1. Dyson Archive Seminar London Archaeological Archive and Research Centre Mia Ridge Museum of London

2. Outline Database design challenges and opportunities Pilot database overview The potential…

3. Database design Flat document to digital, relational structure Challenge: to structure the recording of the document in a way that allows meaningful re-constitution Application design must support transcription process, be easy to use Support analysis

7. Advantages Data can be reconfigured or mined to create new insight, new methods of analysis Enables easy generation of derived material e.g. people, occupations Link historic data to mapping and archaeological data

8. The potential… Interdisciplinary links with similar databases such as People in Place Publish design documentation and structures Publish data on website - specialist researchers, family history researchers Contact us at MoLAS to discuss ideas