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Also based in the US, but with global coverage, is Open Context (http://opencontext.org). Open Context publishes zooarch data and other content (media, field notes, etc.) and gives each individual item (such as a bone specimen) a unique URL. That way, you can cite an entire project or one specific item in a project. Open Context data are archived by the California Digital Library. Because data have unique URLs and are open access, Open Context is able to link up with other open content in the scientific data community. Open Context's lead developer (Eric Kansa) is on tDAR's advisory board, and tDAR and Open Context are planning future interoperability. Similar interoperability with Neotomadb.org and other efforts would be ideal. There's huge value in having these multiple approaches, and if they work towards being complementary and collaborative, there is a very promising future for zooarchaeological data access! Best, Sarah > There is also a concerted effort here in the US to compile summary faunal > data (as opposed to raw data tables) into a web-searchable database: > > Neotomadb.org > > The database allows you to plot where and when a particular taxon has been > recorded. It's the latest permutation of the old FaunMap files, and > includes other paleoecological datasets such as pollen, beetles, diatoms, > etc. Russ Graham and Eric Grimm are in the process of updating the > vertebrate data for the contiguous United States. And I am compiling data > for SW Alaska, as well as the results from our work in the Kuril Islands > (Russia). > > If any of you are interested in providing data for this database, contact > me or Graham/Grimm. If we can get to the point where the data are > comprehensive, or nearly so, then it will be a really powerful > database..... > > ---Mike > > Michael A. Etnier, PhD > Applied Osteology > Bellingham, WA > www.appliedosteology.com > > and > > Department of Anthropology > University of Washington > Seattle, WA > http://faculty.washington.edu/metnier/ > > -------- Original Message -------- >> From: "Pam Cross" <[log in to unmask]> >> Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2012 2:34 AM >> To: [log in to unmask] >> Subject: Re: [ZOOARCH] Digital Archaeological Record (tDAR) >> >> Thanks everyone who sent out more info about tDAR - so we have at least >> 2 > >> online data sources out there - tDAR and ADS. I'm sure it was a strand >> of > >> general use. >> >> Cheers all! >