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Hello all, Jason commented on the ALGAO Event Types lists that there is a need for wider coverage to meet the needs of the National Trust SMR (and potentially other users). My approach is that there are two issues here which it might be useful to consider separately, namely i) the scope of the terminology and ii) a recording practice issue(in this case what MIDAS refers to as the 'Sphere of Interest' issue). If the recording practice of an SMR is to record events that of their nature only take place at a site, which in my understanding is the strict interpretation of the current EMA model, then the list is OK (subject to the usual qualifier that candidate terms within the scope of the list can be submitted for consideration). If your recording practice interpretation of Events is broader in scope, then it follows that the terminology list will need additional terms. The two issues overlap. I suggest the solution is to develop an agreed list of 'extensions' to the ALGAO list, such that users can choose to adopt either the strict ALGAO list, if that suits their uses, or an extended list 'ALGAO+' which will include all the ALGAO terms, plus additional terms. This does in any way detract from the ALGAO standard - as I said it is defined in order to meet a strict criterion for what an 'Event' is. In addition to management and interpretation events that you mention Jason there are also the post-excavation analysis 'events' for example that might be appropriate to the sphere of interest of, for example, an archaeological science recording system such as that proposed by Dominique (see the SMR Enhancement thread from last month). So there's a variety of ways to develop the list of Event Types lists - the key thing is to ensure that they work together, adopt a common structure, and don't conflict in points of detail. If this sounds like a priority to be tackled now, then can I suggest that this discussion transfers to the FISH list? Edmund Lee EH Data Services Unit