Tim The thesauri have been available online for nearly a year now. Although having a different downloadable format has been discussed it is not planned to have anything downloadable in the immediate future. However, if you contact Phil Carlisle ([log in to unmask]) or Edmund Lee ([log in to unmask]) at the NMRC they should be able to help since they have been providing Access versions of the thesauri on request for several years. The Data Standards Unit policy has been to provide thesauri in access format. Unfortunately we cannot support a lot of different formats so Access is provided since it is a widely available format. All users of the exeGesIS SMR software have the thesauri built within that software and this is updated from the national standard on a yearly basis. Dave Forster -----Original Message----- From: GRUBB, Tim [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: 07 September 2000 11:19 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: RE: Timelines thesaurus now available online! Importance: High Dear all While I welcome the addition of the thesaurii to the web it wouldn't it be very useful if we could get downloadable files so that these standards can be immediately implemented by SMRs? I managed to get a the BM Materials thesaurus in .dbf format and we now use it in the SMR look-up tables, but I have been unable to get hold of any of the thesaurii listed below. Are there any plans to make these thesaurii available in such a format? Thanks in advance Tim Tim Grubb SMR Officer Gloucestershire County Council Archaeology Service Environment Dept., Shire Hall Gloucester. GL1 2TH. Tel - (01452) 425705 Fax - (01452) 425356 Email - [log in to unmask] > -----Original Message----- > From: Charles, Daphne [SMTP:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2000 10:22 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Timelines thesaurus now available online! > > > List members may be interested to know that the thesauri on the English > Heritage website have been refreshed. > > The following thesauri are available via the 'knowledge' tab of the main > website http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/, or directly from > http://www.rchme.gov.uk/thesaurus/thes_splash.htm > > MONUMENT TYPES > mda ARCHAEOLOGICAL OBJECTS > BUILDING MATERIALS > DEFENCE OF BRITAIN > MARITIME PLACE NAMES > MARITIME CRAFT TYPE > MARITIME CARGO > > A set of 'thesauri in construction' have also been added for list members > to > comment. These are only available from > http://www.rchme.gov.uk/thesaurus/construction.htm and include > > TIMELINES (Sorry, this only comes in alphabetical, not chronological > order!) > COMPONENTS > ARCHITECTURAL AND CULTURAL STYLES > AIRCRAFT > MARITIME FIXTURES AND FITTINGS > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > - > Daphne Charles Tel: +44 > 1793 > 414894 > Web Applications Team Leader Fax: > +44 > 1793 414906 > National Monuments Record Centre > Email: [log in to unmask] > English Heritage > Kemble Drive, Swindon, Wilts SN2 2GZ > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > - > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > - > Daphne Charles Tel: +44 > 1793 > 414894 > Web Applications Team Leader Fax: > +44 > 1793 414906 > National Monuments Record Centre > Email: [log in to unmask] > English Heritage > Kemble Drive, Swindon, Wilts SN2 2GZ > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > - ============================== "This e-mail and any attachments are strictly confidential and intended for the addressee only. If you are not the named addressee you must not disclose, copy or take any action in reliance of this transmission and you should notify us as soon as possible. This e-mail and any attachments are believed to be free from viruses but it is your responsibility to carry out all necessary virus checks and Gloucestershire County Council accepts no liability in connection therewith." %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%