Managing collections means ensuring that the data about them are useful, available, and accurate. In addition to the technical aspects of data management, there are layers of political and social structure that direct the construction and use of collections data. The Minnesota Historical Society (MNHS) employs a set of data standards that allows us to gather electronic cataloging data from a wide community of archaeology researchers who are depositing collections at our institution. Though met with initial resistance, these standards have facilitated publication in Open Context as linked open data. Furthermore, institutional discussions concerning Creative Commons licensing and the cultural sensitivity of collections data were precipitated by publication, highlighting the role of social agreement in data management. We found that successful employment of data standards must take into account the needs of the various stakeholders and further their interests. Standards will be most useful and successful when they are lightweight, are supported by training and documentation, and exist as part of a system that allows for more than one way to characterize the collections.

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考古收藏数据管理中的技术、政治和社会问题

管理馆藏意味着确保有关馆藏的数据有用、可用且准确。除了数据管理的技术方面，还有指导馆藏数据构建和使用的多层政治和社会结构。明尼苏达州历史学会 (MNHS) 采用了一套数据标准，使我们能够从大量考古研究人员那里收集电子编目数据，这些研究人员在我们的机构存放藏品。尽管遇到了最初的阻力，但这些标准促进了在 Open Context 中作为链接的开放数据发布。此外，关于知识共享许可和馆藏数据的文化敏感性的机构讨论也因出版而引发，突出了社会协议在数据管理中的作用。我们发现，数据标准的成功应用必须考虑到各种利益相关者的需求并促进他们的利益。当标准是轻量级的，有培训和文档支持，并且作为系统的一部分存在时，标准将是最有用和最成功的，该系统允许以多种方式来表征集合。