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Establishment of a Working Data Base for the International Exchange of 14C Data Using Universal Transfer Formats

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 July 2016

J D Wilcock ,
R L Otlet ,
A J Walker ,
S A Charlesworth  and
J Drodge
J D Wilcock
Affiliation:
Research Centre for Computer Archaeology, North Staffordshire Polytechnic, Stafford, UK
R L Otlet
Affiliation:
Isotope Measurements Laboratory, AERE, Harwell, UK
A J Walker
Affiliation:
Isotope Measurements Laboratory, AERE, Harwell, UK
S A Charlesworth
Affiliation:
Isotope Measurements Laboratory, Harwell and School of Archaeological Sciences, University of Bradford, UK
J Drodge
Affiliation:
Computer Sciences Division, AERE, Harwell, UK
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Abstract

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A high-level record structure for the international communication of 14C data bases is proposed. The record structure is based on the high-level communication format first proposed by the authors at the 23rd International Symposium on Archaeometry, Naples, 1983 and does not require the abandonment of existing systems. A description is given of an implementation of the high-level system at Harwell, with examples of retrieval in an international format (the Radiocarbon date list format) and a keyword-organized local format.

Type
VIII. Reporting and Management of Data
Information
Radiocarbon , Volume 28 , Issue 2A , 1986 , pp. 781 - 787
Copyright
Copyright © The American Journal of Science 

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