Would it be worth extending this very useful thread to consider what sort of *input* would be most useful to HERs? If, as I assume, at least some of the requests for data are because users want to create new knowledge about the sites covered, then do the outputs from HERs support 'round-tripping' of the data back to your systems?
Would a nationally standardised format for csv output and input assist?
I've talked (briefly) in the past to the BAR in their role as publishers of site gazetteers in their volumes as to whether a standardised gazetteer format would help both their authors and the HEROs who may want to incorporate the information from their publications into their HER databases. No progress to date, but one that FISH could perhaps add to their agenda, if discussion here supports that.
Edmund Lee
Knowledge Transfer Manager
Historic England
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