1. Implementing Scotland’s Historic Environment Data Strategy
Robin Turner, HES Head of Survey & Recording/Chair SHED Programme Board
FISH Open Meeting, 29th November 2016

2. The Strategy - Launched

3. The Strategy - Embedded

4. The Strategy
Scotland’s Historic Environment Data is the collaborative national public information resource for the historic environment. This joint venture between local and national bodies comprises shared and linked digital records. It will be professionally managed, continually updated, and accessible to all, ensuring the greatest economic, social and cultural benefits for the people of Scotland and beyond.

5. The Strategy – Timetable
Stage/Phase
Activities
2013
Strategy development stage
Plan and Consult – develop the programme to implement the goals of the SHED Strategy.
Development Phase
Two workstreams to make SHED available, up-to-date and ensure that the best use of technology is made to increase efficiency whilst reaching as wide an audience as possible.
Full Implementation Phase
Building on the Development Phase work, a 7-year implementation plan will be put into action

6. The SHED Programme
Aim 1: To make major improvements and enhancements to the sharing of, linking and access to the information about the historic environment.
Objective
Description
Action
1.1
Enhance the ability of the current portal, to achieve a comprehensive central point for historic environment information.
Seek additional resources for PastMap development.
Develop automated upload mechanism and/or live or near live feeds for HERs to put their data on PastMap. This will make it easier for HERs to keep their data refreshed as needed.
1.2
Ensure that information is linked with or between the key data sources and other key portals.
Use current concordance and data linking projects as models to extend this to other areas.
Archaeological Archives project, role of TTU and OASIS in creating links between event records and museum records
Identify where SHED portal data should be embedded in other policy/advisory systems (planning, WFD, agriculture etc.)
1.3
All data sources to be available online and through web services.
Target HERs that are not yet online and work with them to help achieve this.
Aim for complete coverage of Scotland in the HER layer on PastMap
Explore ways to help HERs to provide data as web services, possibly through a national portal (SE Web? PastMap?)
Identify funding, advisory support & timetable to achieve all HERs online

8. Implementation Plan – Example
Theme:
Baseline Data
Objective:
1.1 Enhance the ability of the current portal [PastMap], to achieve a comprehensive central point for historic environment information.
Actions:
Add Conservation Areas, World Heritage Sites and Marine Protected Areas to available overlays
Priority: A=High C=Low A
Difficulty: 1=Low 3=High 2
Benefits:
Greater public access to data
Lead:
Completed [HES]
Partner(s): -
Timescale:
Completed
Workstream:
WS 1
Measuring Progress/ Success:
Record Annual PastMap User Statistics
Comments: (Following 31 Aug Mgt Group)

9. Implementing Scotland’s Historic Environment Data Strategy