http://www.iadb.org.uk/</a><br>
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My first impression was that the main difference between these and
PoN was provenance: i.e. the ability to attach notes to items and
versioning everything. This seems to be the case for IADB, however I
found the following about ARK:<br>
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<blockquote type="cite">from <a
href="http://ark.lparchaeology.com/about/hypertext">http://ark.lparchaeology.com/about/hypertext</a>
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Eternal Revision<br>
Much like in wiki technology today there would be <u>no deletions
of data</u>, just eternal revisions. These revisions ought to be
transparent so that earlier edits and versions are available to
the reader for simultaneous side by side comparison.</blockquote>
and <br>
<blockquote type="cite">from <a
href="http://ark.lparchaeology.com/about/reflexivity">http://ark.lparchaeology.com/about/reflexivity</a><br>
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Reflexive Method<br>
Reflexivity is also something that ARK can easily address. The
instantaneous nature of ARK and its web-based front-end means that
people working on the project can interact with each other’s
production on an almost immediate basis. ARK also makes it
possible for individuals to group and interpret data in their own
way, to present conflicting and differing interpretations of the
same data.<br>
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Making multiple narratives possible<br>
A result set in ARK can also saved out as a fixed snapshot or
‘group’. Groups then become ARK ‘items’ themselves, and can have
other fragments or interpretations attached to them. This is
essential as the project begins to build narrative, as
stratigraphic groups or other groups can be commented on as a
unit.</blockquote>
Is this <a
href="http://www.phdcomics.com/comics/archive.php?comicid=789">bad
news</a>?<br>
<br>
Graeme & Angeliki, do you have any first-hand experience with
ARK?<br>
Is it really so similar to PoN?<br>
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Thank you,<br>
Enrico<br>
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Dr Enrico Costanza
Lecturer, Agents, Interaction, Complexity Group
School of Electronics and Computer Science
University of Southampton, UK, SO17 1BJ
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://users.ecs.soton.ac.uk/ec">http://users.ecs.soton.ac.uk/ec</a>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://d-touch.org">http://d-touch.org</a>
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