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Dear All, The IFA standards and guidance are for archaeological 'practice' or 'work', rather than 'projects': practitioners are supposed to achieve a standard of work or competence. Therefore, where digital data collection and management is not the specialism of the practitioner, they should have access to specialist advice and help on this matter. The standard is for the practitioner, not the data. Remember that not all archaeological work is amenable to producing a cogent digital archive, in particular 'watching brief' work. Creation of digital records for some kinds of work could be argued as unreasonable or onerous to the client. Some work produces no records worth keeping. Some work produces meta-data but not infra-data. The key point is that the practitioner needs to seek advice if in doubt, and to collect / manage data is such a way that digital capture and recovery is possible. Remember also that the IFA standards are meant to apply to all kinds of archaeologists from professionals to amateurs, specialists to generalists. Make sure the wording is easily understandable and straight-forward. Cheers, Neil